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John Sees Heaven - After the vision of these things I looked, and there before me was an open door in heaven. And the same voice that spoke to me before, that sounded like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” Immediately I was in the Spirit, and before me was a throne in heaven, and someone was sitting on it. The One who sat on the throne looked ...
John sees God’s heavenly throne. 4 After this I looked and there was a door that had been opened in heaven. The first voice that I had heard, which sounded like a trumpet, said to me, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once I was in a Spirit-inspired trance and I saw a throne in heaven, and someone was seated on the throne. 3 The one seated there ...
Feb 11, 2024 · This awe-inspiring depiction serves as the climactic fulfillment of God's redemptive plan, offering a glimpse of the glorious culmination of human history and the establishment of God's eternal kingdom. In this visionary narrative, John beholds a new heaven and a new earth, symbolizing the complete transformation and renewal of the cosmos.
- 4:1 – John called Up to Heaven
- 4:2 – God Sitting on His Throne
- 4:3 – God Described
- 4:4 – The 24 Elders
- 4:5 – Lightning, Thunder, and Seven Spirits
- 4:6 – Four Living Creatures
- 4:7-8 – The Four Living Creatures Described
After these things This phrase often introduces a new vision (e.g., Rev 7:1, 9). Here, “these things” refer to the seven letters to the seven churches, as contained in chapters two and three (cf. Rev 1:19). … I looked and behold John did not look with his literal eyes, but in a vision. … a door standing open in heaven In his mind, John is no longer...
Immediately I was in the Spirit John does not enter heaven physically; he is carried in vision by the Spirit into the heavenly places. In Revelation, John goes “in the Spirit” four times. The first was in Revelation 1:10, where he encountered the glorified Jesus. The second is here. The third and fourth are in Revelation 17:3 and 21:10. Of the four...
And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance Revelation 1 describes Jesus in much detail (Rev 1:13-18) but there is a vagueness in this description of God. Other throne visions are more specific: 1. 1.1. 1.1.1. 1.1.1.1. In Ezekiel 1:26-27, the one sitting on the throne has a human appearance. From the waist up, He look...
Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads. Like the rainbow in the previous verse, the 24 elders are “around the throne,” which should be taken in a horizontal sense. If the rainbow is like a halo horizontally around the area, the 24...
Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. This language builds on Old Testament ‘theophanies’: 1. 1.1. 1.1.1. 1.1.1.1. The original theophany was on Mount Sinai (Exo 19:16-20). 1.1.1.2. In the first chapter of Ezekiel, the appearance of God also included lightning and loud noises (Ezek 1:13, 24). This series of ...
and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; It is not a real sea of glass; it is “something LIKE a sea of glass.” John is doing his best to describe his vision of heavenly in human terms. Glass and glass-blowing were known to the ancients but the ancient glass was often coarse and semi-opaque. In contrast, the refer...
4:7 The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. These features indicate endurance, perseverance, strength, and speed. Relative to the animals, the “face like a man” implies intelligence. 4:8 And the four living creatur...
The throne of God is the focus. In verse 2 we see that the throne is established in the midst of heaven and one is seated on the throne. This is a statement of respect, not naming who is on the throne, because it is the Almighty God who sits on the throne. Vivid colors are used to describe the throne room and the one who sits on the throne.
Oct 5, 2014 · In his vision of Heaven, John heard the voice of an angel of God calling upon him to enter Heaven to find out of things to come. “2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the ...
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We have been in Revelation 4 and have just studied about how John as a member of the church of Jesus Christ was caught away up into the very throne room of God. In this chapter, John describes what he saw and experienced there. Revelation 4:1 says, “ Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven…”.
