The lightnings and thunderings remind us of God's appearance on Sinai and suggest God's greatness. It would be better to say seven torches here represent the Holy Spirit. Since he worked in the area of delivering the word, this seems a very appropriate figure. (John 16:12-14)
Verse Revelation 4:5. _SEVEN LAMPS OF FIRE_] Seven angels, the attendants and ministers of the supreme King. See Revelation 1:4, and the note there....
AND OUT OF THE THRONE PROCEEDED LIGHTNINGS AND THUNDERINGS AND VOICES - Expressive of the majesty and glory of Him that sat upon it. We are at once reminded by this representation of the sublime scene...
III. THE THINGS WHICH ARE AFTER THESE, THE END OF THE AGE, THE CONSUMMATION, AND FINAL MESSAGES (4-22) Chapter S 4-5 _ 1. The open door and the vision of the throne (Revelation 4:1)_ 2. The twenty...
REVELATION 4. THE VISION OF HEAVEN. In this chapter the real Apocalypse commences. A door is opened in heaven and the seer sees the throne of God, flashing like jewels, and surrounded by a rainbow. Tw...
With the fourth chapter there is. remarkable change in the nature of Revelation. Two parts, the record of the things John _saw_ and the things that _were_ (are) have ended; the third part, the declara...
a And flashes of lightning and voices and peals of thunder were coming forth from the throne. There were seven torches of fire burning before the throne, and these are the seven Spirits of God. And in...
THE OPENING HEAVENS AND THE OPENING DOOR (Revelation 4:1) _ 4:1 After this I saw, and, behold, a door in heaven was standing open, and there came to me the voice that I had heard before, speaking to...
PROCEEDED. proceed. SEVEN. See App-197. LAMPS. App-130. See John 18:3. BURNING. Greek. _kaio._ See Joh 5:55. SPIRITS. App-101....
_seven_ Typified by the seven lamps of the candlestick in the Tabernacle, and represented by the "seven golden candlesticks" of the Church on earth: see on Revelation 1:20. The significance of the sev...
ΦΩΝΑῚ ΚΑῚ ΒΡΟΝΤΑΊ. Text. Rec[155] with 1 … reads βρονταὶ καὶ φωναί; see note on Revelation 3:18. [155] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. Ἅ ΕἸΣΙΝ. With אc (א* omits from ἅ to ἐνώπιον τοῦ...
Revelation 4:1-9. HEAVEN OPENED...
_JOHN DESCRIBED WHO HE SAW -- REVELATION 4:4-5:_ Around the throne John saw twenty-four elders. John observed that these elders were sitting on thrones. The elders are representative of the people of...
ΈΚΠΟΡΕΎΟΝΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΚΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G1607) выходить, происходить. _Praes._ живо описывает развитие действия в видении, ΑΣΤΡΑΠΉ (G796) молния, ΒΡΟΝΤΉ (G1027) гром. Гром во время гр...
AND OUT OF THE THRONE PROCEEDED LIGHTNINGS— There is an observable difference in the several descriptions of the throne of God in the prophets: The glory, or _Shechinah,_ in the temple, is represented...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 11 Text Revelation 4:1-8 After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one sayi...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ PART II CHAPTER IV THE VISION OF THE THRONE _Text (Revelation 4:1-11)_ 1 After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voi...
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. PROCEEDED - `proceed.' THU...
__ Throne Section-The Scroll At the seventh trumpet they fall and worship, the tenor of their words showing that they are not included among His slaves the prophets or the saints (Rev_11:16). They h...
4:5 lamps (f-15) _ Lampas_ . only here and ch. 8.10 where the word is translated 'torch.' Not the lamp as a utensil ( _ luchnia_ , ch. 1.13), but what furnished the light itself...
LIGHTNINGS, etc.] signifying awe-inspiring majesty and power: cp. Exodus 19:16. SEVEN SPIRITS] see on Revelation 1:4....
THE GLORY OF GOD The Church has been encouraged in the midst of her tribulation and temptation by the vision of the presence and support of Christ. Now (Revelation 4:5) a further series of visions beg...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 *WORSHIP IN HEAVEN - REVELATION 4:1-5 *WORSHIP OF GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS - REVELATION 4:1-11...
AND OUT OF THE THRONE PROCEEDED (rather, _proceed;_ there is a change in the tense used) LIGHTNINGS AND THUNDERINGS AND VOICES. — These are viewed by some as the indications of approaching judgments....
CHAPTER III. ANTICIPATIONS OF THE CHURCH'S VICTORY. Revelation 4:1; Revelation 5:1. WE have seen in considering the first chapter of the Apocalypse that the book as a whole is to be occupied with th...
The impression of awe is heightened by traits from the primitive Semitic theophany which, especially in judgment, was commonly associated with a thunderstorm (φωναί = the shrieks and roaring blasts of...
“A THRONE SET IN HEAVEN” Revelation 4:1 The vision of the ascended Lord introduced the seven letters to the churches, so the visions of this and the next Chapter s introduce the seven seals. They res...
This chapter introduces us to the Revelation of Christ in His government of all world affairs in which a most remarkable vision of the heavenly order is presented to us. Everything is seen as surround...
(6) And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. (6) By effects, in that...
Lightnings, a symbol of God's majesty and power. --- Seven lamps burning, which signified the seven spirits of God, the chief spirits that attend his throne. See chap. i. 4. (Witham) --- The lightning...
(4) And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. (5) And out of...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
After These Things I. INTRODUCTION A. The key to understanding the book of Revelation is in Revelation 1:19 "Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will...
