THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST



Chapter 4 - In The Spirit



by Jason Guenther

vs. 1 ¶  After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven:
 

Ex.21:6, 29:42, 33:9, Lev.8:33, 10:7, 14:38, Deut.31:15, Ezek.10:19, Jn.10:1-9, Jn.1:51, 1 Cor.16:9
2 Cor.2:12, Jam 5:9, Rev.3:8, 3:20

      

        John has just heard the witness to the 7 Churches by the Spirit. He starts ch.4 by saying 'after this', after he has heard the witness to the 7 churches and as has been shown, these 7 churches have continued throughout history and each represents the 7 SPIRITS of God, 7 CANDLESTICKS, and 7 ANGELS. John sees a "door" and its opened IN HEAVEN. Rev.3:20 states that if any man hear Jesus voice AND OPEN THE DOOR, Jesus will come and sup with him. John has....OPENED THE DOOR....and the 'door" is NOW IN HEAVEN for the door "sits upon the throne", THE DOOR IS JESUS CHRIST (Jn.10:7-9). Jesus "knocked" and JOHN OPENED and John now sees the door he opened IN HEAVEN.

....and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me;.....
 

Acts 24:21, Job 4:16, 37:5, Psa.18:13, 29:3, 77:18, Ezek.3:12, 10:5, Dan.10:9, Joe 3:16,
Zeph.1:14, Mt.3:17, 17:5, Jn.1:23, 3:29, 5:25-28, 10:27, 12:30, Heb.3:7, 12:19, 12:26,
2 Pet.1;18, Rev.3:20, 21:3, Ex.19:13, Job 39:24, Psa.47:5, Isa.58:1, Jer.4:19, Ezek.33:4
Zeph.1:6, Zech.9:14, Mt.24:31, Rev.1:10, 8:13, 9:14


       The first voice John hears in the revelation is that of a "trumpet" (Rev.1:10). John hears the "great voice" in 1:10 and now the trumpet is "talking with him". The trumpet is talking FROM HEAVEN, its "the door talking" that's opened in heaven, ITS JESUS CHRIST. But, like in 1:10, the trumpet is "BEHIND JOHN", its speaking 'behind him" as John turns around "TO SEE THE VOICE" in Rev.1:10.

....which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
 

Pr.25:7, Rev.11:12, Gen.12:1, Dan.10:21, Zech.1:9, Rev.21:9, Isa.41:23, Dan.2:29, Mt.26:64
Mr.11:14, Jn.1:51, 14:30, 1 Tim.1:16, Rev.1:19, 9:21

       One thing is sparkling clear here, you are witnessing Johns "TESTIMONY" of his "TRANSLATION/REBIRTH" into heavenly places in Christ Jesus!. John is having his "3rd HEAVEN VISIT". This is absolutely true as Pr.25:7 attests. John was sitting in the LOWEST ROOM, in THE PIT, in "A PRISON" in Patmos awaiting "the revelation" of Jesus Christ. John right here is getting called up to "go higher", to the UPPER ROOM.....TO HEAVEN. Now some historians claim it was around a.d.90 when John wrote his "apokalupsis" of Jesus Christ. THAT'S A LONG, LONG TIME IN PRISON FOLKS!. He sat and waited in a pit till the trumpet came and talked with him "from behind", and he's now called up to HEAVEN. There is '3 witnesses' of this very phrase in scripture only, "come up hither". Once by David in the "lowest pit", once here, and once in Rev.11 for the "two witnesses". Its at this call to "come up hither", when John is translated that the Lord begins to "shew him the things which shall be HEREAFTER". The TESTIMONY of Jesus Christ is the SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. Those who have followed Christ in the regeneration when the son of man shall sit upon the throne of his glory, are shewd the things that shall be HEREAFTER. They are shewed these things by hearing the voice of the trumpet BEHIND THEM......THE PROPHECY!. No prophecy of scripture is of PRIVATE, SINGULAR/"ALONE" INTERPRETATION. The Prophecy is "ALIVE" and it compounds and confirms itself throughout itself LIKE LEAVEN. No one prophecy in the scripture is interpreted ON ITS OWN, it must be in harmony with all other prophecies....ONE PROPHECY/ONE WORD.

vs. 2  And immediately I was in the spirit:.....
 

Mt.4:22, 14:31, 20:34, 24:29, Mr.1:12, 2:8, 4:29, 5:30, 6:50, Lk.6:49, 12:36, 18:43, Jn.5:9
Acts 3:7, 9:18, 13:11, 16:26, Gal.1:16, Ezek.37:1, Acts 18:5, 20:22, Roms.2:29, 1 Cor.14:2
Gal.3:3, 5:25, Col.2:5, Rev.1:10, 17:3, 21:10, 2 Cor.12:2

       John just got zapped to the 3rd heaven in a chariot whirlwind!. "IMMEDIATELY" is the key word here. This little word pretty much reduces 100% of the shenanigans going on in the churchianity down to rank "SPIRITISM"!. Getting "translated", rebirthed, getting called up to "go up higher" is a TOTAL SOVEREIGN ACT OF GOD THAT CANNOT BE INDUCED. God comes to the believer and releases him from the prison/lowest room and is "called up higher"....INTO THE HEAVENLIES! You are CAUGHT UP "once" into the door in heaven, but after are allowed to go "IN AND OUT" (Jn.10:9). You can be "in the spirit" many times but there's only one CAUGHT UP COME UP HITHER "IN THE SPIRIT". Unless you "have" the testimony WHICH IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, you have not been called to "go up higher" yet!. Being 'caught up' in the spirit is being "CHOSEN" sovereignly from God from out of the "called". MANY ARE CALLED, "FEW" ARE "COME UP HITHER". This isn't talking about secret "raptures", this is about THE VISITATION OF THE LORD, "THE DAY OF THE LORD FOR THE BELIEVER"!!!.

........and, behold, a throne was set in heaven......
 

