Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the right-wing extremist who hosted the network's highly rated 8pm hour, have severed ties, the network said in a stunning announcement Monday. 14The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.(V). Ordinarily, the jasper is a stone of various wavy colors, somewhat transparent: in Revelation 21:11 it represents watery crystalline brightness. The twenty-four elders represent the Judo-Christian and the Gentile Church, twelve for each of these two moieties of the primitive Church, in conformity with the types of the twelve patriarchs, the twelve tribes, and the twelve apostles.F. This important distinction explains this introductory vision of the eternal glory of God. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Ezek.23:3234, The harlot. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! Revelation 4:1-11 . Almighty--answering to "Lord of hosts" (Sabaoth), Isaiah 6:3 . Heaven and earth may pass away. Web4 JJettasDad 16 min. In the arched iris spanning the Divine throne the ancient Church beheld an emblem of the Divine severity, blended with love; in it she saw the dark showers of His judgments, gilded by the bright beams of His mercy. Ezek.1. As the rainbow was first reflected on the waters of the world's ruin, and continues to be seen only when a cloud is brought over the earth, so another deluge, namely, of fire, shall precede the new heavens and earth: the Lord, as here, on His throne, whence ( Revelation 4:5 ) proceed "lightnings and thunderings," shall issue the commission to rid the earth of its oppressors: but then, amidst judgment, when other men's hearts fail them for fear, the believer shall be reassured by the rainbow, the covenant token, round the throne (compare DE BURGH, Exposition of Revelation). From the same as aer; an eagle. Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Singular. (AJ) 27I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. 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An eagle, bird of prey. From pros and ops; the front, i.e. . By analogy, the calm, glass-like sea represents those counsels of God, those purposes of righteousness and love, often fathomless, but never obscure, always the same, though sometimes glowing with holy anger, like unto crystal, resplendent and pellucid. So also in Revelation 5:7 , as in Daniel 7:13 , the Son of man brought before the Ancient of days is distinguished from Him. (DV) I have never defiled myself. The fourth is like to an eagle; and this indicates velocity, and far-sighted and penetrating vision. I looked - Greek, "I saw" - eidon. (BT) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people. White.Note the importance of this symbol of purity throughout the book. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning(U) flashed out of it. opened"standing open"; not as though John saw it in the act of being opened. (CL) 19But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn(CM) from their wickedness(CN) or from their evil ways, they will die(CO) for their sin; but you will have saved yourself. Ezek.9. Render, as Rev., "a voice as of a trumpet.". 18Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes(AA) all around. I. The description is about four beasts full of eyes before and behind. (DS) 12Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement(DT) for fuel. 13The Lord said, In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.(DU), 14Then I said, Not so, Sovereign Lord! They will not let the interest of men stay with Christ. WebRevelation's four living beings. in Isaiah, God of hosts. Revelation 4:9-10. Compare as to the happy and willing subjection of the lower animal world, Isaiah 11:6-8 , 65:25 , Ezekiel 34:25 , Hosea 2:18 . Why Does God Compare Our Relationship with Him to That of a Bride and Groom? MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.Revelation 4:1-11. of Rev., better, I saw. Emerald.Green. Here, however, the predominating color among the prismatic colors is green, the most refreshing of colors to look upon, and so symbolizing God's consolatory promises in Christ to His people amidst judgments on His foes. . 8I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege. It cannot escape even the most unobserving, how greatly this whole scene resembles the inaugural theophanies in Isaiah 6:0 and Ezekiel 1:0 (Stuart). First, before, principal, most important. The cloud is the regular token of God's and Christ's presence, for example, in the tabernacle's holiest place; on Mount Sinai at the giving of the law; at the ascension ( Acts 1:9 ); at His coming again ( Revelation 4:7 ). (O) All four of them had faces and wings, 9and the wings of one touched the wings of another. and behold, a door was opened in heaven: not in a literal sense, as the heavens were opened at Christ's baptism, and at Stephen's martyrdom, but in a figurative sense; and the phrase is to be understood of a discovery of