Revelation 4:5 “And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.”

“And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices:”

You see many things coming out of the throne here: lightnings, thunderings and voices.

What’s very interesting is that this seems to match up with the previous verses we looked at. When God was speaking in His voice out of heaven, people mistake it as thunder or lightning. And then we saw something about the rapture of the church.

“and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.”

We have seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. 

Who are the seven spirits of God here? This is referring to the Holy Spirit, this is referring to God. The proof text is given at Revelation 1, as well as Revelation 5:6. If you look at Revelation 5:6, notice that Jesus Christ entails all those seven spirits. Why? If you look at Revelation 2 and 3, each of the seven spirits spoke to the seven churches because the Holy Spirit does not have to be in only one location. The Holy Spirit is everywhere, the Holy Spirit is inside you and all the Christians. The Holy Spirit is everywhere. That’s why it’s not a problem for Him to be at seven places at once like the seven lamps over here. There’s no doubt this is referring to God Almighty, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

What you’re going to notice is that these seven lamps can match up with Isaiah 11 on the seven attributes of God.

Many people mentioned that the seven spirits of God are referring to these seven spirits at Isaiah 11:2. The simple answer to this is that this all entails Jesus Christ, God the Holy Spirit, and it consists of seven attributes within them because God has many attributes.

Isaiah 11:2-3 “And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:”

Seven is mentioned a lot: spirit of the Lord, spirit of wisdom, spirit of understanding, spirit of counsel, spirit of might, spirit of knowledge, spirit of the fear of the Lord. Here, we get seven in total.

Notice in the previous verse, who is this speaking about?

Isaiah 11:1 “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:”

That’s Jesus Christ.

So this matches up with Revelation 5, that the seven spirits of God refer to the Lamb, Jesus Christ. And it also matched up with Revelations 2 and 3, that the spirit speaks to the seven churches. This is proof of the Trinity: God the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ is referring to one in the same God.

Revelation 4:6 “And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.”

“And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal:”

There’s a sea of glass that’s before the throne.

“and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.”

Four beasts are surrounding the thrones, and they were full of eyes.

Let’s have a look at the sea of glass first, look at Genesis 1 on the second day of God’s creation.

Genesis 1:2 “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

There’s water covering everywhere.

Genesis 1:6 “And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

Wherever this is, there’s water everywhere. God has to split this, He says “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,” so that’s going to have to be in the middle. “and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Notice there is a division right here. Whatever divided these waters is known as the firmament.

So what happened to these waters? It’s like there’s one on top and one on the bottom.

Genesis 1:7 “And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.”

This makes sense so far. There’s water below the firmament and water above the firmament.

Genesis 1:8 “And God called the firmament heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.”

God called the firmament heaven.

Genesis 1:9-10 “And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.”

So we know now that the waters below the firmament (aka heaven) is referring to earth right here, and God called it sea. Wait a minute, what did God call the water above the firmament? Isn’t it the SEA of glass before the throne?

If you want to make it more obvious, let’s keep reading here.

Genesis 1:14-16 “And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.”

Now we know what the firmament is. It’s up in the universe where the sun, moon, and stars are. Then there’s the sea here on earth and the sea above at heaven.

Some people might argue that it doesn’t make sense when we come to verse 20.

 Genesis 1:20 “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.”

Genesis 1:28 “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”

So we know already that the firmament is known as heaven. But we also notice that the fowls of the air, where they’re flying at, can also refer to heaven. If you look at other verses in the Bible that talk about rain, it’ll say that it will come from heaven, so it’s referring to the air. So then, we have the air called heaven, then we have the firmament that’s called heaven as well as the official heaven itself.

People might argue and say that they don’t believe in the three heavens. Did you read 2 Corinthians 12? Paul said that he went up to the third heaven. Isn’t it amazing how the scriptures click everything together and answer your questions?