Judaism
Isaiah
“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.”
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On The Vision of the Throne
A prophet or seer is drawn up into heaven and beholds God enthroned in fire, crystal, and light, surrounded by radiant attendants. The vision consecrates the seer as witness and messenger — a pattern that recurs from Isaiah in the eighth century BCE to Lehi on the 1830 American frontier.
What every account tells.
- iThe seer is seized by vision — by sleep, rapture, or a pillar of fire
- iiThe divine throne is seen above — high, lifted up, surrounded by fire or crystal
- iiiAttendant beings (seraphim, cherubim, angels, or ministers of fire) encircle the throne
- ivThe seer is undone by the glory, then commissioned to speak on God's behalf
How each tradition tells it.
Judaism
Isaiah sees the LORD in the Temple enthroned among six-winged seraphim; Ezekiel sees a chariot-throne of living creatures and wheels by the river Chebar; Daniel sees the Ancient of Days enthroned amidst a fiery stream, with books opened for judgment. These three passages seed later Jewish mystical (Merkabah) tradition.
Christianity
John of Patmos sees a throne set in heaven with rainbow, crystal sea, and twenty-four elders (Revelation 4). Enoch's throne vision (Book of the Watchers ch. 14) uses crystal architecture and fire — strikingly close imagery. Lehi, opening the Book of Mormon, sees a pillar of fire and God enthroned among descending angels — consciously echoing the prior prophets.
Read the passages as one.
Judaism
Ezekiel
“And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.”
Judaism
Daniel
“I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.”
Christianity
Revelation
“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.”
Christianity
1 Enoch — Book of the Watchers
“And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me.”
Christianity
Book of Mormon
“And it came to pass that he saw a pillar of fire, and he dwelt in it; and he saw the heavens open, and he saw God sitting upon his throne, and he saw many angels descending from heaven.”