recently i have been doing a book study on the book of Daniel (in the Bible). to be more specific, it's a Beth Moore study and i love it! one of the things that we focused on recently was who Jesus really is. there is a part in Daniel chapter 10 that talks about a man and the way that this man is described, it is very similar to the way Jesus is described in Revelation 19. the cool thing was that right before i reached this portion in the Beth Moore study, i was working through crudoctrine for my STEP year with C4C. one of the passages we looked at was Revelation 19. 

i have read both the passages listed above before. more than once. but for some reason it never changed my view about Jesus. having grown up in the church and hearing about "gentle Jesus meek and mild" i tend to have this view of Jesus being sweet and caring and humble and kind. while He IS these things, those are not the only characteristics He portrays. when i read the above passages, especially the one in Revelation 19, i realized that my view of Jesus was small. very small. too small. i knew that He was going to come and defeat Satan but it was more a fact that i knew as opposed to something that i really understood (if that makes sense). reading about Jesus riding on a white horse, dressed in a robe dipped in blood, having eyes like a flame of fire, and that He makes war (in righteousness of course) blew my mind. this is not the Jesus i pictured when i thought about Him. not at all. it totally expanded my perspective of Jesus. it also made me realize how often i view the graceful side of Jesus and forget about how He will bring justice and how there will be judgement. 

read Daniel 10 and Revelation 19. really. don't just skim it either. take quality time with each chapter. it's totally worth it! and look, i even made it easy for you, just click the links above ;)