Isa.6:1, Ezek.1:26, 10:1, 1 Sam.2:8, 2 Sam.7:16, 1 Kings 22:19, Psa.11:4, 103:19, Jer.3:17
17:12, Lam.5:19, Dan.7:9, Zech.6:13, Mt.5:34, 25:31, Acts 7:49, Heb.1:8, 22:2, Rev.1:4, 4:2
5:1, 6:16, 7:15, 12:5, 16:17, 20:11, 21:5, 22:1-3, Gen.1:17, 9:13, 31:45, Ex.13:12, 19:33, Psa.122:5
Pr.8:23, Ecc.7:14, 10:6, Acts 4:11, Jos.2:11, 2 Kin 7:19, Job 16:19, Psa.89:37, 119:89, 135:6, Isa.34:5
Mt.5:12, 6:9, 22:30, 28:18, Lk.10:20, 18:22, Acts 2:19, Col.4:1, 1 Pet.1:4, 1 Jn.5:7, Rev.11:19, 15:5

    Now we start getting into some "deep water", and the deeper things of the prophecy. A very interesting word is used...."SET". The word is "KEIMEI" in the greek and it means "LAID UP, APPOINTED, BE MADE, BE SET" and the idea is that John is seeing this just after its been SET.. Its ONE THRONE, "A" THRONE and its set IN HEAVEN (Jn.18:36). Now other verses in the scripture says Gods throne is FROM EVERLASTING, it was "never SET" or "made" or "APPOINTED", thus this throne is THE THRONE OF JESUS CHRIST. It was......."PREPARED" (Psa.103:19). John sees this throne "set" in heaven and then he sees.....

.........and one sat on the throne.
 

Rev.14:14, Jn.5:22, 12:48, 10:16, Mt.12:6, Jn.8:18, 2 Ki.19:22, Rev.15:4, Mt.25:31, 1 Ki.1:48
1 Sam.2:8, Jer.17:12,

       John saw a throne "set" in heaven, and then he sees ......"ONE"......sitting upon the throne!. Jer.17:12 states that a "glorious high THRONE from the beginning is THE PLACE OF OUR SANCTUARY!.. The throne is "IN HEAVEN". Many are called and FEW are chosen to COME UP HITHER. The destination of the chosen of Jesus Christ IS HEAVEN!!!. To serve him day and night IN HIS THRONE. They are "chosen" to be TRANSLATED INTO THE HEAVENLIES as John just has and is now seeing this before his face. A throne has been "set" and now ....ONE......."SAT"..... on the throne!. The idea with "sat" is a PAST TENSE particle. That's because only ONE has ever been sitting upon the throne, and yet, he has been "PREPARING his throne from the beginning though it was ESTABLISHED from the beginning!. Jesus Christ ASCENDED TO THE THRONE after he came down from the throne (Jn.6:62). The throne has ALWAYS BEEN AND IS HIS. This is the beginning of THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST CHRIST to John , he's now seeing the king upon the throne and is in his presence while he's talking to the king "as a trumpet" from behind him.

vs. 3  And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: .....
 

Ex.28:30, 28:13, Rev.21:11,  21:18,  21:19, 3:1-4

       Now were getting into some 'parabolic/parable' similitude's. John is looking upon THE ONE ON THE THRONE and he states that to look upon him was "like" a JASPER and a SARDINE "STONE". (a "sardine" is a lil fish!). This is very interesting and tricky wording. Its ONE STONE and its jasper and sardine. Both these are very interesting in similitude in scripture. A JASPER stone comes in many multiple colors, blue, purple, green, sometimes an amber or a "brass" color and Pliny in his day wrote of a "WHITE" jasper from India on the shore of Pallene called an "ASTRIOS". He also said there was one like to the "color of air" called a "AEIZUSA" and another clear as crystal or glass called a CRYSTALLIZUSA" for "clear". Now this is very interesting because in Rev.21 describing the NEW JERUSALEM, "jasper" is the ....."FIRST FOUNDATION" (Rev.21:19) and describing the stones for each of the....."12 APOSTLES"....(Rev.21:14). Now if you don't know this yet, THE NEW JERUSALEM IS THE TEMPLE/BRIDE and the Almighty and the Lamb are THE TEMPLE OF IT (Rev.21:22). AND ITS ALL AS A "BRIDE" COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND WITH MEN NOW, A "TABERNACLE"!. (Rev.21:2-3). Now, the next stone, SARDINE, is very interesting. A "sardine" stone in the greek is a "SARDIUS" from where you get.....SARDIS. This is the only use in scripture for "sardine" here because the root of the word is  SARDIUS (Ex.28;17). Now what's really interesting here is that there are only two types of "sardius" stone, one is called a CARNELIAN  considered a "former" and its "FLESH COLORED". The latter of the more valued is called a "SARD" and it is "RED". A SARDIUS stone was a BRIGHT RUBY OR SOMETIMES "RUDDY" RED. Now the word "SARDIS" in the greek is "SARDEIS" and it literally means...."RED ONES". Sardis was a church in Asia Minor and was the capital of Lydia. Sardis is represented as the 5th "CANDLESTICK", ANGEL, CHURCH in Rev.ch.3. so then John sees him who sat upon the throne as "THE FIRST FOUNDATION "JASPER" and as......FLESH FORMER, RUBY RUDDY RED LATER as the carnellien and sard SARDIUS stones!.

.....and there was a rainbow round about the throne.....
 

Rev.4:3, 10:1, Gen.9:13-14, 49:24, 2 Sam.1:17-19, Psa.58:7, 144:5, Isa.41:2, Lam 2:4,
3:12, Hos.1:7, 7:16, Hab.3:9, Rev.6:2, Lev.1:5, Job 41:14, Psa.18:1, 34:7, 48:12, 89:8,
97:2, 125:2, Isa.42:25, Rev.4:4-6, 5:11, 7:11

       Now, the RAINBOW or rather "BOW" in scripture is used in a "duality". The BOW is both a similitude for "A WEAPON" of destruction of the Lords and a SIGN of "GRACE AND MERCY" as in Noah's flood. What's absolutely of a surety, THE RAINBOW or BOW is directly conotated to JESUS CHRIST and the symbolism being invoked here is that this RAINBOW was "round about" the throne. The entire idea is that the throne is OBSCURED by this "rainbow" John is looking at about the throne. For also "DARKNESS AND THICK CLOUDS" obscure the throne in other verses of scripture. The RAINBOW totally antiquated with THE FLOOD AND NOAH in symbolism. The only things you will find "round about" the throne are this RAINBOW, the 4 AND 20 ELDERS, THE 4 BEASTS, AND A MULTITUDE OF ANGELS according to the prophecy.

.....in sight like unto an emerald.
 

