The Postcard
Why do you send a postcard to friends and family when you are away? To let them know where you are and what you are doing, so they can feel close to you and part of where you are. In Revelation 4, God sends us a postcard from His throne in heaven. He wants us to know where He is, what is going on around Him, and what He is focused on. This postcard is so amazing though, because when we use it the way He intended, it actually tells us not only where God is, but also where we are. When you pray, and you actually talk to God as He sits on the Throne, your spirit really goes before Him (on the sea of glass). When I started talking to God as I pictured Him in Revelation 4, instead of talking to the air and hoping He "caught" my words, it changed everything about my conversations with Him.
If you read the passage below, you will see He LOVES creation, especially humans. He has surrounded His throne with people and angels. He loves to be with us, He is not distant and unconnected, He is close to those He loves, surrounding himself with His creation. If you notice the Seraphim (living creatures) they are angels with a likeness of man on one of their faces. God is serious about His commitment to you, even reflecting you in the angels closest to Him. They are covered with eyes. The ones closest to God are made to see! And when they get a glimpse of Him they cry out "Holy, Holy, Holy"....They never get tired of glimpsing His holiness. I wanna see what they see!
This is what God gave us to picture Him:
(Revelation 4:1) At this point I had another vision and saw an open door in heaven. And the voice that sounded like a trumpet, which I had heard speaking to me before, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this."
(Revelation 4:2) At once the Spirit took control of me. There in heaven was a throne with someone sitting on it.
(Revelation 4:3) His face gleamed like such precious stones as jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne there was a rainbow the color of an emerald.
(Revelation 4:4) In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, on which were seated twenty-four elders dressed in white and wearing crowns of gold.
(Revelation 4:5) From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven lighted torches were burning, which are the seven spirits of God.
(Revelation 4:6) Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. Surrounding the throne on each of its sides, were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and behind.
(Revelation 4:7) The first one looked like a lion; the second looked like a bull; the third had a face like a human face; and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight.
(Revelation 4:8) Each one of the four living creatures had six wings, and they were covered with eyes, inside and out. Day and night they never stop singing: "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was, who is, and who is to come."
(Revelation 4:9) The four living creatures sing songs of glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever. When they do so,
(Revelation 4:10) the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever. They throw their crowns down in front of the throne and say,
(Revelation 4:11) "Our Lord and God! You are worthy to receive glory, honor, and power. For you created all things, and by your will they were given existence and life."
If you read the passage below, you will see He LOVES creation, especially humans. He has surrounded His throne with people and angels. He loves to be with us, He is not distant and unconnected, He is close to those He loves, surrounding himself with His creation. If you notice the Seraphim (living creatures) they are angels with a likeness of man on one of their faces. God is serious about His commitment to you, even reflecting you in the angels closest to Him. They are covered with eyes. The ones closest to God are made to see! And when they get a glimpse of Him they cry out "Holy, Holy, Holy"....They never get tired of glimpsing His holiness. I wanna see what they see!
This is what God gave us to picture Him:
(Revelation 4:1) At this point I had another vision and saw an open door in heaven. And the voice that sounded like a trumpet, which I had heard speaking to me before, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this."
(Revelation 4:2) At once the Spirit took control of me. There in heaven was a throne with someone sitting on it.
(Revelation 4:3) His face gleamed like such precious stones as jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne there was a rainbow the color of an emerald.
(Revelation 4:4) In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, on which were seated twenty-four elders dressed in white and wearing crowns of gold.
(Revelation 4:5) From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven lighted torches were burning, which are the seven spirits of God.
(Revelation 4:6) Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. Surrounding the throne on each of its sides, were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and behind.
(Revelation 4:7) The first one looked like a lion; the second looked like a bull; the third had a face like a human face; and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight.
(Revelation 4:8) Each one of the four living creatures had six wings, and they were covered with eyes, inside and out. Day and night they never stop singing: "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was, who is, and who is to come."
(Revelation 4:9) The four living creatures sing songs of glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever. When they do so,
(Revelation 4:10) the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever. They throw their crowns down in front of the throne and say,
(Revelation 4:11) "Our Lord and God! You are worthy to receive glory, honor, and power. For you created all things, and by your will they were given existence and life."
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