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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....
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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...
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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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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...
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PROCEEDED. proceed.
SEVEN. See App-197.
LAMPS. App-130. See John 18:3.
BURNING. Greek. _kaio._ See Joh 5:55.
SPIRITS. App-101....
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_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...
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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...
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Revelation 4:1-9. HEAVEN OPENED...
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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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LIGHTNINGS, etc.] signifying awe-inspiring majesty and power: cp.
Exodus 19:16. SEVEN SPIRITS] see on Revelation 1:4....
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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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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....
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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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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...
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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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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 o...
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(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...
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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...
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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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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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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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_ 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...
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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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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...
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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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Revelation 4:5 And G2532 from G1537 throne G2362 proceeded G1607
(G5736) lightnings G796 G2532 thunderings G1027 a
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 4:5 LIGHTNING, RUMBLINGS, and THUNDER
display the terrifying splendor of God’s glory, as at Mount Sinai ...
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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....
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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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_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...
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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 Corinthians 12:4; 2 Chronicles 4:20; Acts 2:3; Exodus 19:16;...
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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,...
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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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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...
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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...