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Revelation Chapter 4
THE THRONE IN HEAVEN
God’s Throne
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John saw a throne standing in heaven
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He saw One sitting on the throne
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He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a
sardius in appearance
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There was a rainbow around the throne like an
emerald in appearance
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Around the throne were twenty-four thrones
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Upon the twenty-four thrones were twenty-four
elders sitting
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The elders were clothed in white garments and
golden crowns on their heads
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Flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of
thunder proceed from the throne
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There were seven lamps of fire burning before
the throne
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These seven lamps of fire are the seven spirits of
God
Four Living Creatures
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before the throne there was as it
were a sea of glass like crystal
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in the center and around the
throne, there were four living creatures that were full of eyes in front and behind
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the first creature was like a lion
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the second creature was like a
calf
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the third creature had a face like that of a man
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the fourth creature was like a flying eagle
Each of the four living creatures have six wings, are full
of eyes around and within and day and night do not cease to say “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God, The
Almighty who was and is and is to come ”When the four living creatures give glory and thanks
to Him who sits on the throne, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne and will
worship Him forever and ever saying, “Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honour and
power, for Thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they existed and were created”
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Points
To Ponder
Cherubim
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angels with the likeness of a man
their feet are straight
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the sole of their feet are like a like
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the foot of a calf
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they have the hands of a man
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they have four faces and four wings
their wings are joined together
Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture references are from the NASB version of the Bible.
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Therefore
if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away;
behold all things are become new.
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Comparison
Comparing the four living creatures of Revelation with the four living creatures of Ezekiel’s first vision in
Ezek. 1:4-10
Ezekiel saw a whirlwind coming out of the north and in the midst of this whirlwind he saw the likeness of four living creatures.
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These four living creatures had the likeness of a man.
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Every one of them had four faces and four wings.
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Their feet were straight and the sole of their feet was like the foot of a calf.
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Their feet also sparkled like burnished brass.
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They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides.
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Their wings were joined one to another.
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All four of them had the face of a man and the face of a lion on the right side and the face of an ox on the left side.
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They also had the face of an eagle.
What do these creatures symbolize?
a) Lion - kingly authority
b) Eagle - swiftness, farsightedness
c) Man - wisdom and intelligence
d) Ox - strength
Who are the twenty-four elders that sit on the twenty-four thrones?
And Jesus said to them (His disciples), “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed
Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matt. 19:28
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