Revelation 4
Treated in 22 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 4:11 "Our Lord and God, you are worthy to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, because you created all things: because you willed it, they existed and were created." 6
- 4:8 The four living creatures have six wings apiece and are full of eyes around and within. Without rest, day and night, they say: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who was and who is and who is coming." 4
- 4:4 Around the throne stood twenty-four other thrones, and on them sat twenty-four elders, dressed in white, with gold crowns on their heads. 3
- 4:6 and before it lies what looks like a sea of glass, like crystal. And at the throne's center and all around it were four living beings, full of eyes front and back. 3
- 4:10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They throw down their crowns in front of the throne, saying: 3
- 4:3 The one seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that looked like emerald. 2
- 4:5 Lightning flashes out from the throne, with sounds and thunder. Before the throne seven torches of fire are burning, which are the seven spirits of God, 1
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Where it is preached
- The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High ·
The Sevenfold Holy Ghost cites Revelation 4:5
…1:4. "And before the throne seven lamps of fire, which are the seven Spirits of God." Revelation 4:5. "Having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The First Stage cites Rev. 4:4
…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…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
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…
- The Reality of Prayer ·
Prayer—Fills Man’s Poverty with God’s Riches cites Revelation 4:6
…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…
- Holy in Christ ·
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…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.2 The Second Commandment cites Rev 4: 3
…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…
- The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer ·
Worship, the Missing Jewel cites REVELATION 4:11
…power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. REVELATION 4:11 Tozer found it one of the most moving truths in Scripture that the God who needs nothing…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Restless Until It Rests in Thee cites REVELATION 4:11
…power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. REVELATION 4:11 This means that the longing in the human heart is not an accident or a disease. It is a…
- The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray ·
The Glory of the Creature cites REVELATION 4:11
…power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. REVELATION 4:11 Most books on the Christian life begin with sin. Murray’s most searching books begin…
- The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria ·
Out of Nothing cites REVELATION 4:11
…power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. REVELATION 4:11 Made for more than nature could give But Athanasius has more to say, and here he lays the…
- Humility ·
The Glory of the Creature cites Rev. 4:11
…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…
- Evening by Evening ·
September cites Revelation 4:4
…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…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
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
…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…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
Why Did God Make Me? cites Revelation 4:11
…In heaven they sing, “You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be” (Revelation 4:11). That can sound selfish at first. Doesn’t God just want attention? But think about it.…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
III. Those affections that are truly holy, are primarily founded on the loveliness of the moral excellency of divine things cites Rev. 4:8
…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…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
[I.e., the Last Judgment — GL] cites Rev. 4:6
…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…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The New Creation cites Rev. 4:6
…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…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Eternity of God cites Rev 4:10
…can make us happy or miserable for ever, this would make us have adoring thoughts of God. Rev 4:10. ‘The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat upon the throne, and worship…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Mercy of God cites Rev 4:3
…the heavens.’ Psa 108:8. God is represented as a king, with a rainbow about his throne. Rev 4:3. The rainbow was an emblem of mercy. The Scripture represents God in white robes of mercy…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Trinity cites Rev 4:10
…the elders throw down their crowns at the feet of Christ, and fall down before the Lamb? Rev 4:10, 11. To testify their subjection, and to profess their readiness to serve and obey him.…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Death of the Righteous cites Rev 4:4
…read therefore of the ensigns of their royalty, their white robes and crowns celestial. Rev 4:4. We read that the doors of the holy of holies were made of palm-trees and open flowers…
- Old Paths ·
Forgiveness cites Rev. iv. 8
…the remarkable expression applied to Him by those who are nearest to Him. (Isaiah vi. 3; Rev. iv. 8.) It sounds as if no one word could express the intensity of His holiness. One of His…