The Need to Encounter God's Beauty

4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the House of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple. (Ps. 27:4)

A. Why do we need to understand God’s beauty? The Spirit is orchestrating a worldwide prophetic worship and prayer movement that is essential in releasing God’s power to the nations before Jesus’ Second Coming. This movement is fueled by the revelation of Jesus’ beauty. Isaiah prophesied that the revelation of Jesus’ beauty would be revealed in the generation He returns.

B. The subject of God’s beauty is the same as the subject of His holiness and glory. There is a compelling power in the revelation of beauty. It answers an ache in our soul that was put there by God. We cannot live to our fullest spiritually without the revelation of beauty. Beauty is intrinsic to our emotional and spiritual health. It is a vast subject.

C. The pursuit of the deep things of the knowledge of God is the highest and most difficult reality in the Spirit. It is the Mt. Everest of the Kingdom of God. The study of God’s beauty takes time and work. It comes slowly. Do not be impatient, but persevere with a marathon pace as you mine for gold. Our life is a long treasure hunt into God’s beauty.

D. Revelation 4 and 5 give us the highest revelation of God’s beauty in Scripture. They describe the Holy of Holies of the Eternal City. God could have put anything around His Throne that He wanted. What the beautiful God put around Himself expresses His beauty to creation. It is all very purposeful. I call Rev. 4-5, the “beauty realm of God” and the “heavenly symphony.” Here we see that the great Governmental Prayer Center of the universe is fueled by God’s beauty.
E. Rev. 4:1-7, describes the 15 “doorways” into understanding God’s beauty as seen in His governmental center. Here are 15 main aspects that point to God’s beauty.

1. The ultimate reality: God’s life, Throne, and Person (Rev. 4:2)
2. The beauty of God: what He looks like, feels like, and acts like (Rev. 4:3)
3. The beauty of God’s partners: the Church enthroned, robed, and crowned (Rev. 4:4)
4. The beauty of God’s power: manifestations of power (lightning, thunder, sounds (Rev. 4:5a)
5. The beauty of the Spirit’s fire: on the Throne, the seraphim and the saints (Rev. 4:5b-7; 15:2)

1 Behold, a door standing open in heaven….the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet…saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place." 2 I was in the Spirit and…Throne set in heaven, and One sat on the Throne. 3 He…was like a jasper and a sardius stone…there was a rainbow around the Throne…4 Around the Throne were 24 Thrones…I saw 24 elders...in white robes; they had crowns…5 From the Throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning... 6 Before the Throne there was a sea of glass…around the Throne, were four living creatures… (Rev. 4:1-6)