Ex.28:18, 39:11, Ezek.29:13, Rev.21:19

       Now, John makes a very interesting statement. He says "IN SIGHT"!. This rainbow was IN SIGHT round about the throne., and it was like unto an EMERALD. Now, the first use of the word emerald is in Exodus, and its a stone in laid in the BREASTPLATE OF JUDGMENT (Ex.28:18). In this breastplate are 4 ROWS of stones. Interestingly enough, the FIRST ROW has the "SARDIUS" STONE in it. The SECOND ROW has the "EMERALD" as the FIRST stone, a sapphire than a diamond. There are 3 stones per row making a total of 12 for the 12 TRIBES. The RAINBOW round about the throne looked like AN EMERALD and it was.....IN SIGHT. As well, EMERALD is used in Ezek. ch.28 for the MORNING STAR in description of all the "stones" that was his "COVERING". (Ezek.28:13) and notable is that its the.....8th.....stone listed out of 10 with one being out of the loop, "gold" as the 10th. An emerald was an exclusive precious stone imported from TYRE in the OT, TYRE being noted for its "emeralds". In Rev.ch.21 in description for the stones of NEW JERUSALEM representing the APOSTLES, the EMERALD is the......."4th"....., so like the breastplate of Judgment  in Exodus, the emerald remains the 4th as the "4th FOUNDATION" of the wall of the city NEW JERUSALEM.

vs. 4  And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, ......
 

Rev.4:3,  2 Sam.21:20, 1 Chron.20:6, Rev.5:8, 5:14, 11:16, 19:4

         We have a RAINBOW like and EMERALD and now 4 AND 20 ELDERS SITTING "ROUND ABOUT" THE THRONE UPON SEATS. Pay attention. Their are 12 Patriarchs in the OT and are the "afore"/old foundation. IN SIGHT as an emerald/rainbow, these elders SIT IN JUDGMENT WITH THE LORD AROUND THE THRONE (Psa.122:5, Lk.22:30, Rev.20:4). Emerald is the 4th stone on the BREASTPLATE OF "JUDGMENT", 4th stone of the NEW JERUSALEM. There are 12 apostles and they are the NEW FOUNDATION of the NEW JERUSALEM. We find a strange thing though in the OT.Goliath of Gath had 24 APPENDAGES. He had 6 toes on each foot and 6 fingers on each hand, 24 (1 Chron.20:6).  Goliath was a GIANT/NEPHILLIM. we could say he was an "ANGEL".....FALLEN......mind you for he was the offspring of BENE HA ELOHIYM. In the dark sayings of the SOS, they state according to their TALMUD BAVLI that 60 "MIGHTY MEN/GIBBORIM" stand round about the bed of SCHLOMO/MOSCHIACH. These are interesting numbers. The MARK OF THE BEAST is the number of "MAN", not a man, "MAN" and its the number "666". The number 6 in similitude is used in a few places in scripture. 666 when added simply as they are is 18, minus 6 short of 24.  The NEW JERUSALEM is in the measurements of "THE ANGEL/THE MAN" in Rev.21:17 for "the wall" which is 144 cubits, 12 x 12 . 24 elders sitting upon seats round about the throne.

....clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
 

Rev.3:5, 3:18, Deut.10:18, Zech.3:4, Mt.17:2, 28:3, Mk.9:3, Lk.9:29, Num.1:16,
Zech.6:11, Ezek.23:42

       These four and twenty elders have upon them WHITE RAIMENT, the "fine linen" of the Lord LIKE AS LIGHTNING. They have upon their 'heads", and the term "heads of the tribes" and "heads of the fathers" is used in the OT regarding the "elders", CROWNS OF GOLD!!!.. This is very interesting because later on these 4 and 20 "CAST OFF" these crowns and throw them before the throne of the Lord (4:10) and later you find the Lord wearing then in the Apocalypse(19:12)!. In Zech. 6:11, "gold and silver" is made to make "CROWNS", plural, to be placed upon JOSHUA'S HEAD, who is a type of Jesus Christ. But wait, the only other place in scripture using the phrase "crowns of gold" are upon the heads of THE LOCUSTS in Rev.9:7, and I've already done Rev.ch.9 (Woe, woe...) on this site and shall integrate it into this series.

vs. 5  And out of the throne proceeded lightning's and thunderings and voices:...
 

Rev.19:5-6, 22:1, Ex.19:6, Job 38:35, Psa.18:14, 77:18, 97:4, 135:7, Jer.10:13, 51:16, Nah.2:4
Rev.8:5, 16:18, 10:3, 11:15, 11:19

       As there is ONE who is sitting in the throne, OUT OF THE THRONE John sees proceeding "lightning's and thundering's", IN THE PLURAL. Now, there are two in scripture associated with LIGHTNING, JESUS who as lightning comes from the east, and SATAN whom Jesus said he saw "FALL" like lightning. "VOICES" also proceed out of the throne. This word is also used in the plural. In the NT, the word "voices" is associated with LIGHTNING'S, THUNDERING'S, "AN EARTHQUAKE", 7 THUNDERS, THE TRUMPET OF 3 ANGELS. In the OT the "plurality" of Gods VOICE because that's what it is here, is described/simlituded as "A VOICE OF MANY WATERS". You have to get this understood here because in many places Gods voice is associated with "MANY WATERS" or RUSHING WATERS in the OT. This is confirmed by witness in first chapter of John (1:15). Then in the NT, his plural voice is similitude with "THE HEAVENS" for thundering's and lightning's take place in the heavens. Jer.10:13 says when the Lord utters his voice, THERE IS  a multitude of waters, and we know later on that "WATERS" is a code word for PEOPLES, MULTITUDES, NATIONS, TONGUES. This is very important to understand because later on in ch.13 John STANDS UPON THE SAND OF THE SEA and he watch's ....A BEAST.....come up OUT OF THE SEA, and one out of THE EARTH having a MOUTH "speaking great things".
 
....and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne....

Dan.10:6, Ex.25:37, 35:14, Lev.24:4, Num.8:2, Jud.7:20, Job 41:19, Ezek.1:13, Dan.10:6,
Zech.3:9, 4:2, Rev.14:5, Gen.21:29, Rev.1:13, 1:16, 3:1, 8:2, 8:10,  Isa.11:1-3

       7 ANGELS (Rev.8:2), 7 EYES (Rev.5:6), 7 HORNS (Rev.5:6), 7 SPIRITS (Rev.1:4), 7 CANDLESTICKS (Rev.1:12), 7 STARS (Rev.1:16), 7 THUNDERS (Rev.10:3), 7 TRUMPETS (Rev.8:2), 7 SEALS (Rev.5:1), 7 HEADS (Rev.12:3), 7 PLAGUES (Rev.15:1), 7 VIALS (Rev.15:7), 7 KINGS (Rev.17:10), 7 MOUNTAINS (Rev.17:9), 7 CHURCHES (Rev.1:11), 7 CROWNS (Rev.12:3), 7 LAMPS (Rev.4:5).  The seven lamps represent all these things and they represent......GOD.....ladies and gentlemen. 7 is the number of GOD. These seven lamps are the 7 CANDLESTICKS/"MINISTERS OF FIRE/ANGELS/SPIRITS OF GOD!. They are the eyes of the Lord that goeth through the earth. They are BURNING "BEFORE" THE THRONE. The words "before" and "behind" are extremely important throughout the revelation. Job 41:19 say that these "lamps of fire" proceed out of THE MOUTH OF "LEVIATHAN".

