Special Announcement: WE ARE MOVING SOON! | Revelation 4:1 | J. Allen Mashburn

As we move into chapter 4 of the book of Revelation, we are heading into strange country.  We just left the past as we dealt with the seven churches of Asia Minor.  Yet, while we studied those churches, we came to understand that we were, in reality, very much in the present.  Now, when we get to this chapter, we are about to step off into the future.

This chapter, and the one that follows takes us into the very throne room of God, where we can see ourselves and what we will be doing when we get to Heaven.  After that, our focus will be primarily on the earth until we get to chapter 21.

What I want you to understand is that Revelation 4:1 is a very special verse.  In fact, if you do not understand this verse, then you cannot understand the rest of the book.  

If you mess up here, you will be out of step all the way through the rest of this great book. 

Have you ever buttoned your shirt, only to get down to the last button and find you didn’t have a buttonhole to put it in?  So, you back up and see what happened and you usually find that your problems begin right at the start.  If the right button is not placed in the right button hole, you are in trouble.  Things will never turn out right!  The same is true with this book.

Since this verse is so vital, I want to take some time and move through it in detail today.  Now, I don’t know if you know this or not, but this verse is all about our future.  It tells us about the day when all the children of God will leave this world together.  I want to show you the facts, as they are presented in this verse.