A Ceremony at the Throne of God
READ Revelation 4:1
What is this door into heaven?
What is the difference between the first
part of Revelation (chapters 1-3) and what is happening now in chapter 4?
READ Revelation 4:2-3
What would the Father have us understand
about Him as revealed in this vision (see also Ezekiel 1)?
READ Revelation 4:4-6, 10-11 (including
JST) and D&C 77:5
Who are the 24 crowned elders surrounding
the throne of God?
What are the 24 elders doing?
If the 24 elders surround the throne,
what shape do they form, where is God, and what does it all symbolize?
What do the thunder, lightning and voices
represent?
Why are seven lamps of fire burning
before the throne of God, from whom a fullness of light comes?
Why are there beasts/animals represented
in this apocalyptic vision?
What does the “sea of glass” represent?
Why do the 24 elders cast their crowns at
God’s feet?
Why are the 24 elders performing a
ceremony/ritual at all?
The Book with Seven Seals
READ Revelation 5:1-6 and D&C 77:6-7
What is the sealed book?
Why is no one found worthy to open the
book?
How is Christ both the Lion of Judah and
the Slain Lamb?
READ Revelation 5:7-8
Why does John’s weeping turn into the
singing of a new song?
READ Psalms 40:1-3, Revelation 5:9-12 and
D&C 84:98-102
What are the words of the New Song?
What is the purpose of the New Song?
How does Christ use the power, riches,
wisdom, strength, honor, glory and blessings He received by doing God’s work on
Earth?
The Four Horsemen
The rest of the Book of Revelation can be
read literally – looking for specific historical or future events – AND it can
be read symbolically, like how one would read Isaiah (see 2 Nephi 11:8).
READ Revelation 6:1-8 (JST)
What are the traditional meanings for the
4 Horsemen/Horses and their associated eras?
If we take a more symbolic approach to
the horsemen, what might the white horseman stand for?
What might the red horseman symbolize?
What might the black horseman mean?
What might the pale horseman point to?
What does viewing the horsemen this way
show us?
READ Revelation 6:9-11
What is the traditional, historical
reading of the fifth seal?
What might a more expansive or symbolic,
cross-time period meaning be for the fifth seal?
READ Revelation 6:12-17 (including JST)
What is the traditional, historical
reading of the sixth seal?
Taken together, what could a more
metaphorical meaning be for the sixth seal?
What will happen when the nations are
shaken as a result of their dark deeds?
What is implied symbolically by the sun
becoming as black as sackcloth?
What is the symbolism of a “blood” or red
or lunar eclipsed moon?
What is the symbolism around the stars
falling from the sky?
Why does all mankind seek to find a
hiding place or refuge from the presence of God and His wrath?
Who shall be able to stand in this day of
God’s wrath and in the face of His glory?
