Revelation 4:2, Revelation 4:4 NIV

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 4:1-11

AN INTRODUCTORY THEOPHANYCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESRevelation 4:1. Saw.—Observed, not specially “looked up.” Opened.—Set open. Trumpet.—Revelation 1:10. Which said.—The voice is put for the person speaking.Revelation 4:2. In the spirit.—Implying a rapt state of mind, absorbed wholly in the things now unfolded. Compare St. Peter’s “trances,” and St. Paul’s “visions.” “It is implied that he was caught up through the open door into heaven, and saw what was going on above.” Compare the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:2

Revelation 4:2 The Revelation of the Triune God and its Diffusion. I. The form which both Prophet and Apostle saw seated on the heavenly throne was of a clear, brilliant flame colour, partly red like the sardine, or, to use a modern term, the carnelian, and partly of the lighter hue of yellow amber. The truth symbolised in this appearance is thus set forth in plain terms by the Apostle to the Hebrews: "Our God is a consuming fire." The first attribute under which God presents Himself to a soul... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:1-11

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 come to this phrase, "after these things," our minds should flash back to chapter Revelation 1:19 ,where the book of Revelation was divided into three basic divisions. "Write the things which you have seen, the things which are, and the things which will be after these things", "meta autos". So... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 4:1-11

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, and England. The events of providence, in a succession of ages, have given holy men superior light in those studies, beyond what the fathers of the primitive church could possibly attain. After consulting those authorities, many of whose names have already been mentioned in the introduction to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 4:1-11

Revelation 4:1-11Behold, a door was opened in heaven.The open doorI. The open door.1. The place where the open door was seen: “In heaven.” This implies several important things.(1) The changed sphere of operation.(a) The “golden lampstands” represented Churches, not in heaven, but on earth.(b) The “seven stars” represented the pastors of those Churches.(c) Now the seer’s attention is called from the condition of things on earth to a condition of things in heaven. This is fruitful of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 4:2-5

Revelation 4:2-5A throne was set in heaven.The majestic government of the great GodI. The majestic government of the great God has heaven for the chief scene of its administration.1. When a good man is privileged to look into heaven, the first thing that attracts his attention is the majestic government of God.2. Earth does not contain the supreme power of law, but is under the government of heaven.3. The government of God is in sublime contrast to that which obtains amongst men.(1) Firm in... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 4:2

2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. Ver. 2. I was in the spirit ] SeeRevelation 1:10; Revelation 1:10 . That is, I was ravished into a spiritual ecstasy. And behold a throne ] So Isaiah was prepared for his prophecy by such a sight, Revelation 6:1 . And Ezekiel (besides that stupendous vision, Eze 1:4-28 ) heard behind him a voice of great rushing, saying, "Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place," Ezekiel 3:12 .... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 4:2

I was: Revelation 1:10, Revelation 17:3, Revelation 21:10, Ezekiel 3:12-2 Chronicles : a throne: Revelation 4:5, Revelation 20:11, Isaiah 6:1, Jeremiah 17:12, Ezekiel 1:26, Ezekiel 1:28, Ezekiel 10:1 and one: Revelation 4:9, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 5:1, Revelation 5:6, Revelation 5:7, Revelation 5:13, Revelation 6:16, Revelation 7:9-Esther :, Revelation 12:5, Revelation 19:4, Revelation 21:5, Revelation 22:1-Leviticus :, Isaiah 6:1, Daniel 7:9, Hebrews 8:1 Reciprocal: Numbers 2:2 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 4:2

And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.And immediately I was in the spirit — Even in an higher degree than before, Revelation 1:10.And, behold, a throne was set in heaven — St. John is to write "things which shall be;" and, in order thereto, he is here shown, after an heavenly manner, how whatever "shall be," whether good or bad, flows out of invisible fountains; and how, after it is done on the visible theatre of the world and... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:1-11

PART SECOND. THE THEOPHANIC APOCALYPSE. The Theophany in divine royal state, Revelation 4:1-6. The scene of the Apocalypse opens with a presentation of GOD enthroned, surrounded with his glorious Court of ministers, seated for the purpose of opening the predictive seals from which are presented the pictorial phases of the Messianic dispensation. He who as omnipresent fills all space, selects a point of manifestation, and puts on a semblance of finite personality in order to disclose a... read more