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to sit down to meat, and will come forth and servethem." "I am among you as he that serveth."— Luke12:37; 22:27.Revelation 1:14His head and His hairs were white like wool, aswhite as snow.— "The head, with its white hair, isnot to teach us that our Lord in glory has the form ofa man, with white hairs, but merely suggestive andsymbolic of knowledge, experience, wisdom."—Z.'01-188; Matt. 17:2.And His eyes were as a flame of fire.— "His eyeslike a flame of Hell tell us in symbol that our Masteris all-seeing, omniscient that He is not deceived byoutward forms and ceremonies; but that He can, anddoes, read every thought and intent of the heart."—Z.'16-344; Rev. 19:12. 1:15And His feet like unto fine brass.— "The feet,described as like furnace-refined copper, seem to saythat those who belong to the Body of Christ, andwhom the Lord would use in His service, ‘the feet'members of the Body, must, in their contact anddealings with the world, be refined, purified, clean—'Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord'shouse.'"— Z.'01-188; Ezek. 1:7.As if they burned in a furnace .— "In the end of theAge, the feet members of the Body of Christ will beilluminated by the Truth and will shine forth— notlike the Head, but as polished brass. We have shiningupon us with almost burning brightness the focusedrays of Divine inspiration and revelation from thepast 6,000 years. How it should consume in us all thedross of selfishness! How it should purify us! Howhumble it should make us!"— Z.'16-344.And His voice as the sound of many waters.—"The many waters signify peoples, nations andlanguages, as elsewhere explained in this book. Thusour Lord, present with His Church, speaks to her andthrough her by many tongues, in many languages."—Z.'01-188; Rev. 19:6.Revelation 1:16And He had in His right hand.— "This One whomwe thus know, thus recognize, as the Instructor andCaretaker of the candlesticks, we are also torecognize as having in His right hand— in His favoras well as His power— seven stars, the angles, themessengers, of the seven Churches. That they are inHis right hand seems to teach us that these should be