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The Apostle John is taken to heaven
Rev. 4:1 After
this [Gr. meta tauta,
after these things] [Rev.
1:19—after writing
the things which thou hast seen (Chapter 1); and
the things which are (in John’s day:
Chapters 2 and 3); Jesus next shows John
the things which shall be hereafter (Chapters
4 through 22)—none of which have
transpired as of May, 2009] I looked, and, behold,
[1] a door [was] opened in heaven [a picture of the
Rapture of the
Church, but not the
Rapture
of the Church (c/p.
Rev. 3:8)]: and
[2] the first voice [the voice of Jesus]
[a.] which I heard [was]
[11.]
as it were of a trumpet (Rev.
1:10) talking with me;
which said,
[b.] Come up hither [to
the throne room in heaven as did the Apostle Paul (2 Cor. 12:4), Isaiah (Isa.
6:1) and Ezekiel (Eze. 1:4; 8:2; 10:1-5); c/p. Hab. 3:3-4; (c/p. also
Rev. 11:12], and come hither, Rev.
17:1)], and
[c.] I will show thee things
[11.]
which must be hereafter
[Gr. meta tauta, after
these things; this verse does not prove the Rapture of the Church after the "Church age", arguably represented by Chapters 2
and 3. The
Rapture of the Church is not covered as a subject in the
book of Revelation, but must
be discerned from a disciplined reading of the text (see notes on Chapters
6 and 7)].
4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit
[(Rev. 1:10); c/p. Paul’s visit to heaven (2 Cor. 12:2); c/p. Eze. 2:12; 43:5]; and, behold,
[1] a throne was set in
heaven, and
[2] [one] sat on the throne.
4:3 And he that sat was to
look upon
[1] like a jasper and
[2] [like]a sardine stone: and
[there was] a rainbow
[a.]
round about the throne, in
sight
[b.] like unto an emerald.
Twenty-four elders around the
throne of God
4:4 And
[1] round about the throne [were]
[a.] four and twenty seats [thrones]: and
[2] upon the seats [thrones] I saw
[a.] four and twenty elders
[11.] sitting [in a
place of honor and authority (c/p.
Rev. 3:21)],
[12.] clothed in white raiment [made
righteous (Rev. 19:8)]; and
[13.] they had on their heads crowns
of gold..
4:5 And out of the throne proceeded
[1] lightnings and
[2] thunderings and
[3] voices:
and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning
[a.] before the throne,
[11.] which are the seven Spirits of
God (Rev.
1:4 ;
Rev. 3:1;
Rev. 5:6).
[1] before the throne [there was] a sea of glass [before the throne of God is an empty crystal sea with nobody standing before Him in victory (c/p. Rev. 7:9; Rev. 15:2)]
[a.] like unto crystal: and
[2] in the midst [middle] of the throne,
and
[3] round about [around] the throne,
[a.] [were] four beasts [zoe, angelic living creatures; these
are in the middle of the Father's throne, surrounding it [c/p.
seraphim (Isa. 6:2)]
[11.] full of eyes before and behind.
4:7 And
[1] the first beast [was] like a
lion (c/p. Eze. 1:10, 10:14), and
[2] the second beast like a calf,
and
[3] the third beast had a face as
a man, and
[4] the fourth beast [was] like a
flying eagle.
4:8 And the four beasts
[1] had each of them six wings (c/p.
Isa. 6:2) about [him]; and
[2] [they were] full of eyes
within: and
[3] they rest not day and night,
saying,
[a.] Holy, holy, holy, Lord God
Almighty (c/p. Isa. 6:3),
[11.] which was,
[12.] and is,
[13.] and is to come.
© 1997-2009 Walter J. Taylor; Walter James Taylor
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