The Heavenly Throne

4 After these things I looked, and behold, an open door in heaven, and the former voice that I had heard like a trumpet speaking with me was saying, “Come up here and I will show you the things which must take place after these things.” ² Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one was seated on the throne. ³ And the one seated was similar in appearance to jasper and carnelian stone, and a rainbow was around the throne similar in appearance to emerald. ⁴ And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders dressed in white clothing, and on their heads were gold crowns. ⁵ And from the throne came out lightnings and sounds and thunders, and seven torches of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. ⁶ And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. ⁷ And the first living creature was similar to a lion, and the second living creature was similar to an ox, and the third living creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth living creature was similar to an eagle flying. ⁸ And the four living creatures, each one^[a] of them, had six wings apiece, full of eyes around and inside, and they do not have rest day and night, saying,

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God All-Powerful,^[b]
    the one who was and the one who is and the one who is coming!”

⁹ And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever^[c], ¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever^[d], and put down their crowns before the throne, saying,

¹¹ “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
because you have created all things,
    and because of your will they existed and were created.”

Footnotes

1. Revelation 4:8 Literally “one by one”
2. Revelation 4:8 A quotation from (or an allusion to) Isa 6:3
3. Revelation 4:9 Literally “for the ages of the ages”
4. Revelation 4:10 Literally “for the ages of the ages”

Aside from textual evidence of the Devas, there is potentially stronger evidence in some of the most popular renaissance paintings of the gods and goddesses. After all the word renaissance itself means ‘rebirth’. In the Devas origin story paper; Ouranos – From Creation to Creation, it’s mentioned that the renaissance paintings may -indeed- have actually happened, and not just a figment of the artists’ imagination. However, modern human comprehension has not witnessed a Deva in human form, or anything of religious origin in every day mundane life, therefore these paintings appear mythological, fantastical, imaginary and fantasy based.

One example is the Birth of Venus painting;

The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere[ˈnaʃʃita di ˈvɛːnere]) is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably executed in the mid 1480s. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown (called Venus Anadyomene and often depicted in art). The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

In the centre the newly born goddess Venus stands nude in a giant scallop shell. The size of the shell is purely imaginary, and is also found in classical depictions of the subject.^[3] At the left the wind god Zephyr blows at her, with the wind shown by lines radiating from his mouth. He is in the air, and carries a young female, who is also blowing, but less forcefully. Both have wings. Vasari was probably correct in identifying her as “Aura”, personification of a lighter breeze.^[4] Their joint efforts are blowing Venus towards the shore, and blowing the hair and clothes of the other figures to the right.^[5]

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The Birth of Venus is depicting a mythological event that actually happened! The goddess of Venus appeared/materialized in human form for the first time (‘birth’) with the help of the water and air elements/gods and goddesses. The full name of Venus is, Venus Anadyomene^[1] (from Greek, “Venus Rising From the Sea”), and coincides with other instances of fish and human combinations.

Sion

Our destination, says Revelation, is Sion, a mystical place that gave its name to Sion (or Zion), the sacred mountain of the Jews and to Jerusalem, although Mormons believe Sion is a place in America. Both traditions agree that only the “pure in heart” can enter and dwell in Sion.

The Book of Hebrews 12:22-23 says Sion is “the Holy City of the living god, the heavenly Jerusalem, and (arrival there marks) our acceptance into an innumerable company of angels and just humans made perfect”. 

Just ‘upright’, ‘righteous’, ‘balanced’.

Humans ‘a member of the species homo sapien,’ ‘no animal, divine, or machine’.

Made ‘shaped’, ‘formed’.

Perfect ‘complete,’ ‘fully developed’, ‘whole’. Holy

Clearly, we are being told Sion is a Spiritual place beyond the physical realm. Also, Sion’s godly inhabitants are actually transformed or ascended humans, ‘just humans made perfect,’ who live in the company of angels in the heavenly city. The good people of Sion are (w)holy otherworldly beings. 

Achievement of perfection or completion (full human potential), and purity (‘righteousness’), is the aim of many spiritual traditions. I will particularly view perfection through the Gnostic Christian and Tibetan tradition, where we find the Great Perfection or “Great Complete” teaching. 

The achievement of Perfection is attained by raising or accelerating the vibration of the human body until it dissolves, leaving behind only hair, toe and fingernails, which have no nerves to be transmuted. It then morphs into a vortex of five-colored, rainbow light or what is called the Rainbow Body.

I believe this glowing body is the same as the Beaming Garment. This explains why, in Christian art, the resurrected or perfected Jesus is shown on or in a rainbow ring that forms his body and his throne.

The means to Perfect the Beaming Garment is the Secret of Secrets, and the Secret of Sion, for in order to enter Sion we must transform into perfect or light beings. 

The aim of the Great Perfection is to awaken the individual to the primordial state of enlightenment, which is naturally found in all beings. The initiate’s goal is to integrate enlightenment into all his or her activities and to unite the physical body with the energy of Nature. The supreme realization of which lies in the manifestation of the “Rainbow Body” or body of light. Hence, those who have achieved the Great Perfection are depicted on or in a rainbow.

There is an exact parallel between the Tibetan depictions of the perfected ones and the Christian images of the resurrected Jesus. It is possible that Jesus learned the secrets of the Great Perfection while living in India and/or Tibet during His so-called ‘lost’ or ‘missing’ years between the ages of twelve and thirty. 

The “rainbow Bridge” symbolizes the link between Heaven and Earth. It appears in many religions and mythologies, especially in the early goddess traditions. In some Tibetan tangkas (sit paintings that depict the life of the Buddha), the circular rainbow stands for the actual presence of the Buddha Samantabhadra, the All-good. In the Thai Buddhis mythology, the rainbow is a staircase linking the heavens through which a tribe of wise serpent beings called nagas travel. It is safe to say that when you see a rainbow in sacred art it is usually viewed as a link between heaven and earth. Hence, it symbolizes ascension, and also the Stargate.