After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven; and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.
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… ended up on Patmos anyway. John knows exactly how it feels to be out here honoring God and life be hard. John says, look up. He says, when I looked up, Revelation chapter four, verse one, there was a door standing open in the heavens, which means there is access always to God's power, to God's presence, to God's peace, to God's perspective in the midst of difficult circumstances. He says there was a door and the door was standing open. It was set in the open position, which means there is always opportunity for you and I to lean on the throes of heaven, even while we're standing in the difficult things of earth. The door was standing open. The reason why this principle, this little principle of the door standing open, y'all, is so important for believers like you and me to get a grasp on. The reason why it is so weighty right here in this verse is because just several verses earlier, the end of chapter three, verse 20, Jesus is describing a church at Laodicea, the lukewarm, indifferent, apathetic church. And here's how he describes them. He says, I'm standing on the outside of their door knocking. I'm hoping somebody's going to open up this door that has been closed. He is writing about the church and he says the door of the church has been closed. …
… And what's interesting about chapter 4 of Revelation, John says, I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven, and a voice spoke to me as of a trumpet. saying, come up here and I will show you which must take things, which must take place. Metatauta, after these things. He is then ushered into heaven and everything he sees from chapter four onward are from the vantage point, not of being on earth in a cave on the island of Patmos, but from glory, from heaven. But isn't it interesting? He hears a voice, and it's the voice of an angel speaking to him, and it sounds like a trumpet, and it sounds very similar to the Lord himself. Verse 16, will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first and will be caught up. John was caught up into glory and recorded what he saw after these things. So that's the rapture of the church. …
… Just 11 short verses, let me read them to you. After these things I looked, this is his second vision, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. The first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things, after the things related to the church, after the church age. And we talked about the fact that at the end of the church age we are raptured, taken to glory, and then the judgments on earth will begin. And what does John see? Well immediately he was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and one sitting on the throne. And he who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance. And there was a rainbow around the throne like an emerald in appearance. The emerald is no doubt emblematic of the mercy that is God's to dispense, even though it's a scene of judgment. …
… Let me read the fourth chapter again so that you have it in your mind. After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things. Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and one sitting on the throne. And he who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance. And there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting clothed in white garments and golden crowns on their heads. Up from the throne came flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. And before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. …
Thank you. After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, Come up here and I will show you what must take place after this. At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. And he who sat there had the appearance of Jasper and Carnelian And around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald Around the throne were twenty-four thrones And seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders clothed in white garments With golden crowns on their heads From the throne came flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God. 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. …
… of Revelation 4 and 5. after this I looked and behold a door standing open in heaven and the first voice which I'd heard speaking to me like a trumpet said come up here and I will show you what must take place after this at once I was in the spirit and behold a throne stood in heaven with one seated on the throne. And he who sat there had the appearance of Jasper and Carnelian. And around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. Around the throne were 24 thrones and seated on the thrones were 24 elders clothed in white garments with golden crowns on their heads. from the throne came flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire which are the seven spirits of God and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass like crystal around the throne on each side of the throne are four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind the first living creature was like a lion the second living creature was like an ox the third living creature with the face of a man the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight 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. …