Revelation 4:1-11 KJV
[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.
[2] And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
[3] And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
[4] And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats, I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
[5] And out of the throne proceeded lightning and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
[6] And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
[7] And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
[8] And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him, and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
[9] And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
[10] The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
[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.
Unlike Isaiah’s vision which is physical, John’s vision was in the spirit. This time, as the angels worshipped God, we see that Humanity had a place in the presence of God.
Despite our sinful, stiff-necked and disobedient nature against God, we will come to the realisation that he is worthy of all glory as we are in essence created for his pleasure.
CCC Hymn 377 stanza 2;
He made the seven heavens and even the seven earths: the sun and even the moon that illuminate us round…
From our hymn, we can see that humanity dwells on earth. However, as there are seven degrees to heaven, God reigns on the seventh.
For this reason and as our sinful nature has driven us ever further away from God, in order to appease him, we have to worship him from a great distance away and for this reason, we say “UNTO” unlike the angels who say “is” as they are in his presence.
Celestial is the last boat of salvation and the bridge between heaven and earth. With Celestial, humanity has the chance of drawing closer to God.
CONSTITUTION:
SECTION 85: Injunctions about the ringing of the bell to worship. “This came through me seven years after the birth of the Church. You will remember, Supreme Evangelist Bada, that when I related this incident to the congregation at Makoko, I held a Bible in my hand as a witness. I was in a trance and saw in space a house without solid walls or roof, but a house nonetheless. Some were on the upper floor and we were on the lower floor, both floors not being solid but suspended in space and real nonetheless. As a bell ring three times, both those on the upper floor and we on the lower floor knelt down touching our forehead to the floor and said in Yoruba
“Mimo, mimo, mimo si Oluwa awon omo ogun’
Meaning (in English)
‘Holy, Holy, Holy to the Lord God of Hosts’.
Very informative