{"id":6365,"date":"2017-12-13T08:45:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T13:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6365"},"modified":"2017-12-13T08:45:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T13:45:29","slug":"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-thi","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/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-thi","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;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, \u201cCome up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.\u201d&#8217; (Revelation 4:1 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ctfmq\" data-offset-key=\"89r6i-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"89r6i-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"89r6i-0-0\">The book of Revelation can be understood as having three divisions. Jesus instructed the apostle John to &#8220;write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this&#8221; (Rev. 1:19). Revelation 4:1 begins the &#8220;things which must take place after&#8221; section, which is the third and future section. Beginning in chapter four, John writes from a heavenly perspective having been called up to heaven by the &#8220;first voice,&#8221; which belonged to Jesus, whose voice sounded &#8220;like a trumpet&#8221; (see Rev. 1:10-11). <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ctfmq\" data-offset-key=\"22t25-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"22t25-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"22t25-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ctfmq\" data-offset-key=\"20gsf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"20gsf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"20gsf-0-0\">Jesus drew back the curtain, unveiling the last days to John from heaven&#8217;s viewpoint. He did this to encourage believers to be faithful, watchful and confident that the Lord is sovereign and coming again.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The book of Revelation can be understood as having three divisions. Jesus instructed the apostle John to &#8220;write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this&#8221; (Rev. 1:19). Revelation 4:1 begins the &#8220;things which must take place after&#8221; section, which is the third and future section. Beginning in chapter four, John writes from a heavenly perspective having been called up to heaven by the &#8220;first voice,&#8221; which belonged to Jesus, whose voice sounded &#8220;like a trumpet&#8221; (see Rev. 1:10-11). <\/p>\n<p>Jesus drew back the curtain, unveiling the last days to John from heaven&#8217;s viewpoint. He did this to encourage believers to be faithful, watchful and confident that the Lord is sovereign and coming again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1333],"scripture-chapter":[1337],"oyb_day":[1874],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6365","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-revelation","scripture-chapter-1337","oyb_day-december-13"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6365"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6365"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6365"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6365"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}