.......which are the seven Spirits of God.
 

Rev.1:4, 3:1, 5:6, Isa.11:1-3, Num.16:22, Pr.16:2, Lk.11:26, 1 Cor.14:32, Heb.1:7, 12:23
12:9, 1 Jo.4:1,

       The SEVEN LAMPS are the SEVEN SPIRITS of God. They BURN before the throne as the seven golden candlesticks stand before the throne. They are ANGELS, SPIRITS, CANDLESTICKS, LAMPS, STARS etc. The seven spirits of God are laid out in Isa.11:1-3 . Spirit of FEAR, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, MIGHT, COUNSEL, and the SPIRIT OF THE LORD which is "AGAPE/LOVE". keep in mind, 6 are mentioned as distinct attributes, the 7th is just called the SPIRIT OF THE LORD, generic. This is very important.

vs. 6  And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal...
 

Rev.15:2, Ge.32:12, Ex.14:22, 14:27, Job 7:12, 28:14, 38:16, 41:31, Psa.8:8, 68:22, 77:19,
95:5, 114:5, 139:9, Isa.5:30, 27:1, 60:5, Jer.51:42, Mt.8:27, Rev.21:1, 21:18, 21:21. Job 37:18,
Ezek.1:22, Ex.15:8, 1 Cor.13:12, Jam.1::23,

       Before the throne there is a SEA OF GLASS that is like unto "crystal". The "SEA" spoken of in scripture ladies and gentlemen, is symbolized with "THE FIRMAMENT. Right now, the entire creation sits in "THE WATERS BELOW THE FIRMAMENT (Gen.1:7). John is IN HEAVEN and hes seeing a sea of "GLASS" as unto crystal IN HEAVEN. He is seeing the waters divided that are IN HEAVEN (Gen.1:6), the firmament waters "above". John says they are LIKE GLASS and the connotation is that they are "STILL" and "CLEAR". They are not RAGING and their are NO WAVES. They are like UNTO CRYSTAL for they are "CRYSTAL CLEAR" and John can SEE THROUGH THE SEA CLEARLY!. Whereas on earth, the apostle Paul says to the "weak" converts that WE SEE THROUGH A "GLASS DARKLY" now, but then CLEARLY just like John is seeing. The connotation is we see through the glass sea of mankind DARKLY, and don't understand clearly what were seeing.  The entire creation AND IN HEAVEN is filled with...."a sea". From BELOW the firmament, we see through the GLASS DARKLY but from ABOVE the firmament where John is, HE CAN SEE CLEARLY!. Job says that the firmament/"SKY" is like unto a......"MOLTEN LOOKING GLASS" (Job 41:31). The SEA has a "HEART" in it (Ex.15:8). From Gods vantage point, the waters UNDER THE FIRMAMENT are ......"RAGING AND TUMULTUOUS" and we know later on that John calls "the waters" PEOPLES, NATIONS, KINDRED'S, TONGUES (Rev.17:15). John says the sea is in heaven is different then the sea on earth, he says its a SEA OF "GLASS" symbolizing a "condition" of the sea. The "firmament" in Genesis is the first similitude of "SEPARATION" given in the scripture. The "firmament" is the division between the 2nd and 3rd heavens, between the celestial heaven, the 2nd, and the 3rd HEAVEN where God abodes. We live under the 1st heaven, the TERRESTRIAL heaven, the "sky". Above the sky is the 2nd heaven, the 'celestial'. The number 3 is a number of JUDGMENT. Between where mankind resides and where God abodes is a ........"GREAT GULF FIXED".....and a "firmament" divides this "GULF". The word gulf in greek  is "CHASMA" and it means a CHASM, a deep RIFT/ABYSS BETWEEN. John can see BEFORE the throne a sea of glass like unto "CRYSTAL", clear and glistening.

......and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
 

Rev.4:8, 5:6, 5:8, 5:14, 6;1, 6:6, 7:1, 7:11, 9:14, 14:3, 15:7, 19:4, Zech 6:5, Jer.49:36,
Ezek.1:5-6, 1:18, 10:9, 10:12, 37:9, Dan.3:25, 7:2, 7:17, 8:22, Zech.1:8, 1:20, 2:6, 6:1
Mt.24:31, Acts 10:11, 27:29

       Were now going to delve into one of the deepest mysteries in the bible, THE FOUR BEASTS. We start the unraveling of the enigma by giving you a very strong clue by John.....Re 5:6  "And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth".........So then, one thing we now know is that THE LAMB is ....."OF".....the four beasts. And, what is the LIKENESS of these 4 BEASTS???.....A MAN!!!(Ezek.1:5).And what was THE FOURTH like in the fiery furnace???....THE SON OF MAN (Dan.3:25) What are these "four beasts"?. They are 4 BEASTS (Rev.5:6, Dan.7;3), 4 RINGS (Ex.25:26), 4 BOWLS (Ex.25:34), 4 PILLARS (Ex.26:32), 4 BRAZEN WHEELS (1 Ki.7:30, Ezek.10:9), 4 THINGS I KNOW NOT (Pr.30:18), 4 CORNERS (Isa.11:12, Ezek.46:21), 4 KINDS (Jer.15:3), 4 WINDS FROM THE 4 QUARTERS OF HEAVEN (Jer.49:36), 4 FINGERS (Jer.52:21), 4 LIVING CREATURES (Ezek.1:5), 4 FACES (Ezek.1:6), 4 WINGS (Ezek.1:6), 4 SORE JUDGMENTS (Ezek.14:21), 4 TABLES (Ezek.40:41), 4 HORNS (Ezek.43:20, Zech 1:8), 4 KINGS (Dan.7:17), 4 KINGDOMS (Dan.8:22), 4 TRANSGRESSIONS (Amos.1:3), 4 CARPENTERS (Zech.1:20), 4 CHARIOTS (Zech.6;1), 4 SPIRITS (Zech.6:5), 4 PARTS (Jn.19:23), 4 ANCHORS (Acts 27:29), 4 ANGELS (Rev.7:1). In 'the midst' and ROUND ABOUT the throne are these 4 BEASTS. Jesus Christ, THE LAMB is "OF" the 4 beasts and the likeness of the 4 beasts is that of "A MAN". The 4 beasts are "FULL OF EYES" and the eyes are "BEFORE" and "BEHIND" , ALPHA & OMEGA, FIRST & LAST, BEGINNING AND ENDING. Were gonna find that these 4 beasts "COVER" Jesus, they OBSCURE him for they are "in the midst" of the throne and OF the 4 beasts, THE LAMB, is "in the midst" of the throne and the beasts are the likeness OF A MAN. Oh man oh man, are you sure you want to know the Revelation of Jesus Christ??? Are you prepared for the revelation and are you sure???. We shall  soon see, and will you believe and accept the Revelation, that you shall see also?.

vs. 7  And the first beast was like a lion,.....
 

