A Door Standing Open in Heaven

(9-17-06)

Revelation 4:1-5:14

Key Verse 4:1

1. Read verse 1. What does "this" in "After this" refer to? When did John first hear a voice speaking to him? (Rev 1:10) 

2. Read verses 2-3. Who is "someone" seated on a throne? (4:8,11) What appearance did he have? 

3. Read verse 4. Who are the "twenty four elders"? (Rev 3:20-22) How are they dressed? What do they wear on their heads? What does verse 4 suggest about them?

4. Read verse 5. What does this passage indicate about the one seated on the throne? 

5. Read verses 6-11. Verse 8 records what the four living creatures say day and night, and verse 11 describes what the elders say in worship of the one on the throne. What do their words tell us about the one seated on the throne? Why do they lay their crowns before him during worship? 

6. Read Revelation 5:1-14. What is the scroll referring to? (6:1-3,5,7,9,12; 8:1 et seq.) Why is it that he alone is worthy to open it? (5:5,6,9,10,12,13) Who is he (the Lamb)? 

7. Verses 7-14 describe the worship of the Lamb. Who participates in this worship? With what words of praise?