Revelation 4:1a, 2
"After 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 to me;
And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne
was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne."
In Rev. 2:1-29; Rev. 3:1-22; Christ was walking in the midst of his churches upon earth. And now the scene changes to the court of heaven. When John entered the door into heaven, he fell into an ecstasy. John saw One seated upon the throne, we know that to be God! There is something very interesting here. John makes no attempt to describe God in any human shape. He describes God in "the flashing of gem like colors," but he never mentions any kind of form. It is the Bible's way to see God in terms of light. The Pastorals describe God as "dwelling in the light that no man can approach unto" (1Tim. 6:16). And long before that the Psalmist had spoken of God who covers himself with light as a garment (Ps. 104:2).
John sees his vision in terms of the lights which flash from precious stones. We do not know what exactly these stones were. But the three names we have are the jasper, the sardine and the emerald. One thing is certain; these were typical of the most precious stones. It is possible that the jasper stands for the unbearable brightness of the purity of God; and the blood-red sardine stands for his avenging wrath; and that the gentle green of the emerald stands for his mercy by which alone we can meet his purity, and his justice.
The presence of God which John saw, was like the blinding flash of a diamond in the sun, with the dazzling blood-red of the sardine; and there flashed through both the more restful green of the emerald, and due to the brightness of the light through the stones, a human eye could not bear to look upon the rainbow that surrounds God's Throne.
Amen!!
Reading: (Rev. 4:1-3)
Ref: (HGSB; BSB)
John sees his vision in terms of the lights which flash from precious stones. We do not know what exactly these stones were. But the three names we have are the jasper, the sardine and the emerald. One thing is certain; these were typical of the most precious stones. It is possible that the jasper stands for the unbearable brightness of the purity of God; and the blood-red sardine stands for his avenging wrath; and that the gentle green of the emerald stands for his mercy by which alone we can meet his purity, and his justice.
The presence of God which John saw, was like the blinding flash of a diamond in the sun, with the dazzling blood-red of the sardine; and there flashed through both the more restful green of the emerald, and due to the brightness of the light through the stones, a human eye could not bear to look upon the rainbow that surrounds God's Throne.
Amen!!
Reading: (Rev. 4:1-3)
Ref: (HGSB; BSB)
May God Bless You
And Your Family
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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