Gen.49:9, Num.23:24, Deut.33:22, Jud.14:8, 2 Sam.17:10, Job 4:10, Psa.7:2, Psa.91:13
Pr.19:12, 28:1, Isa.5:29, 21:8, 31:4, Jer.12:8, 50:44, Lam.3:10, Ezek.1:10, 10:14, Dan.7:4,
Hos.5:14, 11:10, Joe.1:6, Nah.2:12, 1 Pet.5:8, Rev.5:5, 10:3, 13:2,  2 Tim.4;17,


       The FIRST BEAST is like a LION.  Jesus Christ is THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH!. The FIRST beast in Dan.7:4 is like unto a "LION" and it had EAGLES WINGS and it stands up on its feet after the wings are plucked and A MANS HEART IS GIVEN TO IT fulfilling the prophecy of Nebuchadnezzar in that 7 times shall pass over and a BEAST HEART is given to him then he returns to "A MAN". JUDAH is first mention in scripture as a LIONS WHELP. In the OT, repeated over and over by the prophets is HOW God shall judge his people in the last days LIKE A LION. He shall tear them to pieces and rip out their claws!. GOD IS IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING and all the iniquity being performed, all of the evil, everything perpetuated is happening ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. The beast that rises out of the SEA in Rev. 13 has a MOUTH LIKE A LION. Peter said that the adversary, THE DEVIL roams ......AS A LION......looking for whom to DEVOUR (1 Pet.5:8!). You don't think Peter knew what he was talking about and WHOM he was talking about??? (Deut.32:42)!!!.  JESUS IS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH/THE SWORD/THE WORD THAT DEVOURS!!!. HE IS THE FIRST, NUMERO UNO, AND THE LAST!!.

.........and the second beast like a calf, .......
 

Gen.18:7, Ex.32:4, 32:20-24, 32:35, Lev.9:3, Deut.9:16, Psa.106:19, Isa.27:10, Jer.34:18
Ezek.1:7, Hos.8:5-6, Lk.15:23, Acts.7:41.

       Now, the biggest clue to what the second beast is, is found in Ezek.1:7. The 4 LIVING CREATURES/BEASTS all have feet that are "STRAIGHT" and they have soles on their feet like....."CALFS"....and they sparkled with burnished brass!. Herein lies why a believer is to "wash his feet". A believer is to have CALFS FEET. A "calf" is a SACRIFICE. JESUS WAS THAT CALF/SACRIFICE and that sacrifice is "over with". BUT, you have been called as a living sacrifice LIKE CHRIST! But why is the CALF the "SECOND" beast???. Here's why!. WHAT did Aaron make at sinai with the gold in the fire???.....>A MOLTEN CALF<....and what did he say????. HERE ARE YOUR....."GODS" (plural).....O ISRAEL!. How many times did moses strike the ROCK at Mirabah???........"TWICE".....and for it he was NOT allowed to enter the promised land!. Big big warning for all you "BINATARIANS" who worship a "dual" system of GODS.....FATHER & SON!!! (Mt.18:9). You are worshipping THE GOLDEN CALF and knowest not!. Now Jeremiah gives the most incredible verses about the calf. He says in 34:18 that....And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,......Jeremiah is referring directly to the covenant God gave ABRAHAM when he made Abraham divide animal parts and THE LORD "PASSED BETWEEN THEM" BY HIMSELF(Gen.15:7) but in "reverse". God is saying that they DIVIDED THE GOLDEN CALF, AND "THEY" PASSED BETWEEN THE PARTS AS GOD, "BETWEEN THE GODS", AND MADE A COVENANT WITH...."BAAL/THE GOLDEN CALF"...BY THEMSELVES, BETWEEN THEMSELVES!!!. In Lk 15 we find a type of 'prodigal son" who when found after being lost, his Father SLAYS HIM A FATTED CALF AND THEY EAT AND ARE MERRY!. One of the other servants asks why he didn't do this thing for him, wherein God replies IT WAS MEET FOR HIM, FOR HE WAS .....DEAD.......AND IS ALIVE AGAIN, LOST AND NOW FOUND!. Your gonna find after your 3rd HEAVEN taxi trip, throughout the scripture, after you come back you AWAKE and have little strength and are "hungry" wherein God says "ARISE AND........"EAT".(Deut.12;15, Acts 10:13-28, Mk.1:13, Lk.4:2). The second beast is directly connected to Christ with a 'twist'.

......and the third beast had a face as a man.........
 

Ex.33:11, Ezek.1:10, 10:14, 41:19, Job 41:14, Isa.6:2, Dan.2:39, 7:4, 7:8,  Ezek.10:14,
Rev.13:18, 21:17

      
       In Ezekial 1:10, the face of a LION and of a MAN are on the "RIGHT SIDE" of the four beasts, an OX and an EAGLE of "THE LEFT". In Ezek 41:19, the house round about was made with "cherubims" and "palm trees" so that a palm tree was between a cherub. On the cherubs, the FACE OF A MAN was on one side towards a palm tree, and the face of a LION was on the other side facing a palm tree. The 4 GREAT BEASTS are 4 KINGS in Dan.7:17, and their 4 HORNS, 4 KINGDOMS. The 3rd KINGDOM in Dan.2:39 is like that of "BRASS". The "feet" of the Lord are like unto FINE BRASS in Rev.1:15. The fourth and last kingdom "diverse" from all others is like unto IRON and "subdues" the whole earth. Jesus is written as to RULE AND REIGN WITH A ROD OF IRON for a millennia!.  After Nebuchadnezzars tree is hewn down in Dan.ch.4, a band of BRASS and a band of IRON is placed around the stump of the tree. Now the THIRD BEAST in Rev.ch.6 is a BLACK HORSE with balances in the hand. The beast that rises out of the sea in Rev.13. is LIKE UNTO A LEOPARD. The THIRD beast in Dan.ch.7 is A LEOPARD with 4 WINGS on its back and this similitude connects it directly with the 4 BEASTS here. The 4 BEASTS also have 4 WINGS on their backs. (Ezek. 1:6). We find a very strange thing in the revelation though, the 4 BEASTS have in fact.........6 WINGS.......(Rev.4:8, Isa.6:2).......and this is important to note because at some point, one of the 4 BEASTS have........2 WINGS........"plucked" and its made to stand on its feet LIKE A MAN. Keep this in mind throughout the series that the number of "MAN" is........6 - 6 - 6 and contrary to what the pundits say, the number is NOT 6 "hundred" 6 "score" and "6" but rather.....A CYPHER. Its.....3 sixes....and its a KEY that unlocks 'wisdom'. Isa. 6:2 says that with "twain" wings, the SERAPHIM "did fly", twain covering the feet, twain covering the face. And the third beast had the face of a "MAN".

