Revelation 4 A Glimpse of Heaven Revelation 4

Revelation 4 ‘A Glimpse of Heaven’

Revelation 4 ‘A Glimpse of Heaven’ 1. A Picture of the Present: The Throne. Room of God 2. A Picture of the Future: The Temple of God

Revelation 4 ‘A Glimpse of Heaven’ 1. A Picture of the Present: The Throne. Room of God vv 1 -6 a Theme: We see that God reigns

Verse 3 a: A reminder of Eden and our creator God cf. Eze. 28: 13 (Covenant with Adam)

Verse 3 a: A reminder of Eden and our creator God cf. Eze. 28: 13 (Covenant with Adam) Verse 3 b: A reminder of the flood and our saving God cf. Gen. 9: 8 -17 (Covenant with Noah)

Verse 5: A reminder of Mount Sinai and our law-giving God cf. Ex. 19: 16 -19 Verse 6: A reminder of Mount Sinai and our personal God cf. Ex. 24: 9 -11 (Covenant with Moses and Israel)

Verse 4: A reminder of the New Covenant and our Son-sending God cf. Matt. 26: 28 (New covenant with those in Christ)

Revelation 4 ‘A Glimpse of Heaven’ 2. A Picture of the Future: The Temple of God vv 6 b-11 Theme: We see that God is and will be worshipped

‘Moreover the Church must reject the claim that worship is old-fashioned, irrelevant, and isolated from the “real world”. For believers, the Church at worship is the real world. The gathering of saints in the holy of holies is the eschatological foretaste of the new heavens and the new earth, the reality to which all of history is headed. ’ p. 34 ‘With Reverence and Awe’ D. Hart