things that were, or were to be in the church of God, which in this book is oftentimes signified by "heaven": and it must be conceived as done in a visionary way, just as Ezekiel, in the visions of God, was brought to Jerusalem, and the temple there, and in at a door was shown all the abominations committed in the court and temple; so John, in a visionary way, through an opened door, had a scene of things in the church presented to him, as follows: and the first voice which I heard was, as it were, of a trumpet talking with me; this voice is not called the first voice with respect to any other voices that were to follow; but it designs the former voice, the voice that John heard behind him, when he saw the first vision; and this, as that, was clear, loud, and sonorous as a trumpet, so that he thoroughly heard, and rightly understood what was said; it was the same Person that made the following representation of things as did then, even he who is the Alpha and the Omega, the Lord Jesus Christ, the author of the whole revelation; the "first" is left out in the Arabic version: the allusion is to the blowing of trumpets at the opening of the door of the temple; "every day there were one and twenty soundings of a trumpet in the temple, three , "at the opening of the doors", and nine at the daily morning sacrifice, and nine at the daily evening sacrifice (f).''. (BD) 8But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. the honour . The seal Sea of glass.Figure from the sea that was in front of Solomons temple (1 Kings 7:23, etc.). So the vision of this chapter is given, and God is seen receiving the absolutely sole worship of the representatives of all creation, animal and human. in Isaiah, God of hosts.. . By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. seven lamps . . The answer is simple; the voice of Christ has many tones; and the voice like a trumpet said, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. (See Revelation 1:10-13.). give--"shall give" in one oldest manuscript. In that expanse, or arch, the stars are set as gems (compare the notes on Isaiah 34:4); through apertures or windows in that expanse the rain comes down, Genesis 7:11; and that is opened when a heavenly messenger comes down to the earth, Matthew 3:16. the first voice which I heard--the voice which I heard at first, namely, in Revelation 1:10 ; the former voice. Ezekiels revelation of the temple was imparted to him on the 19 th Jubilee of Israel since they had crossed the Jordan into the Promised Land under Joshua. . Rev.22:2. Throne.See 1 Kings 22:19. 15As I looked at the living creatures,(W) I saw a wheel(X) on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. The other, the Son, who is the secondary cause, easy to be approached, in that he is God and man in one person; Re 5:5-9. In Revelation 15:2 it is a "sea of glass mingled with fire." The agree-ment belongs to a series of parallels between Ezekiels inaugural vision and the accounts of Pauls call or conversion in Acts 9:19, 22:611, and 26:1218. "Behold" governs in sense both "a door," &c., and "the first voice," &c. hereafterGreek, "after these things": after the present time (Re 1:19).Revelation 4:1-3 John seeth the throne of God in heaven,Revelation 4:4,5 encompassed with four and twenty elders,Revelation 4:6,7 and four beasts full of eyes before and behind.Revelation 4:8-11 The continual adoration and worship offered by thebeasts and elders before him that sat on the throne. It is but the chorus of a portion. Ezek.10:12, No more delay in God's judgment. Rev.14. 2. But there are remarkable parallels between Revelation and Ezekiel, two books written about 600 years apart. And one of them was called the great door of the temple; and he that slew the daily sacrifice, did not slay till he heard the sound of that door when it was opened (g); so here at the opening of the door in heaven, in the church, of which the temple was a type, the voice of the Son of God is heard as the sound of a trumpet, talking loudly and familiarly to John: which said, come up hither; from the isle of Patmos, where he was, up to heaven; not into the third heaven, where Paul was caught up, but rather up into the Gospel church, the Jerusalem which is above; though this, as before, is to be understood in a visionary way, in like manner as Ezekiel was lifted up by the Spirit between the earth and the heavens; and so John, in a vision, was called up from Patmos into the air, where he had a representation of the church made unto him: and I will show thee things which must be hereafter; in the world, in the Roman empire, and in the church of God, to the end of the world; not but that there were some things shown him, as before, in the church prophecy, which had been, and were, and which was done to give him a complete view of things from first to last: and these things were shown in the following visions of the seals, trumpets, and vials, and by the Lord Jesus Christ, who talked with him, and to whom this revelation was given to show unto his servants; and it was of things that "must" be, because determined and resolved upon in the unalterable purposes and decrees of God. Thus there is symbolized here the purificatory baptism of water and the Spirit of all who are made "kings and priests unto God." Rev.18 (Babylon). (The fourth horse is dapple in Zechariah and pale in Revelation). (DN) 7Turn your face(DO) toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. (AY) 6And you, son of man, do not be afraid(AZ) of them or their words. Talking with me - As of a trumpet that seemed to speak directly to me. The four plagues Chapter 5 Chapter 6:1-8 4. O Lord--The two oldest manuscripts, A, B, Vulgate, and Syriac add, "and our God." glory, &c.--"the glory . The pavements, or, as we say, floors, of palaces and elegant houses of the East are constructed with expensive and splendid materials. One oldest manuscript, B, and Syriac insert "the Holy One." Before the great contest delineated in the fourth gospel, which begins at chap. (AR) 2As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me(AS) to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. The seer has brought the Lord Jesus Christ vividly before us as the Living, White One. Revelation 4:3. Compare at the giving of the law on Sinai, Exodus 19:16 . Time: Daniel 4: 23,25; 7:25 | Revelation 12:14; 13:5 4. (CT), 22The hand of the Lord(CU) was on me there, and he said to me, Get up and go(CV) out to the plain,(CW) and there I will speak to you. 23So I got up and went out to the plain. After this; after I had the first vision, mentioned Revelation 1:1-20, and had written what it was the pleasure of God I should write to the churches, in a book, perceiving the way God designed to reveal himself to me was by vision. All that the words would properly convey would be, that there would be a disclosure of things that were to occur in some future time. VISION OF GOD'S THRONE IN HEAVEN; THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS; THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES. implies that the seer witnessed the opening of the door. Within.This may mean, inside their wings; and these eyes were seen when the wings were spread. Speaking - saying ( - ). What Does Colossians 2:6-7 Teach Us about Our Faith Walk? was--Omit, as not being in the Greek. 8. about him--Greek, "round about him." (CF) And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days(CG)deeply distressed. The stability of this throne is even more impressive than its splendour. To have, hold, possess. WebThe phrase after this (meta tauta in ancient Greek) in Revelation 1:19 is repeated twice in Revelation 4:1. All rights reserved. [a] There the hand of the Lord was on him. Friday: Read Revelation 4:1-11: Ezekiel 1. which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. What Every Christian Should Know about the Protestant Reformation. ALFORD connects this with the following sentence: "All round and within (their wings) they are (so two oldest manuscripts, A, B, and Vulgate read) full of eyes." In other words, it is St. Johns manner of thought to sing his song of triumph before the fight begins, and that is exactly what he does in the fourth and fifth chapters of the Apocalypse.W. And I will show thee things which must be hereafter - Greek, "after these things." Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved. Eastern Abstraction.It is well to remember that Easterns have a power of mental abstractionof separating themselves for a time from their bodieswhich is quite inconceivable to Westerns. Here it is zoon, "living creatures"; not beast. 611, than as a proem to the book at large. rainbow round about the throne--forming a complete circle (type of God's perfection and eternity: not a half circle as the earthly rainbow) surrounding the throne vertically. 12Each one went straight ahead. Of course, all this is figurative, but it is such language as all people naturally use. Compare Luke 3:21; Acts 7:56; Acts 10:11. Twenty-four elders seated on smaller thrones encircle the Rev.20:46. Doth God take care for oxen? In it was a scroll,(BI) 10which he unrolled before me. The unity of any being contains two ideas. Here is the transition from "the things which are" (Re 1:19), the existing state of the seven churches, as a type of the Church in general, in John's time, to "the things which shall be hereafter," namely, in relation to the time when John wrote. The throne vision Chapter 1 Chapter 4 2. The more we abstract ourselves from all corporeal things the more fit we are for communion with God; the body is a veil, a cloud, and a clog to the mind in its transactions with God. WebEzekiels Inaugural Vision - In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of reasons why saturday school is bad, where did derek jeter grow up, jamie king verafin net worth,
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