“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.” Revelation 4:1
Oh, what a blessing this must have been for our dear brother
John. We have waited all of our Christian life for Jesus to come and to see Our
Father, Jesus, and etc., I pray almost every day for Jesus to come. What a true
blessing it will be to hear the sound of the “last Trump” and for Jesus to send
his angels to lead us to the cloud. I want to see my dear Saviour so much that
it makes me jealous when a dear brother or sister goes home. I know when
Stephen was about to give-up the ghost a door to heaven was opened and Stephen
saw Jesus. “But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into
heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
(56) And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on
the right hand of God.” Acts 7:55 – 56 what a blessing! It would be worth the stoning
just to see Jesus, but here God rolled back heavens door and Stephen received a
true blessing before he died. Heaven has opened up many times in the bible, but
I pray someday soon it opens up and Jesus calls us all home. However, the
difference for brother John is that he was taken from the body and stood before
the Lord to see things that would happen after the rapture. And John saw a lot
of things, he saw the seven sealed book of wrath, he saw Armageddon, he also
saw the wedding feast, and Jesus binding Satan and ruling the world in the
millennium period, he saw the destruction of every single soul on the earth,
John also was blessed to see the earth melted and made new, sin free, and the
new Jerusalem descending from heaven. Oh, yes, our dear brother saw all these
things and more before being delivered back into his old sinful body, it seems
like a disappointment to be brought back. But beloved, this same Jesus these
two men saw we shall also see soon. We will have an eternity to look at, and to
see our blessed Lord Jesus. This old world is sinful, and sin filled, there is
noting here for us, oh how we need to see Jesus! Jesus said in Luke 21:26 -
28 “Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those
things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
(27) And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and
great glory. (28) And when these things begin to come to pass, then look
up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” Lord, we are
looking! Here is a hint, lets look at Matthew 24:36 - 37 “But of that day and
hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
(37) But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be.” The hint here is “But as the days of Noe were” the days of Noah was
filled with unbelief, sinfulness, and laughing and mocking God’s people. It is
these things today that should give us hope that the true coming of the Lord
does indeed draw nigh. So beloved, keep expecting the Lord to return, keep
praying for the Lords return, but for sure keep looking up, because one of
these days Christians will look-up and ascend up in a new glorified body. Yes,
when I read about brother John being summonsed up to the Throne of God, I do
indeed wonder what that day will be like. John gave us a good glimpse at our
new awaiting home, but they are so much more to look see.
