“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 with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a Throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the Throne.
3 And He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the Throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
5 And out of the Throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
6 And before the Throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the Throne, and round about the Throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to Him that sat on the Throne, Who liveth for ever and ever,
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before Him that sat on the Throne, and worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the Throne, saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O LORD, to receive glory and honour and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.” (Revelation 4)
What an image to attempt to behold in one’s mind! The Throne Room of our Creator God; Almighty, All-Powerful, All-Knowing! One day, LORD willing, you may be blessed to see what John saw. I am thinking that most of us, if any at all, will not be able to make eye contact with the One on the Throne in that first meeting.
What if, while standing there before the Throne (and I truly do not believe we shall be standing), we could glance back over the years of our lives and see how we are living out our Christianity? If you could look back, even to your life today, how would you describe your loyalty and zeal to Jesus Christ . . . His Word . . . His Church? What of your prayer life? How might you describe your prayer life . . . shabby . . . weak . . . proud? Would you see the reality of your giving; could you rightly use the word, sacrificial, looking back? What things might cause you to desire a do-over? Then, beloved, why not just begin to make those adjustments here, and now?! Pray On!