 

.......and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
 

Dan.7:7, 7:19-23, Rev.6:7, Deut.28:49, 32:11, Job 9:26, Pr.23:5, Jer.49:22, Ezek.1:10,
10:14, 17:3, Dan.7:4, Hos.8:1, Hab.1:8, Rev.12:14, Isa.31:5,

       You had better wipe away ALL your conceptions of bible prophecy NOW. I don't care how well you think you know or believe what you know, ITS ALL GONNA GET SMASHED TO PIECES as we go on guaranteed because in order to unlock the similitude's in Revelation, we mut follow the "SPIRITUAL RULE" laid out by Paul.(1 Cor.2:13)!. To do anything other is to compare "apples with oranges", it doesnt fir or work. We are dealing with SPIRITUAL THINGS and they must be compared with "spiritual". To look at the revelation and compare with EARTHLY THINGS will bring you to THE WRONG CONCLUSIONS AND ANSWERS. The 4th BEAST of Daniel ch.7 is the kingdom of "IRON" that was "DIVERSE" from all others before it. The 1st BEAST of Dan. 7 was A LION WITH....EAGLES WINGS!. The 4 SEAL that's opened in Rev.ch.6, the 4th BEAST says "come and see", and its it THE PALE HORSE and the rider is......."DEATH"!. The 4th LIVING CREATURE in Ezek.ch 1 has the face of AN EAGLE!. The WOMAN in Rev.12 who is Jesus BRIDE/CHURCH, true church, is given two wings LIKE AN EAGLE and is taken into "the wilderness". The EAGLE is a symbol for GOD in the OT. Many places he utilizes THE EAGLE as a similitude for himself. Now if you looked at Rev. ch 6, it starts with a rider on a WHITE HORSE and then the 4th is a rider on a PALE HORSE. Both are types of each other,. pale and white are related in color!. Note that its the 4th RIDER who is announced by the 4th BEAST that is allowed to kill with "THE BEASTS". Now going back, we know for a fact that Jesus Christ, THE LAMB is....OF.......the 4 beasts (Rev.5:6). And we found out that THE CALF became a "twain" because of apostasy and it was worshipped as a "molten image", and yet, the feet of THE BEASTS/LIVING CREATURES is that of a "CALF", the soles of the feet in Ezek.ch1. You are finding out that.....ALL THESE THINGS ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER IN SIMILITUDE AND NUMEROLOGY AND TYPE AND SHADOW AND THE LAMB/JESUS IS CONNECTED TO THEM ALL AS WELL. Remember, the lamb is....OF.......the beasts and when we get to Rev.13 you will know why when you see the beast rise out of the sea!. Hopefully by that time we shall have you STANDING ON THE SAND OF THE SEA so you can see!.


vs. 8 ¶  And the four beasts had each of them six wings......

Isa.6:2, Ex.25:32, 26:9, 26:22, Num.35:15, 1 Kings 10:14, Ezek.9:2, Mt.27:45, Rev.6:12
9:13-14,13:18, 16:12, 21:20, Ex.28;10,

       The seraphim's in Isa. 6  have "6 WINGS". Ex.25:31-32 says there was ONE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK with....6 BRANCHES, 3 ON EITHER SIDE. In Rev ch.6, when the 6th SEAL is opened, there is a great EARTHQUAKE and the earthquake is a signature sign of GOD saying "howdy earthlings"!. It was at the 6th HOUR when the land was covered in "DARKNESS" in Mt.27:45, and THE SUN became ......BLACK.........as sackcloth. The 6th STONE in the NEW JERUSALEM is a.......>SARDIUS< (Rev.21:20). But the main "connection" to number six and THE LAMB is Ex.28;10....6 NAMES UPON ONE STONE!!!. The beasts have similitude's of A MAN, the LAMB is the "son of man" with a face AS A MAN. He was also a "calf/sacrifice". 1 Kings 10;14 is first mention of 6-6-6 in the form of....TALENTS, Rev.13 mentions the MARK and NUMBER of the beast, 6-6-6 the number of.....MAN.....and yes, the number of that beast who received the DEADLY WOUND..........AND LIVES! (Heeheeheehee!). Jesus Christ's, the Lamb is ....OF.....the four beasts, wings, spirits, angels etc. AND THE 4th IS LIKE UNTO THE SON OF MAN!!!. Are your eyes beginning to OPEN yet??? They 4 were FULL OF EYES WITHIN, a similitude for Gods "omniscience" as the eyes of the Lord goeth through the earth

...about him; and they were full of eyes within:.........
 

Ezek.1:18, 10:12, Rev.4:6, Job.41:18, Dan.7:8, 7:20, 10:6, Zech.3:9, 4:10,  Rev.5:6, 2 Chron.16:9

          Guess who that....HIM.....is there ladies and gents? "THE LAMB/JESUS CHRIST"!!!. The four beasts have 6 wings about....HIM, and the beasts were FULL OF EYES WITHIN!!!. The 4 WHEEL'S and the 4 LIVING CREATURES in Ezek.ch. 1 were FULL OF EYES!!!. The EYES OF THE LORD go through the earth (2 Chron.16:9).....Zech.4:10  For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth........ The word PLUMMET is "eh ben" in hebrew, its the only of its kind in the bible, and it means "WEIGHTS", DIVERS WEIGHTS, and "HAILSTONES" and the idea is for "MEASURING", ITS SCALES AND BALANCES......(Rev.6:5).Those "seven" spoken of are the 7 LAMPS (Zech.4:2), 7 SPIRITS, 7 ANGELS, 7 "KINGS", HORNS, CROWNS, SEALS, TRUMPETS etc. etc., oh yes yes yes, do not doubt it!. 3 HORNS are rooted up and a 4th "little horn" arises FULL OF EYES OF A MAN SPEAKING GREAT THINGS in Dan.7:8.. These 3 horns are apart of 10 horns and are removed by an "eighth"....LEAVING 7. (He is the 8th and is ....."OF".....the 7........Rev.1:13, 2:1).  Are you getting a clue yet what your seeing????.

