AP: Revelation Studies-Pt 2

Ashton writes:

The other day in the prayer room I was struck in awe of what I read and the clarity that I recieved. I was studying Revelation 4 and 5 where it describes the glory of God. I have learned so much! My mind seems to be blown by the holiness of God. Some other chapters that go along with these are Ezekiel 1 and Daniel 7. I had never read either of these before and my mind was in awe of the things I read. I strongly encourage you to read these chapters. Let me describe to you what I read in Revelation 4 and 5. Imagine you are standing on a crystal/turquoise/sapphire sea. It goes for a long as you can see in every direction. It is not calm like a lake but choppy because the four winds are blowing as strong as a windstorm. You see a great cloud coming that looks like a consuming fire. From the cloud are flashes of lightning and thunder. Out of the cloud comes a brilliant light so bright you can bearly look at it. In the center of the cloud there is what looks like a huge piece of glowing metal. You see four living creatures in the fire cloud. As they move they do not turn. Each beast has four faces: the face of a man, the face of a lion, the face of an ox, and the face of an eagle. They also have 6 wings: two to cover their faces, two to cover their feet, and two to fly with. The wings of the creatures make the sound of rushing waters. When they stay still they lower their wings. Wherever the Spirit goes they go. They look like burning coals of fire/torches. They have eyes all over their body because it takes all the eyes to behold the beauty of God. Fire moves back and forth between the creatures. The fire is bright and lightning flashed out of it. The creatures speed back and forth like flashes of lightning. There is a wheel on the ground beside each creature and all four wheels look alike. The wheels sparkle like chrysolite and are all ablaze with fire. The wheels look like a wheel inside of a wheel, like a wheel intersecting a wheel. There are eyes all around the rims of the wheels. The wheels move with the creatures. When the creatures rise, they rise. When the creatures move, they move. Wherever the spirit goes, the creatures go, and the wheels would follow because the spirit of the living creatures are in the wheels. Spread out above the heads of the living creatures is an expanse, sparkling like ice. The sapphire sea. On the sapphire sea is the throne of God. The throne has the appearance of sapphire and brilliant light and is flaming with fire. From the throne come flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. The one seated on the throne has the appearance of jasper and carnelian(sardius). (back in John's day jasper was white like a diamond) Imagine the shape of a man, but a complete diamond. The carnelian is a burnt red color which is his burning desire for us. This too consumes His body. His eyes are aflame. So he is like a diamond and red color. He looks like glowing metal, full of fire. A brilliant light surrounds him. A rainbow on a cloudy day is the appearance around him. From the throne comes flashes of lightning and peals of thunder. Your whole body trembles at the sound of the thunder. Around the throne is what looks like a circle of emerald, which is his mercy. Everything He says must go through His circle of mercy. A river of fire flows from beneath Him and the throne. In front of the throne are seven burning lamps which are the seven spirits of God. Thousands upon thousands attend Him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stand before Him. Around the throne are 24 elders seated on their thrones. They are dressed in white and have crowns of gold on their heads. Day and night the four living creatures never stop saying, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to Him who sits on the throne the 24 elders fall down before Him and worship Him saying, "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." You guys, this is our God. This is our Savior. This is Jesus who longs for us to be His friends. This is the creator of the universe who loves you. Can you even imagine? This just blows my mind.

I hope this has encouraged you to study Revelation for yourself. Don't take what I say for granted, but search it out and see for yourself if what I wrote is true. When you begin to dig into the word with this type of mindset it will become alive to you. I strongly encourage you to study this. It is fascinating! Don't think about it in a future context. This is your generation. This is your story. You will live through these events. This thinking puts the whole book into new light. The reason we know it is in our generation is how Israel became a nation in 1948 and Jerusalem became a city and part of Israel in 1967. We are in the beginning birth pangs. If you read Matthew 24 you will see that five things must take place before the end times. We are starting to see some of these now. We will see many false prophets, wars and rumors of wars, famines, natural disasters(hurricanes/earthquakes), and nations against their own nation(civil wars). So don't say that this is for a different generation. It is for us!

I hope I was able to get my points across through all my rambling. If you have any questions PLEASE feel free to email me and if I can't answer it I'll ask someone here. I hope this encourages you to dig deeper in the word and puts an uneasiness in you spirit that can only be quenched by getting to know Christ more.

I love y'all!

His Forever,
Ashton :)