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2. The Throne Room of Heaven Chapter 4

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4. The Throne Room of Heaven Chapter 4 Revelation 1:3 English Standard Version (ESV) 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

5. The Throne Room of Heaven Chapter 4 Takeaways: 1. God is in Control 2. God has a Plan 3. You can be part of His Plan 4. He deserves our Worship

6. The Throne Room of Heaven Chapter 4 The Divine Outline of Revelation Write, therefore, what you have seen… The vision of Christ Chapter 1 What is now… The seven churches Chapters 2-3 What will take place later. Which follows *AFTER the churches Chapters 4-22 *Meta-tauta (after these things)

7. Revelation 4 New King James Version (NKJV) The Throne Room of Heaven 4 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. 6 Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “ Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come! ” 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: 11 “ You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created. ”

8. The Throne Room of Heaven Chapter 4 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 New King James Version (NKJV) 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

9. The Throne Room of Heaven Chapter 4 Last stone: “ Son of my right hand First stone: “ Behold a Son ”

10. The Throne Room of Heaven Chapter 4 24 Elders – Distinguishing Features Sitting on Thrones Rev. 3:21 White Robes Rev. 3:18 Crowns of Gold Rev. 2:10, 3:11 Song of the Redeemed Rev. 5:9-10

11. The Throne Room of Heaven Chapter 4 Revelation 1:20 English Standard Version (ESV) 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

12. The Throne Room of Heaven Chapter 4 Revelation 4:6-8 English Standard Version (ESV) 6 and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: 7 the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. 8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “ Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come

15. The Throne Room of Heaven Chapter 4 Takeaways: 1. God is in Control 2. God has a Plan 3. You can be part of His Plan 4. He deserves our Worship

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