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Verse Revelation 4:2. _I WAS IN THE SPIRIT_] Rapt up in an ecstasy....
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AND IMMEDIATELY I WAS IN THE SPIRIT - See the notes on Revelation
1:10. He does not affirm that he was caught up into heaven, nor does
he say what impression was on his own mind, if any, as to the pla...
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III. THE THINGS WHICH ARE AFTER THESE, THE END OF THE AGE,
THE CONSUMMATION, AND FINAL MESSAGES (4-22)
Chapter S 4-5
_ 1. The open door and the vision of the throne (Revelation 4:1)_
2. The twenty...
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REVELATION 4. THE VISION OF HEAVEN. In this chapter the real
Apocalypse commences. A door is opened in heaven and the seer sees the
throne of God, flashing like jewels, and surrounded by a rainbow.
Tw...
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With the fourth chapter there is. remarkable change in the nature of
Revelation. Two parts, the record of the things John _saw_ and the
things that _were_ (are) have ended; the third part, the declara...
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THE OPENING HEAVENS AND THE OPENING DOOR (Revelation 4:1)
_ 4:1 After this I saw, and, behold, a door in heaven was standing
open, and there came to me the voice that I had heard before, speaking
to...
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Immediately, I fell under the influence of the Spirit; and, behold, a
throne stood in heaven, and there was One seated on it. And he who was
seated on the throne was like a jasper stone and a sardian...
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WAS. became, came to be. See Revelation 1:9; Revelation 1:10.
IN THE SPIRIT. i.e. in or by the power of the Spirit, as Revelation
1:10.
SPIRIT. App-101.
SAT. sitting....
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_I was in the spirit_ As Revelation 1:10 q.v. It is implied that he
was caught up through the open door into Heaven, and saw what was
going on above.
_was set_ i.e. was there already not that he saw i...
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ἘΠῚ ΤῸΝ ΘΡΌΝΟΝ. With אAB2; Text. Rec[145] reads
ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου with P 1.
[145] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.
2. ἘΓΕΝΌΜΗΝ ἘΝ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΙ. As Revelation 1:10 q.v.
Up till now, though seei...
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Revelation 4:1-9. HEAVEN OPENED...
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_JOHN DESCRIBED WHAT HE SAW REVELATION 4:1-3 : AFTER_ the letters had
been completed to the seven churches John saw a door opened in heaven.
The voice of_ _ the Son of God is heard by John and is comp...
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IMMEDIATELY I WAS IN THE SPIRIT:— This phrase signifies to be under
a strong and supernatural impulse, caused by the miraculous operation
of the Spirit of God, acting on the imagination in such a mann...
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_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_
PART II
CHAPTER IV
THE VISION OF THE THRONE
_Text (Revelation 4:1-11)_
1 After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and
the first voice that I heard, a voi...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 11
Text Revelation 4:1-8
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 sayi...
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And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in
heaven, and one sat on the throne.
AND. Omitted in 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Syriac.
I WAS - `I became in the Spirit' (note,...
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THE PROPHETIC SECTION
10 _ Endurance _ will be a cardinal virtue in that day of stress and
distress. Seven times are we reminded of it (Rev_1:9; Rev_2:2-3;
Rev_2:19; Rev_3:10; Rev_13:10; Rev_14:12)....
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THE GLORY OF GOD
The Church has been encouraged in the midst of her tribulation and
temptation by the vision of the presence and support of Christ. Now
(Revelation 4:5) a further series of visions beg...
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FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME
REVELATION
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 4
*WORSHIP IN HEAVEN - REVELATION 4:1-5
*WORSHIP OF GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS - REVELATION 4:1-11...
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AND IMMEDIATELY I WAS IN THE SPIRIT. — Comp. Revelation 1:10. The
mind and soul were absorbed in the vision of things celestial. (See. 2
Corinthians 12:1.)
“Words may not tell of that transhuman chang...
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CHAPTER III.
ANTICIPATIONS OF THE CHURCH'S VICTORY.
Revelation 4:1; Revelation 5:1.
WE have seen in considering the first chapter of the Apocalypse that
the book as a whole is to be occupied with th...
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A fresh wave of ecstasy catches up the seer. εὐθέως …
πνεύματι, repeating Revelation 1:10, not because the author
had forgotten his previous statement, and still less because a new
source begins here...
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“A THRONE SET IN HEAVEN”
Revelation 4:1
The vision of the ascended Lord introduced the seven letters to the
churches, so the visions of this and the next Chapter s introduce the
seven seals. They res...
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This chapter introduces us to the Revelation of Christ in His
government of all world affairs in which a most remarkable vision of
the heavenly order is presented to us. Everything is seen as
surround...
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Perhaps John repeats the fact that he is in the Spirit because he
wants us to realize this is not a reference to his, or the church's,
bodily resurrection. (Revelation 1:10) With all that was, and wou...
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And (2) immediately I was (a) in the spirit: (3) and, behold, a throne
was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.
(2) The manner of revelation:
(a) See (Revelation 1:10). (3) A description of Go...
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_I was in the spirit, rapt as it were in an ecstacy into heaven, and
saw a throne, and one sitting, representing God the Father. (Witham)_...
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(1) 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 thing...
