A Trip to Heaven- Revelation 4:1-5:14

I. The _____________ concerning Heaven

A. John is prepared – Revelation 1

B. The Church is prepared – Revelation 2-3

C. Heaven is prepared – Revelation 4

II. The ____________to Heaven – Revelation 4:1 – After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

The Door

The Voice

III. The _____________ of Heaven – Revelation 4:2-7

A. _____ the Throne – Revelation 4:2-3a – At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian.

B. _____________ the Throne – Revelation 4:3b – and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.

C _____________the Throne – Revelation 4:4 – Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.

D. _____________the Throne – Revelation 4:5a – From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder.

E. ________ the Throne – Revelation 4:5b-6a – … and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, 6and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.

F. __________ the Throne – Revelation 4:6b-7 – And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: 7the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.

IV. The ______________ in Heaven – Revelation 4:8-11

A. By the ________________ – Revelation 4:8-9- And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” 9And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

B. By the ________________– Revelation 4:10-11 – …the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

V. The ______________ within Heaven – Revelation 5:1-3 -Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it,

VI. The _____________ for Heaven – Revelation 5:4-7

A. The _____________ of the Lamb – Revelation 5:4-5 – …and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

B. The ______________ of the Lamb – Revelation 5:6-7 – And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.

VII. The _____________ from Heaven – Revelation 5:8-14

A. From ___________________– Revelation 5:8-10 – And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, 10and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”

B. From ____________________– Revelation 5:11-12 – Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”

C. From ____________ – Revelation 5:13-14 – And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” 14And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.