“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.”
At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone seated on it — the ecstatic transport (en pneumati) places John in visionary state; the throne (thronos) is the central axis of heaven and cosmos, the seat of absolute sovereignty. The one seated on it is God (presented as a figure, though not fully described in anthropomorphic terms).
Church Fathers on Revelation 4:2
“Immediately I was in the Spirit.” And since the mind of the faithful is opened by the Holy Spirit, and that is manifested to them which was also foretold to the fathers, he distinctly says:— “And, behold, a throne was set in heaven.” The throne set: what is it but the throne of judgment and of the King?
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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