“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.”
After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first voice which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, 'Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this' — the open door in heaven signals transition from the earthly church (chapters 2-3) to the heavenly vision; the trumpet-voice is Christ's, calling John into eschatological disclosure. The formula "what must take place" (dei...genesthai) repeats 1:1, emphasizing divine necessity and predetermined order.
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