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We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the
Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third
Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
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_THE TRIUNE GOD IN HEAVEN_
‘Immediately I was in the Spirit, and, behold, a throne was set in
heaven.’
Revelation 4:2
Other Feasts of the Christian year show our Lord God in the works and
wonders w...
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After These Things
I. INTRODUCTION
A. The key to understanding the book of Revelation is in Revelation
1:19 "Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are,
and the things which will...
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But we have to consider where the fourth Chapter commences God's ways.
It does not follow necessarily that the assembly has been spued out of
Christ's mouth. It had been threatened; but the judgment o...
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AND IMMEDIATELY I WAS IN THE SPIRIT,.... As he had been before,
Revelation 1:10; it seems he had been some little time out of his
ecstasy, how long cannot be said, and now, upon this new scene of
thin...
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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. That is, I was
ravished into a spiritual...
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_Immediately I was in the Spirit_ Even in a higher degree than before.
“This phrase,” says Doddridge, “signifies to be under a strong
and supernatural impulse, caused by the miraculous operation of th...
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I WAS IN THE SPIRIT; rapt in prophetic vision. With the command, "Come
up hither," he was immediately carried in vision through the open door
into heaven....
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AND IMMEDIATELY I WAS IN THE SPIRIT; AND, BEHOLD, A THRONE WAS SET IN
HEAVEN, AND ONE SAT ON THE THRONE....
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THE VISION OF GOD'S THRONE OF MAJESTY AND GLORY. Revelation 4:1
The throne and the seat of the elders:...
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A DOOR OPENED IN HEAVEN
From this point in Revelation the Church is never again seen on earth,
but always in heaven or coming as the armies in heaven with her Lord
to judge the earth (Revelation 19:11...
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_ 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in
heaven, and One sat on the throne._
A. IN THE SPIRIT - John was in a spiritual frame of mind. He was open
and ready to see and hear an...
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1-8 After the Lord Jesus had instructed the apostle to write to the
churches "the things that are," there was another vision. The apostle
saw a throne set in heaven, an emblem of the universal domini...
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IN THE SPIRIT; in an ecstasy, as Paul, 2 CORINTHIANS 12:2, and Peter,
ACTS 10:10, and Ezekiel, EZEKIEL 3:12, and himself was both before and
after this,...
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Revelation 4:2 G2532 Immediately G2112 was G1096 (G5633) in G1722
Spirit G4151 and G2532 behold G2400 ...
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‘Immediately I was in Spirit and, behold, there was a throne set in
Heaven, and one sitting on the throne.'
There is no suggestion this time that he is carried forward to the
Lord's day. Rather he is...
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Revelation 4:2. As the closing expression of Revelation 4:1 in the
Authorised Version, after THESE THINGS, is not necessary to complete
the meaning of the clause to which it is at present added, it se...
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Chaps. 4 and 5 form the third section of the Apocalypse; but the
struggle of the Church, which it is the main object of the book to
describe, does not yet begin. These two Chapter s are preparatory to...
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STRAIGHTWAY I WAS IN THE SPIRIT
(ευθεως εγενομην εν πνευματ). But John had
already "come to be in the Spirit" (Revelation 1:10, the very same
phrase). Perhaps here effective aorist middle indicative...
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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...
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CONTENTS: Things which shall be. Vision of the throne in heaven, the
enthroned elders, the four living creatures and their worship with the
elders because of creation.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit...
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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...
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REVELATION 4:1 “Things that shall take place after this”:
Christ’s defense of his church and destruction of its enemies.
Having identified the strengths and weaknesses of the seven Asian
churches, whi...
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He saw a throne and one sat on it, brilliant as precious stones, and a
rainbow round the throne. It was not said, who that was, but there can
be no doubt....
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AN INTRODUCTORY THEOPHANY
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Revelation 4:1. SAW.—Observed, not specially “looked up.”
OPENED.—Set open. TRUMPET.— Revelation 1:10. WHICH SAID.—The
voice is put for the...
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EXPOSITION
This is the commencement of the second great division, which embraces
Revelation 4-22:5, that in which the revelation, properly so called,
takes place. Revelation 4:1. and 5. contain the f...
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_2 AND IMMEDIATELY I WAS IN THE SPIRIT: AND, BEHOLD, A THRONE WAS SET
IN HEAVEN, AND ONE SAT ON THE THRONE._
_ 3 AND HE THAT SAT WAS TO LOOK UPON LIKE A JASPER AND A SARDINE
STONE: AND THERE WAS A RA...
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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 co...
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Daniel 7:9; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 1:28; Ezekiel 10:1; Ezekiel 3:12;...
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I was in the Spirit [ε γ ε ν ο μ η ν ε ν π ν ε υ μ α
τ ι]. Strictly, I became : I found myself in. Appropriate to the
sudden and unconscious transportation of the seer into the ecstatic
state. Thus Da...
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THE THRONE PREPARING FOR JUDGMENT
Revelation 4:1 _and Revelation 5:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We are now approaching the second division of the Book of Revelation.
Chapter three concludes the message to...
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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 there...
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I WAS IN THE SPIRIT; that is, in an ecstasy in. trance, in. rapture of
delight and joy, ravished in spirit. This vision was represented to
his mind more lively than any corporeal objects could be to h...