From and Before the Throne

It does not seem proper to speak of one attribute of God as being more central and fundamental than another; but if this were permissible, the Scriptural emphasis on the holiness of God would seem to justify its selection. 

Louis Berkhof

Last week we started of the glorious passage that reveals aspects of the heavenly throne room. We did verse 1-4 focusing on who and what is on and around the throne. This week we look at 5-8 focusing on what precedes and what’s before the throne (again not a perfect separation). So today we focus on Revelation 4:5-8. This is another really big one with 21 attributes that I listed

The Passage

From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.

And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say,

“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

The List:

1. From the throne comes flashes of lightning
2. From the throne comes rumblings and peals of thunder
3. Before the throne are seven lit torches of fire 
4. There are seven spirits of god
5. The seven spirits of God are the seven torches around his throne
6. Before his throne is a sea of glass or crystal
7. Around and on each side of the throne are four living creatures - Now in describing the creatures I am convinced it says something about who he is and what he’s like so we will list the creatures descriptions
8. The four creatures are full of eyes, in front in the behind
9. The first living create is like a lion (some translations say the head of a lion)
10. The second like an ox
11. The third like a man
12. The fourth like an eagle
13. The four living creatures each have six wings
14. The four living creatures are full of eyes around and within
15. The four living creatures do not rest day or night
16. The four living creatures never stop saying “Holy, Holy, Is the Lord God almighty, who was and is and is to come” Therefore:
17. The Lord is Holy
18. The Lords is the almighty
19. The Lord was
20. The Lord is
21. The Lord is to come

The Declarations:

From your throne come flashes of lightning with the sound of rumbling thunder

Before your throne there seven blazing torches of fire which are your seven spirits

Before your throne is an expanse, a sea of glass reflecting the sights around you

Around your throne there are four living creatures with eyes all around, one like an lion, one like an ox, one like a man, and one like an eagle. All having six wings and eyes all around and within

These mysterious creatures never stop, they never rest and never cease to say “Holy, Holy, Is the Lord God almighty, who was and is and is to come

Jesus you are is Holy

You are almighty God

You were there in the beginning

You are there now

And you are coming back here!

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