....and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.....
 

2 Cor.7:5, Rev.14:11, Job 30:17, Isa.62:7, Lam.2:18, Deut.28:66, Psa.55:10, Jer.16:13
Acts 9:24, Rev.7:15, Lk.18:7, Rev.8:13, 12:10, 20:10, Isa.6:3

          This is one of the strangest uses of this phrase where it is in the scripture. These 4 beasts "REST NOT DAY AND NIGHT" and its strange because you would think that they, being in HEAVEN, would have "REST". The idea of resting NOT day or night is a NEGATIVE one. Those who go into the lake of fire are "tormented' DAY AND NIGHT (Rev.20;10). Those who worship the beast or his name or have his mark, the SMOKE of their "torment" goes up FOR EVER AND EVER (Rev.14:11). Jer.16;13 says that he judged the people by making them serve "GODS"......"DAY AND NIGHT".....and he will shew "no favor" (grace!). The saints who come out of 'great tribulation' REST NOT DAY AND NIGHT SERVING THE LORD IN THE TEMPLE (Rev.7:15).  When the "GREAT" DRAGON is cast out in Rev.12 and cast down, the prophecy states....NOW IS COME SALVATION.....and the power of God and it says that he accused God....DAY AND NIGHT (Rev.12:10). The ELECT cry to the Lord....DAY AND NIGHT in Lk.18:7, they sought to KILL Paul DAY AND NIGHT in Acts 9:24, and Job said "his bones" are PIERCED "within" him IN THE NIGHT season and his sinews HAD NO REST (30:17).  And last but not least god himself gave the ultimate rejection against the OT Israelite "sayers by saying.....There's only two places in scripture where the pattern HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is , here and in Isa.6:3 where one of the seraphim's says to another Holy holy holy. But a strange thing is said later in the prophecy. John sees an angel fly through the "midst of heaven" crying with a loud voice......."WOE, WOE, WOE".......and its said to the inahabiters of the EARTH (Rev.8:13). How odd??? (Rev.16:13). As I've said, the number 3 is a number of JUDGMENT AND WITNESS.

.......which was, and is, and is to come........
 

Rev.1:4, 1:8, 17:8, 17:10-11, Mt.20:16, Rev.1:11

       Now pay attention. In Rev.1:4 and 1:8, the "order" is different in this phrase. Its REVERSED. It starts with "WHICH IS" then which was and is to come and Rev. ch.1 is an intro before address to the 7 churches so when it says "IS" first, it means AT THAT TIME BACK THEN . Now John is in heaven and here IN THE SPIRIT in chapter 4 the pattern is REVERSED and its which was AND IS and is to come, the order is reversed. Remember now, John turns BEHIND HIM to hear the voice of the trumpet. Now, we must keep in mind that THE WHORE WOMAN RIDES THE BEAST (Rev.17:7). This BEAST carries the woman/whore. John says that the beast that carries the woman, WAS, AND IS NOT, AND SHALL ASCEND FROM THE BOTTOMLESS PIT. (Rev.17:8, 9:11, 11:7). But listen...he says the whole world shall "WONDER"(Jer.4:9, Rev.17:6) when they "BEHOLD"(Rev.1:7) the beast that WAS (Jn.8:58), AND IS NOT (Jn.16:7, 13:33)........."AND YET IS"(Rev.1:4, Mt.28:20,1 Tim 4:8, Psa.71:18, 90:10, Rev.17:10) .

vs. 9  And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
 

Ex 15:18, Psa.9:5, 10:16, 45:6, Isa.30:8, 34:10, Dan.7:18, 12:3, 1 Tim.1:17, Rev.10:6
22:5, 4:2, 5:1, 19:4

       The key word in this verse is "WHEN". These beast which are 4 give glory and honour and thanks to him who that sits upon the throne. In fact, the word "SAT" in the verse is a past tense article and what's its denoting is the  "throne" change of THE SAME ONE. From the reign prior to Jesus Christ's advent, to his TAKING BACK the throne, a throne change BY THE SAME. Now, the "platonic gnostics" of modern christendom that have delved into THE DEPTHS OF SATAN and have taken upon themselves ideologies and concepts of MEN to answer away fundamental truths in the scripture into "philosophical" constructs, have deduced the phrase "for ever and ever" into being TWO TIME PERIODS and utilizing "dispensationalism" as the vehicle for their "platonism". They claim the term "ever" is AN "EON" or a period of time that is "limited". Thus, they claim the term means from 1 EON to THE NEXT as two time periods that do NOT have any "eternal" quality. The term for ever and ever is all throughout your bible and is used almost exclusively to GOD. Its first origin and basis is Ex.15:18 where the word "EVER" is used twice with "TWO DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS GIVEN". The first "ever" is "OLAM"  which means literally "long duration" and "antiquity" with the idea of "long duration set from THE BEGINNING", but the second "ever" is translated as....."AD"...in the hebrew which literally means "PERPETUAL/WITHOUT END", thus, the "aionian" platonic "GNOSTIC" philosophies can be THROWN OUT THE WINDOW INTO THE TRASH!. For ever and ever means......"FOREVER"....and don't let any GNOSTIC tell you otherwise!. These kinds of "heresies" are absorbed via seeking PHILOSOPHIES AND CONSTRUCTS OF "MEN" more than God and by seeking the wisdom of men in interpretation and "VERSIONS" rather than the living word!. It is a symbolic similitude connected to other phrases designating the same such as "ALPHA AND OMEGA", FIRST AND LAST, BEGINNING AND ENDING, "OLD AND NEW COVENANTS/TESTAMENTS" etc. The term is an exclusive similitude for "JESUS CHRIST, ALPHA & OMEGA" and if deduced into two distinct "time periods", it can......ONLY......represent the period BEFORE Jesus advent 2000 years ago and AFTER that. The impression of the term reflects exactly as it impresses when read....."FOREVER/ETERNAL"....because its used almost synonymously with GOD who is without end. Attempting to make this term into something "FINITE" is "HERESY"!!!. The main key here though is the word "WHEN" for when these beasts which are 4 give praise and thanks to him upon the throne.....

vs.10  The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, .....
 

