revelation-4:11

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:1-11

Revelation chapter four begins with the Greek word "meta autos". And the first verse begins and ends with the same Greek words. The words literally from the Greek are "after these things". So as we come to this phrase, "after these things," our minds should flash back to chapter Revelation 1:19 ,where the book of Revelation was divided into three basic divisions. "Write the things which you have seen, the things which are, and the things which will be after these things", "meta autos". So... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 4:1-11

It is proper here to assist the reader with a key to the sublime visions about to open, which has been furnished by the profound study and observation of learned men in the churches of France, Germany, and England. The events of providence, in a succession of ages, have given holy men superior light in those studies, beyond what the fathers of the primitive church could possibly attain. After consulting those authorities, many of whose names have already been mentioned in the introduction to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 4:1-11

Revelation 4:1-11Behold, a door was opened in heaven.The open doorI. The open door.1. The place where the open door was seen: “In heaven.” This implies several important things.(1) The changed sphere of operation.(a) The “golden lampstands” represented Churches, not in heaven, but on earth.(b) The “seven stars” represented the pastors of those Churches.(c) Now the seer’s attention is called from the condition of things on earth to a condition of things in heaven. This is fruitful of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 4:9-11

Revelation 4:9-11The four and twenty elders fall down … and cast their crowns before the throne.Royal homageI. The saints in heaven are all crowned. How is this?1. They are all kings, Dei gratia. There is not a king in heaven that has his crown on any other terms than this, “by the sovereign grace of God.”2. But, though it may seem astonishing, they are all kings by hereditary descent. They have been born again, and it is in their new nature that they are before the throne of God.3. They are... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 4:11

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. Ver. 11. Thou art worthy ] If we would have our souls set as a pearl in that fair ring of heavenly courtiers that compass the Lamb’s throne, let us praise God as they do. For thou hast created ] Our service must not be rash but reasonable, Romans 12:1 , such as whereof we can render a reason. God hates a blind sacrifice, a Samaritan’s service,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 4:11

art: Revelation 5:2, Revelation 5:9, Revelation 5:12, 2 Samuel 22:4, Psalms 18:3 to receive: Revelation 14:7, Deuteronomy 32:4, 1 Chronicles 16:28, 1 Chronicles 16:29, Nehemiah 9:5, Job 36:3, Psalms 29:1, Psalms 29:2, Psalms 68:34, Psalms 96:7, Psalms 96:8 for thou: Revelation 10:6, Genesis 1:1, Exodus 20:11, Isaiah 40:26, Isaiah 40:28, Jeremiah 10:11, Jeremiah 32:17, John 1:1-Leviticus :, Acts 17:24, Ephesians 3:9, Colossians 1:16, Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 1:10 and for:... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 4:11

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.Worthy art thou to receive — This he receives not only when he is thus praised, but also when he destroys his enemies and glorifies himself anew.The glory and the honour and the power — Answering the thrice-holy of the living creatures, verse9. Revelation 4:9 For thou hast created all things - Creation is the ground of all the works of God: therefore,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:1-11

PART SECOND. THE THEOPHANIC APOCALYPSE. The Theophany in divine royal state, Revelation 4:1-6. The scene of the Apocalypse opens with a presentation of GOD enthroned, surrounded with his glorious Court of ministers, seated for the purpose of opening the predictive seals from which are presented the pictorial phases of the Messianic dispensation. He who as omnipresent fills all space, selects a point of manifestation, and puts on a semblance of finite personality in order to disclose a... read more