Message Notes

SSS 4 15 December 2024
Revelation 4

1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.
3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.
5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

Revelation 4:1-5

A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN

1. A open door in heaven

After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven.”

Revelation 4:1a

2. An announcement

And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”

Revelation 4:1b

a) The first voice Rev 1:10

b) This is a reference to the Lord Jesus

c) Revelation from the Lord

d) “Things which must take place after this”

3. In the Spirit

Immediately I was in the Spirit

Revelation 4:2a

a) Beyond the realm of the physical

b) Into the realm of the spiritual

4. A throne in heaven

And behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.

Revelation 4:2b

a) Authority

b) Majesty

c) The Lord God sits on the throne

5. The Lord on the throne

And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in ppearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.

Revelation 4:3

a) Jasper stone
White (Purity)

b) Sardius stone
Red (The blood of the Lord Jesus)

c) A rainbow around the throne
Genesis 9 (The first rainbow)

d) In appearance like an emerald
Green (freshness)

6. Around the throne

Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.

Revelation 4:4

a) Twenty-four thrones

b) Twenty-four elders

c) Robed in white clothes

d) A crown of gold on their heads

e) These represent all believers

7. Proceeding from the throne

And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

Revelation 4:5

a) Lightnings

b) Thunderings

c) Voices

d) Seven lamps of fire burning before the throne

e) They represent the Holy Spirit