Revelation 4:1
After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will shew thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.
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Exodus 19:24And the LORD said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
Exodus 34:2And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount.
Matthew 3:16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;
Luke 3:21Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
Acts 7:56and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Revelation 1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to shew unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant 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 →