You know what helped me see Jesus? The children's book series by C. S. Lewis called The Chronicles of Narnia revealed Jesus for me. Everything we take in plays a role in how we perceive God, can reveal Jesus for us. God gave me revelation over time using a children's story.
Revelation begins with Jesus. He shows the truth of His love to us first. His love creates the safety for us to face the truth of ourselves. Seeking God's revelation enables us to live in the reality of love with Him.
This is change space, embracing our need for His love in the face of His love and letting love grow sanctuary for us. Sanctuary is what He wants to create for each one of us.
For many of us, Revelation, the last book of the Bible, is the most challenging to read, understand and see Jesus. Yet, in reality, the revelation of Jesus doesn't start with that book. It starts from the very beginning with Genesis. The whole story of Jesus that culminates in Revelation is a story of His compassionate, loyal, kind, honest love for us that in turn creates a safe space for us to face ourselves honestly. This safe space makes change possible with repentance of what we see of ourselves that comes from the pain of sin in our lives. We receive God's forgiveness with repentance, draw closer to Jesus, become more reconciled to Him, giving Him room to repair the damage of sin's lies in us so we live more and more in the reality of His love.