Revelation 4:2
Straight away I was in the Spirit: and I saw a high seat in heaven, and one was seated on it;
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1 Kings 22:19And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.
Jeremiah 17:12A seat of glory, placed on high from the first, is our holy place.
Ezekiel 1:28Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.
Ezekiel 10:1Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.
Hebrews 8:1Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,
Revelation 3:21To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 4:2-11
The Vision of Heaven. ( a. d. 95.) 1 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 show 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… Read the whole commentary →