[[Rev-04]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Rev-03]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Rev-05]] --- ### "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this." *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The voice from heaven promises to reveal events that are destined to occur in the future, marking a transition from current church history to the end-times timeline. *Historical context*: Theologians and scholars, particularly those holding a futurist perspective (such as John Walvoord and G.K. Beale), identify this verse as the beginning of the apocalyptic section of Revelation that predicts the Great Tribulation, the rise of the Antichrist, and the final judgment. It is viewed as a definitive prediction that history is moving toward a pre-determined divine conclusion. *Related to*: ### the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come! *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The title 'who is to come' acts as a prophetic declaration of the future return and final manifestation of God (Jesus Christ) to the world. *Historical context*: This phrase is a central component of Christian eschatology regarding the 'Parousia' or Second Coming. It predicts a physical or manifest arrival of the divine presence on Earth to establish the final Kingdom, a theme expanded upon in [[Rev|Revelation 19]] and 22. *Related to*: ### After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard... was one saying, 'Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.' *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The invitation for John to enter the heavenly throne room to see future events fulfills the earlier divine command to record 'what must take place after this.' *Historical context*: This verse is widely regarded by biblical commentators as the direct fulfillment of the promise made in [[Rev-01#v19|Revelation 1:19]] ('Write... the things which shall be hereafter'). It signifies the start of the 'third section' of the book according to the chronological outline provided in the first chapter. *Related to*: [[Rev-01#v19|Revelation 1:19]] ### In the middle of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The vision of the four living creatures around the throne of God is the realization of the prophetic visions previously glimpsed by Old Testament prophets. *Historical context*: Theological analysis identifies this as a composite fulfillment and clarification of the visions of the 'cherubim' in [[Ezek-01#v5|Ezekiel 1:5]]-10 and the 'seraphim' in [[Isa-06#v1|Isaiah 6:1]]-3. While the earlier prophets saw these beings as precursors to judgment or as attendants in a localized temple vision, [[Rev|Revelation 4]] presents the 'full' heavenly reality that those earlier prophecies anticipated. *Related to*: [[Ezek-01#v10|Ezekiel 1:10]] and [[Isa-06#v2|Isaiah 6:2]] --- #ai_prophecy