I am still trying to visualize what is being described in Revelation 4. After we get past the colors of God I start thinking like an interior decorator or a geometry major trying to look at how things relate to each other. Maybe you need calculus to understand this.
We start with a throne located in heaven in verse 2. That gets me looking up but that won’t work for long. Then in verse 4 we have 24 thrones arranged “around” the throne. I see them in a circle. Around does not mean lined up in front. Verse 5 has seven lamps in front of the throne.
Are you getting the picture?
Verse 6 adds the sea of glass,
(Rev 4:6 KJV) 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.Different translations make different pictures but we will stick with the KJV. Ignore the descriptions of the four beasts for the moment but ask yourself how they can be in the midst of the throne and around it at the same time. Give up? Me too.
Now drop down to verse 10.
(Rev 4:10 KJV) 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,The elders are going to need to scramble. They were all around the throne, now they are falling down in front.
Quite a picture we have. I am not sure what theological significance it has but it would certainly make a good painting for your church foyer.
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