But we have to consider where the fourth Chapter commences God's ways. It does not follow necessarily that the assembly has been spued out of Christ's mouth. It had been threatened; but the judgment o...
AND OUT OF THE THRONE PROCEEDED LIGHTNINGS AND THUNDERINGS, AND VOICES,.... Which may be understood either of the doctrines of the Gospel which come out of Zion, and out of Jerusalem, the church of G...
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and _there were_ seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. Ver. 5. _Lightnings and thun...
_And round about the throne_ In a circle; _four and twenty seats_ Greek, θρονοι, _thrones; and upon the thrones four and twenty elders_ Signifying, perhaps, the most wise, holy, and useful of all the...
OUT OF THE THRONE PROCEEDED LIGHTNINGS, AND THUNDERINGS, AND VOICES; representing the awful majesty, holiness, and power of God. SEVEN LAMPS OF FIRE BURNING BEFORE THE THRONE; see note to chap Revela...
THE VISION OF GOD'S THRONE OF MAJESTY AND GLORY. Revelation 4:1 The throne and the seat of the elders:...
AND OUT OF THE THRONE PROCEEDED LIGHTNINGS AND THUNDERINGS AND VOICES; AND THERE WERE SEVEN LAMPS OF FIRE BURNING BEFORE THE THRONE, WHICH ARE THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD. The first vision of John was fu...
A DOOR OPENED IN HEAVEN From this point in Revelation the Church is never again seen on earth, but always in heaven or coming as the armies in heaven with her Lord to judge the earth (Revelation 19:11...
_ 5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God._ A. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING - John returns...
1-8 After the Lord Jesus had instructed the apostle to write to the churches "the things that are," there was another vision. The apostle saw a throne set in heaven, an emblem of the universal domini...
AND OUT OF THE THRONE PROCEEDED LIGHTNINGS AND THUNDERINGS AND VOICES: these words denote a very glorious and terrible appearance of God, denoting his majesty, and power over his enemies. There is, po...
Victorinus On the Creation of the World -the seven eyes are the seven spirits of the Lamb;[27] Victorinus On the Creation of the World seven torches burning before the throne of God[28]...
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‘And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and voices and thunders.' This and similar descriptions are regularly used as a method of bringing out the awesome nature of revelations of God when God is...
Revelation 4:5. The description is continued with the mention of lightnings and voices and thunders which proceed out of the throne. These represent neither the ‘outpouring of the Holy Spirit' nor the...
Chaps. 4 and 5 form the third section of the Apocalypse; but the struggle of the Church, which it is the main object of the book to describe, does not yet begin. These two Chapter s are preparatory to...
OUT OF THE THRONE (εκ του θρονου). Back to the throne itself. The imagery is kin to that in Exodus 19:16; Exodus 24:9; Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 1:27...
CONTENTS: Things which shall be. Vision of the throne in heaven, the enthroned elders, the four living creatures and their worship with the elders because of creation. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit...
It is proper here to assist the reader with a key to the sublime visions about to open, which has been furnished by the profound study and observation of learned men in the churches of France, Germany...
God's throne is the spiritual center of the universe. Words can only hint at his glory! JASPER. A diamond - _white, brilliant -_ symbolic of holiness. CARNELLAN. A topaz - _bloody red -_ symbolic of j...
REVELATION 4:1 “Things that shall take place after this”: Christ’s defense of his church and destruction of its enemies. Having identified the strengths and weaknesses of the seven Asian churches, whi...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 4:5 LIGHTNING, RUMBLINGS, and THUNDER display the terrifying splendor of God’s glory, as at Mount Sinai ...
Seven lamps are before the throne. In Revelation 1:4, the lamps are the churches, but here they are said to be the seven spirits of God. It is important to observe that symbols are not always uniform....
AN INTRODUCTORY THEOPHANY _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 4:1. SAW.—Observed, not specially “looked up.” OPENED.—Set open. TRUMPET.— Revelation 1:10. WHICH SAID.—The voice is put for the...
EXPOSITION This is the commencement of the second great division, which embraces Revelation 4-22:5, that in which the revelation, properly so called, takes place. Revelation 4:1. and 5. contain the f...
_5 AND OUT OF THE THRONE PROCEEDED LIGHTNINGS AND THUNDERINGS AND VOICES: AND THERE WERE SEVEN LAMPS OF FIRE BURNING BEFORE THE THRONE, WHICH ARE THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD._ Out of the throne were " VO...
Revelation chapter four begins with the Greek word "meta autos". And the first verse begins and ends with the same Greek words. The words literally from the Greek are "after these things". So as we co...
1 Corinthians 12:4; 2 Chronicles 4:20; Acts 2:3; Exodus 19:16;...
Proceeded [ε κ π ο ρ ε υ ο ν τ α ι]. Rev., proceed. The tense is graphically changed to the present. Lightnings and thunderings and voices. Compare Exodus 19:16. Variously interpreted of God's might,...
THE THRONE PREPARING FOR JUDGMENT Revelation 4:1 _and Revelation 5:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now approaching the second division of the Book of Revelation. Chapter three concludes the message to...
And out of the throne go forth lightnings — Which affect the sight. Voices — Which affect the hearing. Thunderings — Which cause the whole body to tremble. Weak men account all this terrible; but to t...
By the throne God is represented as. judge: by the THUNDERINGS, and LIGHTNINGS, and VOICES, IS REPRESENTED THE TERRIBLENESS OF God in judging sinners. As the law was delivered upon mount Sinai in ligh...