Revelation 4:1
After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will shew thee the things which must take place after these things.
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Exodus 19:24And Jehovah said to him, Go, descend, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; but the priests and the people shall not break through to go up to Jehovah, lest he break forth on them.
Exodus 34:2And be ready for the morning, and go up in the morning to mount Sinai, and stand there before me on the top of the mountain.
Matthew 3:16And Jesus, having been baptised, went up straightway from the water, and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him:
Luke 3:21And it came to pass, all the people having been baptised, and Jesus having been baptised and praying, that the heaven was opened,
Acts 7:56and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Revelation 1:1Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to shew to his bondmen what must shortly take place; and he signified [it], sending by his angel, to his bondman John,
Matthew Henry on Revelation 4:1
In this chapter the prophetical scene opens; and, as the epistolary part opened with a vision of Christ ( ch. i. ), so this part is introduced with a glorious appearance of the great God, whose throne is in heaven, compassed about with the heavenly host. This discovery was made to John, and in this chapter he, I. Records the heavenly sight he saw, ver. 1-7 . And then, II. The heavenly songs he heard, ver. 8, to the end . Read the whole commentary →