Thursday, November 16, 2017

Revelation 4

The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:
“Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty,
Who was and is and is to come!” v.8

Read chapter 4
In this chapter we read of the throne room in the Kingdom.  First we read of Jesus appearing as jasper and sardius stones with a rainbow around Him like an emerald.  Then we read of the 24 thrones of 24 elders around God's throne.  Who these elders are we do not know, they could be humans or celestial beings, they could be those born in the kingdom or born before.  Then we read of the four living creatures.  We can assume from their description that they are the cheribum that we read about in Ezekiel 1 of his vision being exactly like these creatures described here.  We read that these cheribum say "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!"  They don't rest day or night and say this.  Now this doesn't mean that they don't ever stop to take a breath or are saying this mindlessly, rather they is what is known of them to say often.  We all can say of someone that they always talk about something they're passionate.  For example so and so will always talk about the Packers or always talk about Donald Trump. 
This doesn't mean that they don't talk about anything else, but part of the character that you can always expect to hear from them.   One time on Facebook they had a thing where it summed up what you posted about the most whether through pictures, comments, etc.  And made a collage out of the top few things that you said.  Some were their spouses and kids names, some were all places they traveled, some were political names and sources, but one of my friends had all these different names of God.  That's what she was known to talk about the most was God.  The cheribum saying this isn't an annoying thing because they are always saying Holy Holy Holy like some would be annoyed by someone always talking about Trump, rather this is a wonderful chant that will be venerated.  If you have a hard time with people that always talk about God, how do you think you'll like heaven?  What are you known to always talk about?  What would you like to be known to talk about often?

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