Revelation 4

Treated in 11 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 4:6 and before the throne, as it were a sea of glass like unto crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. 3
  • 4:8 And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come. 3
  • 4:4 And round about the throne [were] four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones [I saw] four and twenty elders sitting, arrayed in white garments; and on their heads crowns of gold. 2
  • 4:3 and he that sat [was] to look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon. 1
  • 4:10 the four and twenty elders shall fall down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 1
  • 4:11 Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The First Stage cites Rev. 4:4

    …h acceptance for ever. In a word, there we shall see the elders with their golden crowns, Rev. 4:4; there we shall see the holy virgins with their golden harps, Rev. 14:1-5; there we shall…

  2. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Recommending devotions at nine o'clock in the morning, called in Scripture the third hour of the day. The subject of these prayers is humility cites Rev. iv. 10

    …heir crowns before the throne of God"; giving glory, and honour, and power to Him alone. [Rev. iv. 10, 11] Then turn your eyes to the fallen world, and consider how unreasonable and odious it…

  3. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    [I.e., the Last Judgment — GL] cites Rev. 4:6

    …lation made to St. John: “Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like unto crystal” (Rev. 4:6). We cannot now either affirm or deny this; but we shall know hereafter. 4. If it be inqu…

  4. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The New Creation cites Rev. 4:6

    …ffirms any such thing. Certainly it cannot be inferred from that text in the Revelation: (Rev. 4:6:), “And before the throne there was a sea of glass, like unto crystal.” And yet, if I mis…

  5. Humility · Andrew Murray

    The Glory of the Creature cites Rev. 4:11

    …r and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." Rev. 4:11. When God created the universe, it was with the one object of making the creature partake…

  6. The Reality of Prayer · E. M. Bounds

    Prayer—Fills Man’s Poverty with God’s Riches cites Revelation 4:6

    …nly those of deep and true vision who can administer prayer. These “Living Creatures,” in Revelation 4:6, are described as “full of eyes before and behind,” “full of eyes within.” Eyes are for s…

  7. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    III. Those affections that are truly holy, are primarily founded on the loveliness of the moral excellency of divine things cites Rev. 4:8

    …d said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory." And Rev. 4:8, "They rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, an…

  8. Holy in Christ · Andrew Murray

    The Thrice Holy One cites Rev. iv. 8

    …holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, which was, and which is, and which is to come.’—Rev. iv. 8. It is not only on earth, but in heaven too, that the Holiness of God is His chief and mo…

  9. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Rev 4: 3

    …d clemency? God is represented with a rainbow round about him, as an emblem of his mercy. Rev 4: 3. Acts of severity are forced from God; judgement is his strange work. Isa 28: 21. The dis…

  10. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    September cites Revelation 4:4

    …ats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment.” (Revelation 4:4) These representatives of the saints in heaven are said to be around the throne. In the p…

  11. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    March cites Rev. iv. 8

    …love, disciples for their knowledge.—Thomas Fuller. March 17 They rest not day and night. Rev. iv. 8. O blessed rest! When we rest not day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almi…