A Door Opened in Heaven

Neither joy nor trouble will
occupy the heart that is
centered upon Christ.
Here is his comfort...
Rev. 4 and 5
The connection of the first verse of chapter 4 with the addresses to the seven churches is most significant.
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 show thee things which must be hereafter.
A door is opened in heaven to John, and he sees the throne of God in government, when everything is according to God's mind. John's spirit had been troubled by the display of the utter failure in testimony just witnessed in the churches. He had seen the Lord walking amidst the golden candlesticks, investigating their condition, and all is entire failure-so much so that their end is such that Christ will spue them out of His mouth.
What grace at a moment like this, to open to the tried heart of the prophet a door into heaven, and to show the poor saint of God—tempest-tossed amid the ruin of all which God has set up in the hands of man—a scene introductory to the coming day of glory, where no failure can come.