Psa.72:11, Isa.34:4, 45:14, Mt.4:9

       ...The 4 and 20 "ELDERS"....."FALL DOWN"....before him that sits upon the throne and they "WORSHIP" him. Note that the 4 beasts "DO NOT WORSHIP HIM" but "GIVE GLORY" (Jn.17:5-22, Isa.42:8) and honour and thanks because as I've shown earlier, the LAMB is ......"OF"....the 4 beasts thus, GOD DOES NOT "WORSHIP HIMSELF". He will "give up" and TAKE BACK/GIVE BACK his own glory to himself, get himself honour and thanks from his creation, BUT WILL NOT WORSHIP HIMSELF for the Lord God is not  "conceited/arrogant"!!!. Note also that the 4 beasts DO NOT FALL DOWN before him, but these 4 and 20 elders "IN HEAVEN" fall down whenever the 4 beast give honour and thanks to GOD ON THE THRONE. These very subtle uses of nouns and adverbs used in the way they are reflect subtle "changes" in the appearance of the whole image being read in the revelation. If they are NOT SERIOUSLY HEEDED than the entire picture of what's being read will end up in the end being "WAY OFF". All these little changes and uses of words ARE CAREFULLY PLANNED AND WRITTEN to be followed extremely close. Jesus said "BY EVERY.....WORD......" man shall live by and not bread alone, thus, every single word and how its placed and used in the prophecy has "STRUCTURE" and organization that when followed carefully, reveal an image that is obtained DIFFERENT than what is obtained when not heeded and followed. Thus, the 4 and 20 elders FALL DOWN and worship him upon the throne and....

.......and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,........

Zech.6:11, 6:14, Rev.4:4, 9:7, 12:3, 13:1, 19:12


    "NO ONE OR NOTHING" wears any "crowns" in heaven other than JESUS CHRIST and he wears "them all" (Rev.19:12). A crown is a symbol of KINGSHIP and ROYALTY. The 4 and 20 elders "cast" their crowns BEFORE the throne!!!. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!. The inference is that these cast their crowns "BEFORE" the throne, or rather, BEFORE HE "RE-CLAIMED" THE THRONE!!! (Zech.6:11).The 4 and 20 elders walked the narrow way and died the death of THE SPIRITUAL before they physically died and the "casting off" of their OWN CROWNS they made for THEMSELVES is a part of the narrow way/low room walk/journey. The de-throning of "ANTICHRIST" WITHIN THEM, the casting off of the ANTICHRIST CROWN was part of their regeneration. We don't find anywhere in the revelation where God has these crowns placed upon his head. They just appear on his head in Rev.19:12. One of the main motives for Jesus advent was THE DE-THRONING of satan as a prince "in the heavenlies" when Christ came (Jn.12:31). These 4 and 20 elders WORSHIP THE KING and its the king that wears a crown IN HEAVEN. This verse symbolizes the complete HUMILITY of the saints even in heaven who take no symbols of authority or power but CAST THEM BEFORE GOD off from themselves for they have no king but Jesus on the throne. Thus, we see the crowns thrown before the throne. Only God gives power and authority. Only God sets up kings and dethrones them because ITS HIS POWER, not anyone else's. God reigns upon his throne in HEAVEN, he's the king. No need for "CROWNS" (plural) in heaven, THERE'S ONLY ONE KING!. But crowns are an EARTHLY SYMBOL" of kingship and Gods sons he says shall be PRIEST AND "KINGS" FOREVER. God places a CROWN of kingship to his authority to be expressed SOMEWHERE ELSE as a representation of his authority and that's why we see in Rev.9:7 that THE CROWNS ...."WERE AS IT WERE" (very important phrasing)....upon the heads of the LOCUSTS, upon the heads of the GREAT RED DRAGON (Rev.12:3), upon the BEAST OUT OF THE SEA (Rev.13:1). Their THE SAME CROWNS ladies and gentlemen, doubt it not and they represent GODS AUTHORITY AND KINGSHIP in that "everything" being done is BY HIS AUTHORITY!. Nothing happens that happens in anyway that is not allowed and authored BY GOD for his good will and pleasure!. So then, these 4 and 20 cast their crowns BEFORE the throne "saying".....

vs. 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.
 

1 Chron.16:27, Psa.8:5, Dan.5:18, Roms.2:7, Heb.2:7, 2:9, Rev.19:1, 21:24-26, Eph.1:5, 1:11, 3:9,
Psa.57:2, Pr.16:4, 26:10, Eccl.9:2-3, Isa.44:24, Jer.10:16, Lk.9:26, Roms.1:4, Jn.17:2, 10:18

       These 4 and 20 give their TESTIMONY they had on earth IN HEAVEN before the Lord!. This verse is a TESTIMONY!. The testimony is THOU LORD......"JESUS".....ART WORTHY to receive glory, honour, and "POWER" and thou Jesus are "THE CREATOR" who created "ALL THINGS" FOR YOUR OWN PLEASURE"!. The subtle inference of their "predestination" is acknowledged by their stating....THEY "ARE" (now) AND "WERE" (past tense, predestinated) CREATED!. They knew this WHILE ON EARTH as Jesus promised they would (Jn.14:20) Only Jesus Christ "IS WORTHY" of this testimony for their are none others it can be given to, NOT THE FATHER OR THE SPIRIT in "identity". This is an exclusive epithet of JESUS CHRIST in the bible. We know its ONLY JESUS this applied to, confirmed by the EXACT statement with its parts and order in Rev.19:1. Rev.21:24-26 states something very interesting. The nations of them THAT ARE SAVED "in that day", the day of the Lord, shall bring the HONOUR AND GLORY INTO THE NEW JERUSALEM. Seeing how "honour and glory" is JESUS ALONE, these "saved" bring the honour and glory OF JESUS CHRIST "INTO THE TABERNACLE"/NEW JERUSALEM. Meaning, they BRING JESUS "GLORY" AND "HONOUR" INTO THEIR TEMPLES, THEIR BODIES....HIS SPIRIT...."FROM WITHIN"!!!. What is the inference????Mk.13:37!!!. The HONOUR AND GLORY via "THE POWER" of Jesus Christ in his temple (1 Cor.3:16) that is OF the nations shall be gathered together into THE NEW JERUSALEM....INTO THE LAMB/JESUS! ("in" that day ye shall know that you are in me, and I in you, and I in the father and the father in me!). Now that the stage is set for what comes next, let us move onto chapter 5 of the revelation to perceive the details of what has been set in chapter 4 as we move deeper into the prophecy and unveil the subtle truths hidden within the veil of similitude's.