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Verse Revelation 4:3. _AND HE THAT SAT_] There is here no description
of the Divine Being, so as to point out any _similitude, shape_, or
_dimensions_. The description rather aims to point out the su...
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AND HE THAT SAT WAS TO LOOK UPON - Was in appearance; or, as I looked
upon him, this seemed to be his appearance. He does not describe his
form, but his splendor.
LIKE A JASPER - ἰάσπιδι iaspidi The...
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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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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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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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LOOK UPON. Compare App-133.
JASPER. jasper stone. According to Pliny, this stone was translucent.
SARDINE STONE. sardius stone.. precious stone from Sardis, red in
color.
RAINBOW. Greek. _iris._ Onl...
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_a jasper and a sardine stone_ Our jasper, a stone the colour of which
varies between red, green and yellow, does not seem very appropriate
to the image here, nor to answer to the description in Revel...
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ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΣ. 1 … cop[146] arm[147] æth[148]
And[149] Areth[150] Victorin. omit these words.
[146] Coptic.
[147] Armenian.
[148] Aethiopic Version.
[149] Andreas Archbishop of Caesarea.
[150] Aret...
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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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AND HE THAT SAT WAS TO LOOK UPON, &C.— Many interpreters have
observed a mystical meaning in the colours and properties of the
precious stones here mentioned. Thus, in the _jasper,_ which Grotius
supp...
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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 he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone:
and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an
emerald.
WAS. So Vulgate Coptic; omitted in 'Aleph (')AB W...
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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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4:3 round (e-20) I use 'round' for what is connected with anything
(not necessarily united to it) as a centre, as the tire of a wheel,
but 'around' is used for detached objects encircling....
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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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JASPER] i.e. according to some, the diamond; but according to Flinders
Petrie (HDB. 'Stones, Precious'), the green jasper: cp. Revelation
21:11. The diamond would be emblematic of God's purity, the gr...
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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 HE THAT SAT WAS TO LOOK UPON LIKE A JASPER AND A SARDINE STONE.
— In determining the significance of these emblems we must be guided
partly by the analogy of Bible imagery elsewhere, and partly by...
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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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The sources of the general conception lie far back in passages like
Isaiah 6:1 f., Ezekiel 1:26 f., Daniel 7:9 f., Enoch xxxix., xl.,
xlvi., mediated by rabbinical interpretations. But it should be no...
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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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The jasper stone may have been a diamond (21:11) and the sardine a
ruby, but we cannot be sure. The rainbow gave the appearance of a
velvety green emerald. The meaning of all this is unclear. We can
c...
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(4) And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine
stone: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like
unto an emerald.
(4) By his nature, in that he is the Father, m...
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_And he....was to the sight like the jasper, [1] or had the appearance
of jaspers, as to the colours with which he appeared, &c. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Similis erat aspectui jaspidis, _Greek: omoi...
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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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_LESSONS FROM THE RAINBOW_
‘And there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto
an emerald.’
Revelation 4:3
A storm is an awful phenomenon whenever it rages, because it is a
convulsi...
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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 HE THAT SAT WAS TO LOOK UPON LIKE A JASPER,.... For the
brightness, glory, and majesty of his countenance, and for his being
light itself, clothed with it, and dwelling in it; see Revelation
21:11...
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And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone:
and _there was_ a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto
an emerald.
Ver. 3. _Like a jasper and a sardine_] God is here...
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Revelation 4:3. "And there was a rainbow round about the throne, in
sight like unto an emerald." The rainbow we know was appointed of God
as a token of his gracious covenant with mankind. God is encom...
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_He that sat was to look upon like a jasper_ Shone with a visible
lustre, like that of sparkling precious stones, such as those which
were of old on the high-priest's breast-plate, and those placed as...
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A JASPER; a precious stone of various colors, as purple, blue, green.
In chap Revelation 21:11, the light of the new Jerusalem is compared
with it for brilliancy.
A SARDINE STONE; a precious stone of...
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AND HE THAT SAT WAS TO LOOK UPON LIKE A JASPER AND A SARDINE STONE;
AND THERE WAS A RAINBOW ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE, IN SIGHT LIKE UNTO AN
EMERALD....
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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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_ 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._
A. Some have tried to figure out what each sto...
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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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This is all but a description of the glory of God, as he appeared to
John in this vision. The JASPER _stone_ is famous for its
transparency, and variety of colours it offereth to the eye, and may
sign...
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Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book I
gems) are not generally worn with a view to ostentation. Emeralds[42]...
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Revelation 4:3 And G2532 sat G2521 (G5740) was G2258 (G5713) like
G3664 jasper G2393 and G2532 sardius...
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‘And he who sat (on the throne) was to look on like a jasper stone
(green) and a sardius (red), and there was a rainbow round about the
throne, like an emerald (green) to look on.'
The rainbow ties in...
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Revelation 4:3. The description of Him that sat upon the throne is
given: He was LIKE UNTO A JASPER STONE AND A SARDINE. It has been
noticed that the two stones here mentioned are the first and the la...
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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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TO LOOK UPON
(ορασε). Locative case of ορασις, old word (from οραω,
to see) for appearance (in appearance) as in Ezekiel 1:5; Ezekiel
1:26.LIKE A JASPER STONE
(ομοιος ιασπιδ). Associative-instrume...
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Revelation 4:3
The Throne and the Rainbow.
Look
I. At this wonderful throne. Of course we understand such a thing to
be the symbol of government, of the Divine government in the universe,
for that B...
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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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God's throne is the spiritual center of the universe. Words can only
hint at his glory! JASPER. A diamond - _white, brilliant -_ symbolic
of holiness. CARNELLAN. A topaz - _bloody red -_ symbolic of j...
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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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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 4:3 John describes God’s glory in
bright colors—JASPER, CARNELIAN, RAINBOW, EMERALD. The jewels
mentioned in...
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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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Exodus 24:10; Exodus 28:18; Exodus 39:11; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 1:28;...
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Jasper stone. The last of the twelve stones in the High Priest's
breastplate (Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13), and the first of the twelve
enumerated in the foundation of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:...
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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 he that sat was in appearance — Shone with a visible lustre,
like that of sparkling precious stones, such as those which were of
old on the high priest's breastplate, and those placed as the
found...