Passage for today
1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne.
4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.
5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits[a] of God.
6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.
Revelation 4:1 – 6New International Version
Sunday 07Sep2025, Wesley Methodist Church Kampar.
Notes written from my observations of the Vision of the Apostle John recorded in Revelations chapters Four and Five.
John was in the Spirit when he saw a vision of the Throne of God in Heaven (Rev 4:22).
- On the Throne
- One seated on the throne
- having the appearance of jasper and carnelian (Rev 4:3)
- Encircling the Throne
- a rainbow
- resembling emerald (Rev 4:36)
- Surrounding the Throne
- 24 other thrones
- 24 Elders seated on those thrones
- each wearing white clothes and a gold crown (Rev 4:4)
- Coming from the Throne
- flashes of lightning
- rumbling and peals of thunder (Rev 4:5)
- Before the Throne
- 7 Lamps, blazing (Rev 4:5b)
- they are the 7 Spirits of God
- a crystal clear Sea of Glass (Rev 4:6)
- Around the Throne
- in the centre (inner circle) (Rev 4:6b)
- 4 Living Creatures
- covered with eyes, front and back
- resembling Lion, Ox, Man's face, Eagle
- each having 6 wings, covered by eyes
- the 4 Creatures constantly say, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come" (Rev 4:8)
- each time followed by the 24 Elders who fall down and worship the One sitting on the Throne (Rev 4:9-11)
- In the Hands of the One who sits on the Throne
- a Scroll written on both sides, sealed with 7 Seals (Rev 5:1)
- no one could break the Seals, nor look into the Scroll (Rev 5:4)
- Standing in the Centre of the Throne
- (innermost circle)
- encircled by the 4 Living Creatures, and by the 24 Elders
- is the Lamb that had been slain
- having 7 Horns and 7 Eyes (Rev 5:6)
- Encircling the Throne, the 4 Living Creratures, and 24 Elders
- (outermmost circle)
- a Host of Angels, thousands upon thousands, ten thousands upon ten thousands (Rev 5:11)
- Beyond all these
- every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth,
- and upon the sea, and all things in them (Rev 5:13, 14)
- saying, "To him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, blessing, and honour, and glory, and might, to the ages of ages"
- at which the 4 Living Creatures said, "Amen"
- and the 24 Elders fell down and worshipped.
Please visit the following links for my thoughts about the worship of God Almighty who sits on the Throne, written over the past eleven years:
