Remote Control

Rev 4:1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this." 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!" 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: 11 "You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created."

In most American households you can tell who holds the power by who holds the remote control. Oh, there may be exceptions, but I think they are probably very few. The one who holds the remote control is most often in the seat of power. You know it, and I know it.

Just a touch on a button, with smooth controller in hand, and the entire family is whisked away first to this location, then to that one…here there and everywhere, all at the beckon call of the small electronic device, and the one who holds it. Remote control is awesome in power, and no one can refute that.

Imagine the power to direct the universe. Not the universe of 600 channels, but the universe of the universe. What would that kind of power look like?

Here, John tells us in his own words. After spending the first three chapters of the Book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ writing down exactly what Jesus tells him to write, here we see John in his own hand, with a profound knee-knocking declaration of all he sees.

Notice most of all the control and the power of Almighty God. He says, “Come up here,” and John is immediately translated into the kingdom. What he sees are the most amazing things anyone at any time has ever attempted to describe. Awesome wonder! Awesome power! Total peace! Total love! Unimaginable beauty - completely beyond description, (as much as John tries.) And notice, all you scoffers…Who it is Who holds the universal remote. This is totally the seat of all power!

-Pastor Bill