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CHAPTER IV.
_John sees the throne of God in heaven surrounded by twenty-four_
_elders; and four living creatures, full of eyes; which all_
_join in giving glory to the Almighty_, 1-11.
NOTES ON CH...
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AFTER THIS - Greek, “After these things”; that is, after what he
had seen, and after what he had been directed to record in the
preceding chapters. How long after these things this occurred, he does
n...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AFTER. App-104.
THIS. these things, as Revelation 1:19.
LOOKED. App-133.
BEHOLD. App-133.
_ WAS_ OPENED. i.e. already opened.
HEAVEN. See Revelation 3:12.
FIRST. Greek."former". See...
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Heaven opened Chap. Revelation 4:1-9
1. _I looked_ Better, I BEHELD, AND LO! as Revelation 5:6; Revelation
5:11 &c.; Da
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ΛΑΛΟΎΣΗΣ. א reads λαλοῦσαν.
ΛΈΓΩΝ. With א* AB2; Text. Rec[144] reads λέγουσα with
אcP 1.
[144] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.
1. ΜΕΤᾺ ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ. This seems to be a new vision rather than...
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Revelation 4:1-9. HEAVEN OPENED...
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_JOHN DESCRIBED WHAT HE SAW REVELATION 4:1-3 : AFTER_ the letters had
been completed to the seven churches John saw a door opened in heaven.
The voice of_ _ the Son of God is heard by John and is comp...
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ΜΕΤΆ ΤΑΫ́ΤΑ (G3326; G3778נ после сего. Это
переход к описанию нового видения, от
земных церквей к небесному престолу
(Thomas),
ΕΊΔΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть,
ΙΔΟΎ _aor. imper. act....
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AFTER THIS I LOOKED, &C.— _After these things I saw and beheld a
door opened in heaven._ Doddridge. After the vision in the former
Chapter s, relating to _the things which are,_ other visions succeed...
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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...
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_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...
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After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and
the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with
me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things w...
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THE PROPHETIC SECTION
10 _ Endurance _ will be a cardinal virtue in that day of stress and
distress. Seven times are we reminded of it (Rev_1:9; Rev_2:2-3;
Rev_2:19; Rev_3:10; Rev_13:10; Rev_14:12)....
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FIRST VOICE] i.e. the voice of Revelation 1:10....
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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...
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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...
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AFTER THIS (better, _these things)_ I LOOKED (literally, _I saw;_ not
“I looked,” as though the prophet turned his gaze then towards
it), AND, BEHOLD A DOOR WAS OPENED (or, _set open)_ IN HEAVEN. — He...
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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...
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μετὰ … ἰδού introducing as usual in an independent clause
(instead of a simple accus., Vit. ii. 8 f., 31, 173, 174, to which he
reverts in Revelation 4:4) some fresh and weighty revelation; lesser
pha...
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“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...
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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...
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After he had been given the letters to the seven churches, John saw a
door standing open in heaven. The voice is likely of Jesus, as in
Revelation 1:10. He invites John into heaven to view things that...
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After (1) this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven:
and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet
talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee
t...
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No sooner had St. John received in the preceding vision the documents
he was to transmit to the seven Churches of Asia [Asia Minor], when,
behold, a new scene displays itself. Heaven opens, and St. Jo...
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(1) After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and
the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with
me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee thing...
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CONTENTS
At this Chapter, we enter upon those Prophecies which relate to the
Church of God, from the Ascension of Christ, going on through a
regular Progression, to the Descension of Christ, at the g...
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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...
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_THE VISION OF HEAVEN_
‘Come up hither.’
Revelation 4:1
This is the first of a series of visions which St. John had in
Patmos—the vision of the temple in heaven, the vision of the throne
of God and...
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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...
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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...
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AFTER THIS I LOOKED,.... After John had seen the vision of Christ, in
the midst of the golden candlesticks, with seven stars in his right
hand; after he was bid to write what he had seen, and what wer...
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.
1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door _was_ opened in heaven: and
the first voice which I heard _was_ as it were of a t...
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The former vision which John saw, contained in the foregoing Chapter
s, represented the state of the church at the time when the vision was
given, or the things that then were, (Revelation 1:19,) and...
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AND THE FIRST VOICE-TALKING WITH ME; or, And the first voice which I
heard as of a trumpet talking with me; the voice, namely, mentioned in
chap Revelation 1:10....
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AFTER THIS I LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, A DOOR WAS OPENED IN HEAVEN; AND THE
FIRST VOICE WHICH I HEARD WAS AS IT WERE OF A TRUMPET TALKING WITH ME,
WHICH SAID, COME UP HITHER, AND I WILL SHOW THEE THINGS WH...
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THE VISION OF GOD'S THRONE OF MAJESTY AND GLORY. Revelation 4:1
The throne and the seat of the elders:...
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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...
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As we enter into the description of the vision itself, here is a
little outline that might help you.
Chapter 4 Have faith in the power and dominion of God. Chapter 5 Keep
your faith in the power and...
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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...
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REVELATION CHAPTER 4 REVELATION 4:1 John seeth the throne of God in
heaven, REVELATION 4:4,5 encompassed with four and twenty elders,
REVELATION 4:6,7 and four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
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Revelation 4:1 After G3326 things G5023 looked G1492 (G5627) and G2532
behold G2400 (G5628) door G2374 op
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THE VISION OF HEAVEN.
‘After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven. And
the first voice which I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with
me, one saying, “Come up here and I will...
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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...
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Revelation 4:1. AFTER THESE THINGS denotes succession of visions, not
of time; and the rest of the verse is preparatory to the vision rather
than strictly speaking a part of it. The apostle must be un...
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AFTER THESE THINGS
(μετα ταυτα). Change in the panorama, not chronology
(Revelation 7:1; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 15:5; Revela...
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COME UP HITHER
This call seems clearly to indicate the fulfilment of (1 Thessalonians
4:14). The word "church" does not again occur in the Revelation till
all is fulfilled....
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Revelation 4:1
Heaven Near, though Hidden.
Note:
I. The division between earth and heaven. The fact that earth and
heaven are divided by so wide a gulf seems to me one of the strangest
facts in our...
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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...
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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...
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I HAD ANOTHER VISION. John is given a series of visions in this book.
AN OPEN DOOR IN HEAVEN. So that he can see how God looks at our entire
Universe! COME UP HERE. To the throne _as it appears in the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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CHAPTER 4 - JOHN IS CAUGHT UP TO HEAVEN
_ 1 AFTER THIS I LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, A DOOR WAS OPENED IN HEAVEN:
AND THE FIRST VOICE WHICH I HEARD WAS AS IT WERE OF A TRUMPET TALKING
WITH ME; WHICH SAID,...
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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...
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Acts 10:11; Acts 7:56; Exodus 1:1; Exodus 19:24; Exodus 24:12;...
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After this [μ ε τ α τ α υ τ α]. Rev., literally, after these
things. Not indicating a break in the ecstatic state of the seer, but
only a succession of separate visions.
I looked [ε ι δ ο ν]. Rev., b...
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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...
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After these things — As if he had said, After I had written these
letters from the mouth of the Lord. By the particle and, the several
parts of this prophecy are usually connected: by the expression,...
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As if St. John had said, After my first vision was over, being
desirous farther to understand and know the mind of God,. looked
upwards to heaven, from whence divine revelations come, and it was
repre...