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 CHAP. IV.
Verse Revelation 4:1. A door was opened in heaven] This appears to have been a visible aperture in the sky over his head.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Heaven opened Chap. Revelation 4:1-9 1. _I looked_ Better, I BEHELD, AND LO! as Revelation 5:6; Revelation 5:11 &c.; Da
Revelation 4:1-9. HEAVEN OPENED...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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)....
FIRST VOICE] i.e. the voice of Revelation 1:10....
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
THE VISION OF GOD'S THRONE OF MAJESTY AND GLORY. Revelation 4:1 The throne and the seat of the elders:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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Acts 10:11; Acts 7:56; Exodus 1:1; Exodus 19:24; Exodus 24:12;...
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