After (1) 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. (1) Hereafter follows the second part of this book, altogether prophe... [ Continue Reading ]
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 God the Father, and of his glory in the heavens, explained to men by his office, nature, attending co... [ Continue Reading ]
(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, most glorious in his own person, and with his glory outshining all other things.... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) And round about the throne [were] four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. (5) By the company attending about him in that, as that most high Judge, he is accompanied with the most honour... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. (6) By effects, in that most mightily he speaks all things by his voice and word, (Psalms 29:3) and with the light of his Sp... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind. (7) By instruments used, in that he has both a most ready treasury and a workhouse excellently furnished with all thi... [ Continue Reading ]
And the (b) four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not (8) day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. (b) Every beast had six wings. (8) By events, in that for all the causes before m... [ Continue Reading ]
And when those beasts (c) give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, (c) God is said to have glory, honour, kingdom, and such like given to him, when we godly and reverently set forth that which is properly and only his.... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, (9) Three signs of divine honour given to God, prostration or falling down, adoration and casting their crowns before God: in w... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) Thou art worthy, O Lord, (11) to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. (10) The sum of their speech: that all glory must be given to God: the reason, because he is the eternal beginning of all things, from whose on... [ Continue Reading ]