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REVELATION 4:11 h=san {A}
The difficulty of the text (where we might have expected the sequence
evkti,sqhsan kai. h=san) was alleviated in several witnesses either by
reading ouvk h=san or by omitti...
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Verse Revelation 4:11. _THOU ART WORTHY, O LORD, TO RECEIVE_] Thus
all creation acknowledges the supremacy of God; and we learn from this
song that he _made all things for his pleasure_; and through...
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THOU ART WORTHY, O LORD - In thy character, perfections, and
government, there is what makes it proper that universal praise should
be rendered. The feeling of all true worshippers is, that (God is
wo...
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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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When the living creatures shall give glory and honour and thanksgiving
to him who is seated on the throne and who lives for ever and ever,
the twenty-four elders shall fall down before him who is seat...
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O LORD. The texts read "our LORD and our God" (App-98.)
GLORY, HONOUR, POWER. The texts place article "the" before each.
GLORY, as Revelation 4:9.
POWER. App-172.1; Rev 176:1.
HAST CREATED. didst c...
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_Thou art worthy_, &c. Here we have the praise of God the Creator by
His Creatures as such: in the next ch. we have the praise of the
Redeemer.
_for thy pleasure_ Better, BECAUSE OF THY WILL.
_they...
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Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΘΕῸΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν. Text. Rec[173]
with 1 substitutes κύριε; א prefixes this to text.
[173] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.
ἮΣΑΝ ΚΑῚ ἘΚΤΊΣΘΗΣΑΝ. With א and most versions
(includ...
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THE HOMAGE OF THE ELDERS...
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_JOHN DESCRIBED GOD AS WORTHY REVELATION 4:8-11:_ We quickly observe
that the focus of John's vision is not on the twenty-four elders, nor
on the four strange creatures. The focal point is God on the...
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THOU ART WORTHY, O LORD, &C.— Some read and point the verse thus:
_Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and
the power: For thou hast created all things; and for thy pleasure...
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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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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 12
Text Revelation 4:9-11
9 And when the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanks
to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that liveth for ever and
ever, 10...
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Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for
thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created.
O LORD. A B 'Aleph ('), Vulgate, Syriac, add, 'and...
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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...
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HAST CREATED] RV 'didst create.' FOR THY PLEASURE] RV 'because of thy
will.' ARE] RV 'were,' i.e. existed 'in His idea from all eternity;
and when the appointed moment came, they ere created' (Milliga...
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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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The doxology is three-fold. (See Note on Revelation 1:6.) It should
run —
“Worthy art Thou, O Lord, and our God,
To receive the glory, and the honour, and the power,
Because Thou didst create all thi...
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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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An implicit refutation of the dualistic idea, developed by Cerinthus,
the traditional opponent of John in Asia Minor, that creation was the
work of some angel or power separate from God (Iren. i. 26,...
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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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Verses 9-11 Upon hearing praise given to God, the twenty-four elders
join in praise and cast their crowns down before him as an
acknowledgment of the source of those crowns. Earthly rulers might
deman...
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(10) Thou art worthy, O Lord, (11) to receive glory and honour and
power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are
and were created.
(10) The sum of their speech: that all glor...
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(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...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! Let us seek grace, that, like the beloved Apostle, we may by
faith hear the sweet voice, saying, Come up hither, and like him, may
be immediately in the Spirit, when we come to vi...
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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 REASON OF CREATION_
‘Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and
were created.’
Revelation 4:11
Beyond this the highest reason of man cannot go. As proof of this,
observe t...
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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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THOU ART WORTHY, O LORD, TO RECEIVE GLORY HONOUR, AND POWER,.... The
Alexandrian copy, and some others, the Complutensian edition, the
Vulgate Latin version, and all the Oriental ones, read, "thou art...
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Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for
thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created.
Ver. 11. _Thou art worthy_] If we would have our soul...
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_And when those living creatures give glory, &c., the elders fall
down_ That is, as often as the living creatures begin their song of
adoration and praise, the elders immediately fall down. The expres...
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That good pleasure of God which gave birth to creation, and constantly
upholds it, awakens the liveliest gratitude in the hearts of his
people, and will draw forth to him the most ardent ascriptions o...
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The sea of glass, the beasts, and the hymn of praise:...
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THOU ART WORTHY, O LORD, TO RECEIVE GLORY AND HONOR AND POWER; FOR
THOU HAST CREATED ALL THINGS, AND FOR THY PLEASURE THEY ARE AND WERE
CREATED.
This description further enhances the majesty of the pi...
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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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_ 11 “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were
created.”_
A. WORTHY ART THOU - These words were on the entrance t...
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9-11 All true believers wholly ascribe their redemption and
conversion, their present privileges and future hopes, to the eternal
and most holy God. Thus rise the for-ever harmonious, thankful songs
o...
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All the praises, homages, and acknowledgments of all the creatures is
thy due; as then art he who gavest the first being to all creatures,
and therefore gavest it them, that they might praise, honour,...
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Revelation 4:11 are G1488 (G5748) worthy G514 Lord G2962 receive G2983
(G5629) glory G1391 and G2532 honor...
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‘And when the living creatures will give glory and honour and thanks
to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives for ever and ever
(unto the ages of the ages), the four and twenty elders will fall...
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Revelation 4:11. WORTHY ART THOU, OUR LORD AND OUR GOD, TO TAKE THE
GLORY, AND THE HONOUR, AND THE POWER, FOR THOU DIDST CREATE ALL
THINGS, AND BECAUSE OF THY WILL THEY WERE, AND THEY WERE CREATED. In...
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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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OUR LORD AND OUR GOD
(ο κυριος κα ο θεος ημων). The nominative form here
used as vocative as in John 20:28 and often.TO RECEIVE
(λαβειν). Epexegetic second aorist active infinitive of
λαμβανω wit...
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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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In these verses, all Creation (symbolized by the twenty-four elders
and the four living creatures) praise the Triune God - ELOHIM - on his
Throne, and worship their Creator. The picture is one of cont...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 4:9 God’s receiving of POWER does
not suggest that an omnipotent being can become stronger. Rather, the
strength of his creatures is used to honor him....
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These living ones give glory and honor and thanks to him that sits
upon the throne; and the twenty four elders representing the redeemed
of earth, fall down before him that liveth forever and ever and...
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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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_9 AND WHEN THOSE BEASTS GIVE GLORY AND HONOUR AND THANKS TO HIM THAT
SAT ON THE THRONE, WHO LIVETH FOR EVER AND EVER,_
_ 10 THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS FALL DOWN BEFORE HIM THAT SAT ON THE
THRONE, AN...
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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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1 Chronicles 16:28; 1 Chronicles 16:29; 2 Samuel 22:4; Acts 17:24;...
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O Lord [κ υ ρ ι ε]. Read oJ kuriov kai oJ Qeov hJmwn our Lord and
our God. So Rev. See on Matthew 21:3.
To receive [λ α β ε ι ν]. Or perhaps, better, to take, since the
glory, honor, and power are the...
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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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Worthy art thou to receive — This he receives not only when he is
thus praised, but also when he destroys his enemies and glorifies
himself anew. The glory and the honour and the power — Answering the...