Bible Trivia - 2/12/2008

Question: Which book says that when Jesus returns, every eye shall see him?

Answer: Revelation (Revelation 1:7)

Comments: It is interesting that every eye shall see Jesus. Presumably, some bystanders will be blind. Does this mean that all the blind will receive sight to see Jesus (Isaiah 35:5, Matthew 11:5)? The return of Jesus may have evoke a physiological response as Philippians also adds that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess at the name of Jesus (2:6; Isaiah 45:23, Romans 14:11).

Scripture is clear that the heart, not the eye, is the organ with which one sees God. In the Beattitudes, Jesus asserts, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” (Matthew 5:8, NASB) Perhaps the eyes referenced in Revelation are the “eyes of the heart” of which Paul writes (Ephesians 1:18) and Michael W. Smith sings.

In any event, Jesus’ return will be experienced by all.