Revelation 4:1 (KJV) A New Thing Begins

Revelation 4:1 (KJV)
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Gill remarks that Revelation chapters 1-3 comprises what he calls, “the church prophecy.” This is followed with what he calls, “the book prophecy.” I can see this line of thinking and see how it might be used to understand the several seven-fold prophecies of the Revelation. 

Gill, and those of his day, almost defined the various dispensations as different churches. So in his mind there was:

• The church “Israel” followed by
• The New Testament Church followed by
• The Gospel church (which meets in heaven)

While I would challenge the concept of various dispensation churches, the one thing that is consistent is that the New Testament Church is never seen after Revelation chapter three. Revelation 4:1 is a remarkable type of the rapture of the believers into heaven. We are removed from the earth. A new thing begins both in heaven and on earth. 

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Revelation 4:1 (KJV) A New Thing Begins

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