Ok, so I am day two into the 30 day challenge… no ‘major’ revelations as of yet, but I remain full of anticipation

I realised that since I am planning on sharing my thoughts throughout the challenge I’d better establish where I’m at now, at the front end…

I guess that when I read it there is a ‘key’ in my head… so when I read it I’m like ‘ok, so this means this…’ eg:

“… a door standing open in heaven…” = open invitation… to what? I have some vague ideas… too vague to share up here

“Come up here…” = God’s invitation for me to come closer… deeper…

“A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne…” = unending mercy… reminds me that is the throne of grace that I can come boldly before to receive mercy and help in my time of need (Hebrews 4:16)

Then some of the things send my thoughts on bunny trails eg:

“… the second [living creature] was like an ox…” > ummmm of all things to put in a beautiful throne room, why an ox?? Well, I guess it only looks like an ox… but still. An ox? Well, I guess if You made it it must be beautiful… < on a side note, I google imaged ‘ox’ and they aren’t actually that bad… but still… an ox!? Buuut if the beautiful God thought an ox (ox-looking seraphim, actually) wouldn’t disrupt and would instead contribute to the beauty of His throne room, who am I to disagree??

“Each of the four living creatures had six wings…” > ok, so does that mean that the one like a flying eagle has eight wings? No, it can’t mean that, otherwise it would’ve said so. So maybe it has two wings of it’s own and then four wings so it would equal the six wings the other typically non-winged living creatures have < yep, this is how my mind thinks… craziness galore inside my head buuut then I am like… ok, this thought is a bit meaningless… so I drop it and move on… put it on my “find out when I get there” list…

I am realising that there are gaping holes in my knowledge. For example, a friend was like “ok, you’re studying Revelation 4… what does it mean by the seven spirits?” and I’m like “ummm…” I guess it’s stuff I’ve heard explained in teachings etc. but I didn’t get it or wasn’t paying attention… it’s good though, I’m finding out how much I don’t know and it makes me want to know. It’s kind of weird… I am so aware as I read that there is SO much more in there that what I’m getting out of it… so I’m hungry for the ‘more’ and I trust Him when He says that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him (Hebrews 11:6).