AFTER THIS / REVELATION 4:1

(KJV) Revelation 4:1

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

This phrase seems to indicate a passage of time. It appears that instead of one continuous vision, John was given insight into various times and events of the future (Revelation 7:1, 9; 15:5; 18:1). For this reason, we have this change of scene and time. Many Bible scholars and interpreters believe that at this point in Revelation (before the fulfillment of the events described from here forward), Christ has already taken the “overcomers” out of the world. Thus, the catching up of the true church to meet Christ in the air (John 14:3) takes place before the tribulation period (Revelation 6-18). This belief is based on the following statements:

1. Beginning with Revelation 4:1, the terms “church” or “churches” no longer appear until Revelation 22:16.
2. The bride of Christ (the church) appears in Revelation 19 already with Christ in heaven before He returns to earth to judge the wicked and to reign on earth for a thousand years, closing out time as we know it (Revelation 20:4).
3. The promise given to the Philadelphia church to spare it from the time of worldwide trial pertains to all believers who stand true to Christ before the tribulation (Revelation 3:10).

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1. THE SPIRIT … THE CHURCHES / REVELATION 3:22
2. IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE / REVELATION 3:20
3. YOU DO NOT REALIZE / REVELATION 3:17-18
4. NEITHER COLD NOR HOT – LUKEWARM / REVELATION 3:15-16
5. THE AMEN / REVELATION 3:14
6. I AM COMING SOON / REVELATION 3:11
7. THE HOUR OF TRIAL / REVELATION 3:10
8. PHILADELPHIA / REVELATION 3:7
9. HER CHILDREN /REVELATION 2:23
10. YOU TOLERATE THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL, WHO CALLS HERSELF A PROPHETESS / REVELATION 2:20
11. HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS – A WHITE STONE WITH A NEW NAME / REVELATION 2:17
12. FIGHT AGAINST THEM / REVELATION 2:16
13. THE TEACHING OF BALAAM / REVELATION 2:14
14. WHERE SATAN HAS HIS THRONE / REVELATION 2:13
15. THE SECOND DEATH / REVELATION 2:11
16. CROWN OF LIFE / REVELATION 2:10
17. POVERY / REVELATION 2:9
18. TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:7
19. YOU HATE THE PRACTICES OF THE NICOLAITANS, WHICH I ASLO HATE / REVELATION 2:6
20. REMOVE YOUR LAMPSTAND / REVELATION 2:5
21. FORSAKEN YOUR FIRST LOVE / REVELATION 2:4
22. WHO CLAIM TO BE APOSTLES / REVELATION 2:1-2
23. WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN – WHAT IS NOW AND WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE / REVELATION 1:19
24. SEVEN STARS / REVELATION 1:16
25. A SON OF MAN / REVELATION 1:13
26. SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 1:12
27. IN THE SPIRIT / REVELATION 1:10-11
28. ISLAND OF PATMOS / REVELATION 1:9
29. THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA / REVELATION 1:8
30. HE IS COMING / REVELATION 1:7
31. HIM WHO IS, AND WHO WAS, AND WHO IS TO COME / REVELATION 1:4-5
32. TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES / REVELATION 1:4
33. BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO READS / REVELATION 1:3
34. REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST / REVELATION 1:1-2
35. DEATH AND HADES – THE LAKE OF FIRE / REVELATION 20:14
36. ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAD DONE / REVELATION 20:12
37. EARTH AND SKY FLED / REVELATION 20:11
38. GREAT WHITE THRONE / REVELATION 20:11-13
39. THE FIRST RESURRECTION / REVELATION 20:6
40. THRONES ON WHICH WERE SEATED / REVELATION 20:4
41. KEEP HIM FROM DECEIVING THE NATIONS ANYMORE / REVELATION 20:3
42. TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS / REVELATION 11:16
43. THE SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED / REVELATION 11:15
44. TERROR STRUCK THOSE WHO SAW THEM / REVELATION 11:11
45. THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH WILL GLOAT / REVELATION 11:9
46. THE BEAST … KILL THEM / REVELATION 11:7
47. OLIVE TREES … LAMPSTANDS / REVELATION 11:4
48. MY TWO WITNESSES / REVELATION 11:3
49. TRAMPLE ON THE HOLY CITY / REVELATION 11:2
50. MEASURE THE TEMPLE / REVELATION 11:1
51. BUT THE COWARDLY, THE UNBELIEVING / REVELATION 21:8
52. HE WHO OVERCOMES / REVELATION 2:17
53. A PALE HORSE / REVELATION 6:8
54. A BLACK HORSE / REVELATION 6:5
55. HORSE … FIERY RED ONE / REVELATION 6:4
56. A WHITE HORSE / REVELATION 6:2
57. A FEW PEOPLE IN SARDIS / REVELATION 3:4
58. YOU ARE DEAD / REVELATION 3:1-2
59. I WILL GIVE THE MORNING STAR / REVELATION 2:28
60. HOLD ON … UNTIL I COME / REVELATION 2:25
61. THE REST OF YOU / REVELATION 2:24
62. A MALE CHILD / REVELATION 12:5
63. WHO OBEY GOD’S COMMANDMENTS / REVELATION 14:12
64. A MARK / REVELATION 13:16
65. REFUSED TO WORSHIP THE IMAGE TO BE KILLED / REVELATION 13:15
66. WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST / REVELATION
67. DRAGON … BOUND HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS / REVELATION 20:2
68. THE GREAT TRIBULATION / REVELATION 7:14
69. THE DEVIL … THE LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR / REVELATION 20:10
70. SURROUNDED THE CAMP OF GOD’S PEOPLE / REVELATION 20:9
71. DECEIVE THE NATIONS / REVELATION 20:8
72. SATAN WILL BE RELEASED / REVELATION 20:7
73. SPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING MIRACULOUS SIGNS / REVELATION 16:14
74. FROGS / REVELATION 16:13
75. WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9
76. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
77. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
78. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
79. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Summary

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AFTER THIS / REVELATION 4:1

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This phrase seems to indicate a passage of time.

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Margaret Crews

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Guided By Grace

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