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NASB | Revelation 4:1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a [war] trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things." |
Subject: What is this "open door?" |
Bible Note: Hi Gary, I think quite honestly, your interpretation is a stretch! You cannot ignore the context, which you do in all the scripture quotations you cite:-( For example, 1 Cor. 14:1 says this: "Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy." This is the imperative where love is the focus and it closely follows 1 Cor. 13:13, where are told (as a comparative) , "...the greater of these is love". You appear to be the only one who holds to the view of John 3:3! That is pure and simple eisegesis, my friend. You're also making quantum leaps by stating, "This open door is a gateway in which we can enter into a visionary encounter with the Lord". There is simply no scripture which asserts this or backs your contention. Are you familiar with the principle of 2 Timothy 2:15 or Pauls' admonition in 1 Cor. 4:6, where he admonishes us, "...not to think beyond what is written"? 2 Cor. 4:2 implores believers by these words: "but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God." Now, let's rightly consider some perspective both sound and in context. First,read the context of Rev. 3:8. Second, in Rev. 4:1, John is the one conveying his vision- hence the Book of Revelation! This "revelation was given to HIM, not us! Finally, the Commentary Critical offers this: "1. After this—Greek, “After these things,†marking the opening of the next vision in the succession. Here is the transition from “the things which are†(Rev 1:19), the existing state of the seven churches, as a type of the Church in general, in John’s time, to “the things which shall be hereafter,†namely, in relation to the time when John wrote. I looked—rather as Greek, “I saw†in vision; not as English Version means, I directed my look that way. was—Omit, as not being in the Greek. opened—“standing openâ€; not as though John saw it in the act of being opened. Compare Ez 1:1; Mt 3:16; Ac 7:56; 10:11. But in those visions the heavens opened, disclosing the visions to those below on earth. Whereas here, heaven, the temple of God, remains closed to those on earth, but John is transported in vision through an open door up into heaven, whence he can see things passing on earth or in heaven, according as the scenes of the several visions require." Your hit-n-miss hodge-podge of scripture slinging leaves much to be desired:-( Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |