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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:2

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 which He has done; the Feast of Trinity declares to us what God is in Himself, in His divine Being. Here we see the Triune God in heaven. The whole chapter is appointed as the Epistle for Trinity Sunday. Let us consider its teachings: I. The enthroned Jehovah.—St. John was permitted ‘in the Spirit’ to... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:3

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 convulsion of nature. But it has its meet set-off. If it happen in the daytime, when the rain is falling and the sun is shining, it is relieved by the bow, which is an object of supreme beauty.Just as the rainbow appears and vanishes in the natural world, so it does in that of the inspired. It spans the sky in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:2

‘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 carried ‘upward’ into Heaven. And there he sees a throne set in Heaven. Whatever happens on earth, God is on His throne. ‘One sitting on the throne’. This is the description used throughout the book for God the Father (see Revelation 5:13; Revelation 6:16; Revelation 7:10). The Lord reigns! (1... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:3

‘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 with Ezekiel 1:28, although there it is rainbow coloured. It may be seen as a reminder of God’s covenant made to Noah (Genesis 9:13-17) and thus that God remembers His covenants made with the world and His people. The stones were among those depicted in the High Priests breastplate, but only as... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:1-11

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. Twenty-four elders sit on thrones, and with four “ living beasts” offer continual praise and worship to God. Much of the imagery is traditional, and derived from similar descriptions of heaven and the Divine majesty in OT; cf. Isaiah 6:1-Numbers :, Ezekiel 12:4-Hosea :, Daniel 7:9 f. Revelation... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 4:2

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, Revelation 1:10; Revelation 17:3; Revelation 21:10. A throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne: God is constantly described, in the prophetical visions, as sitting upon a throne, to denote his power and dominion, that he is the King of kings, and Lord of lords. See Daniel 7:9, &c. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 4:3

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 signify the various and infinite perfections of God. The sardine stone is red, and of a bloody colour, which may signify the power, justice, and terror of God. The rainbow was the sign of God’s covenant with Noah, signifying his being so far reconciled to the world, as that he would not again destroy it... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 4:1-11

AN INTRODUCTORY THEOPHANYCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESRevelation 4:1. Saw.—Observed, not specially “looked up.” Opened.—Set open. Trumpet.—Revelation 1:10. Which said.—The voice is put for the person speaking.Revelation 4:2. In the spirit.—Implying a rapt state of mind, absorbed wholly in the things now unfolded. Compare St. Peter’s “trances,” and St. Paul’s “visions.” “It is implied that he was caught up through the open door into heaven, and saw what was going on above.” Compare the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:2

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 the sardine, or, to use a modern term, the carnelian, and partly of the lighter hue of yellow amber. The truth symbolised in this appearance is thus set forth in plain terms by the Apostle to the Hebrews: "Our God is a consuming fire." The first attribute under which God presents Himself to a soul... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:3

Revelation 4:3 I. The rainbow. We are all familiar with it as a natural phenomenon. (1) In the Bible history it proclaimed the fact of the Divine reconciliation; (2) it intimated that providence is administered under the reign of grace; (3) the grand purpose of the rainbow was to seal or ratify the covenant of God. II. The position of the rainbow. The rainbow is round about the throne, not above, as dominating, or upon, as occupying, but round about, as encompassing the throne; and in this... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:2

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:3

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:3

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:1-11

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 4:2

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 4:3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 4:1-11

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:2

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:3

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