Revelation 4 ~ there before me was a door standing open in heaven

 

Revelation 4

After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven.

And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 


4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. 6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.

In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,’
who was, and is, and is to come.”

9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

11“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”

Given that the New Heaven is a culmination of all the efforts of Truth, Grace upon Grace of Jesus. Heaven is of course the culmination of existing with God Almighty Father of all who Believe in His Word upholding us, every day and always. Heaven was bought with a price of Jesus.

We would be tempted to say God is so far above us, Father God is unknowable, unreachable and like the stars or the sun. Instead, Father God has told us when we have seen Jesus, we have seen Father God. Is God Spirit? Yes, but not Spirit alone. Father God wanted us to know almost immediately when He began creation, He saw us as His Children and created us in His image.

John was explained to like Daniel, like Isaiah, exactly the same as Moses, we will see Father God in our time.

Jasper and Ruby are the color of the Throne of God.

There is no wonder why Christmas is Red and Green.

May Jesus the Lord be with us this Christmas, now and always. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †