Revelation 4 Part 2 – The View From Heaven

In this verse-by-verse teaching through Revelation 4:1–11, Pastor Wes Denham walks through what he calls one of the most pivotal scriptures in the Bible. After the church age of chapters 1–3, the Apostle John hears a trumpet-like voice calling “Come up here,” and immediately he is in the spirit before the throne of God. Pastor Wes explains that the church is no longer mentioned on earth from this point forward—a sign that believers have been gathered to Christ before the tribulation judgments begin.

Pastor Wes draws on the Galilean wedding tradition to illuminate the passage—the bridegroom drinks from the cup, the bride accepts, and the groom departs to prepare a place at his father’s house. He returns at an unexpected hour with a trumpet to carry his bride away, and once the wedding begins, the doors close for seven days, mirroring the seven-year tribulation. Pastor Wes also unpacks John being “in the spirit,” tying it to Romans 7 and the believer’s coming glorified body—free from the flesh that wars against the soul.

Pastor Wes urges the congregation to read the signs of the times—rising sin, a push toward one-world government, and a digital monetary system—while reminding them that America is conspicuously absent from end-times prophecy. He cautions parents to guard their children from internet exposure that rivals Sodom and Gomorrah, and challenges believers to examine who sits on the throne of their own hearts. Closing with the cherubim’s cry of “Holy, holy, holy,” he calls the church to join that worship of the One who was and is and is to come.