THE THRONE OF GOD - ENDTIMES CHAT with GJ and DAN

No chapters of the Bible are so inviting, thrilling, and worshipful as chapters 4 and 5 of Revelation. The Lord welcomes us to heaven itself, giving us a brief look at what takes place there and what we can anticipate for ourselves in the future.

 

In chapter 4, the primary focus is on God the Father, sitting upon His throne, enjoying the worship of His creatures. In chapter 5, the focus is on God the Son, the Messiah, our Lord Jesus Christ, Who is also the  One Whom all heaven adores and worships. What tremendous insights are to be found in these two chapters about the unique relationship of the Father and the Son!

 

The central feature of chapter 4 is the throne of God. Forty-five times Revelation refers to thrones and only fifteen times in the rest of the New Testament. Here is the throne book of the Bible!

 

The Second Vision of John (Revelation 4:1-2)

 

The first vision John received began with his words, “And having turned I saw…” (Revelation 1:12), and continued until the end of chapter 3. It included a glorious revelation of the Person of Jesus Christ, and a message from the lips of Jesus to be sent to seven churches in Asia Minor.

 

According to Revelation 1:19, John was to write what he saw about the risen Christ and about “the things which are,” a phrase dealing with the seven churches. After the messages to the seven churches, John was to write about “the things which will take place after this.” The words “after this” or “after these things” refer to everything John saw from Revelation 4:1 until the end of the book.

 

Revelation 4:1 begins with the same prepositional phrase as the end of Revelation 1:19 - “After these things.” The verse also ends with that phrase. John is making sure that we understand where this fits in his outline. All that follows comes after the message to “the churches.” The word church is not even mentioned again. The book refers to “saints” and “brethren,” and to the children of Israel and a great multitude of believers in the tribulation period; but, there will be no further reference to a church or group of churches.

 

The phrase “after these things” is used eleven times in the book in connection with the words “I saw.” It implies an order or sequence of events, but not necessarily chronological order. Rather, it suggests the order in which visions of the future were given to John-first vision, second vision, third vision, and so on. It does not necessarily imply that what was said in each vision takes place chronologically.

 

John mentions three things we can hover on here: "the door in heaven," "the voice in heaven," and that he "was in the Spirit." Tune in today to find out more!

 

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