Throne Room
The Throne Room
Encountering the Glory of God
on the Sea of Glass
14-Lesson Course with Dr. Brian Simmons
What if prayer feels delayed because you believe God is farther away than He is?

Does it seem like your words have a long way to travel, like they might take forever to reach Him, if they reach Him at all?

Most believers quietly battle this. You pray. You wait. You wonder if He even heard. So you pray again, harder, longer, louder, just in case the first one didn’t make it.
  • How would you like to be so in step with the Father that you hear His voice, sense His Presence, and feel His love 24/7?
  • ​What if you could eliminate striving and simply flow in full assurance of the Father’s adoration and approval?
  • ​What if you were so infused with God’s love that you “leaked”?
If that silent frustration sounds familiar, you're not alone and you're not wrong to feel it. 

But you are praying from a lie that's quietly sabotaging your connection to God.
    The real issue isn't your faith level, your words, or how long you pray.

    It's the hidden assumption you've carried for years: that God's throne is distant—some far-off place beyond the galaxies, requiring effort, travel, or cosmic delivery for your prayers to arrive.
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    But Scripture reveals something radically different. "Thus says the Lord: Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool" (Isaiah 66:1).

    This isn't poetic symbolism. It's a declaration of scale:

    God's throne isn't a chair light-years away…it's the omnipresent realm of His unchained authority. He fills it completely. Nothing contains Him, so nothing confines His presence.

    His throne is as close as His Spirit. And because you're in Him and He is in you, the throne isn't "out there."

    It's right here:
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    In his 14-lesson course “The Throne Room: Encountering the Glory of God on the Sea of Glass,” Dr. Brian Simmons, lead translator of The Passion Translation, gently and powerfully guides you into this revelation. This course opens Revelation chapters 4 and 5 not as a source of fear or speculation, but as the unveiling of Jesus Christ and the awakening of His people to their heavenly identity.

    You will discover that Heaven is active right now, that prayer and worship stand at the center of God’s government, and that the Throne Room is a place of partnership, not performance. You will see that you are invited to reign with Christ as a royal priest, participating with Heaven in God’s unfolding story on the earth.

    The Sea of Glass, the place of clarity, reflection, and peace, is not merely something John saw. It is a realm you are invited to experience. God desires to fill your heart with Heaven’s plans and use your voice to release His presence into the world around you. He invites you to pray from heaven’s perspective, not toward it.

    If you are ready to elevate your prayer life, deepen your worship, awaken your heavenly identity, and experience genuine transformation through encounter, this course is for you.

    In this course, you will:
    • Gain clarity on the Throne Room and what Scripture truly reveals about it
    • Experience God not as a distant King, but as the ever-present Ruler who shares His will with you
    • Shift your prayers from small requests hurled upward to declarations aligned with the Throne itself
    • ​Understand the Sea of Glass as a place of peace, reflection, and clear vision
    • ​Partner with the Worthy Lamb to release revival, reformation, and glory to the nations
    • ​Awaken to your identity as part of the company around the Throne
    • ​Understand your prayers as eternal: Stored in golden bowls and released with power
    • ​Ascend beyond the outer courts into the realm where mercy reigns and sonship is revealed
    Course Lessons
    Overview of the 14-Lesson Course

    Course description by Dr. Brian Simmons

    Lesson 1: Behold the Throne: Where Revelation Truly Begins
    In this powerful opening lesson of the Throne Room course (Part 2 of his Revelation series), Dr. Brian Simmons invites the Spirit of wisdom and revelation to break religious mindsets, dissolve guilt-driven theology, and lift believers into the radiant Throne Room presence of God right where they sit. Reviewing truths from the prior course, The Unveiling, Dr. Simmons declares that Revelation is not about fear, antichrist, or rapture escape, but the glorious unveiling (Apokalupsis) of Jesus Christ Himself—manifesting fully within His people as a radiant, glorified Bride who releases Heaven’s glory on earth. He boldly proclaims believers are already glorified in Heaven’s eyes (Romans 8), seated in heavenly places, and carrying the Throne Room within them as the true dwelling of God’s presence.

    This lesson is a thrilling call to awakening: move beyond intellectual analysis into heart-level encounter, embrace the book’s deeply symbolic language rooted in the Old Testament, and step into your true identity as look-alike partners and equals of Jesus—mingled dust and deity, one with the Trinity! Far from condemnation or waiting for escape, it’s an invitation to soar into higher realms, experience Christ reincarnated in you, and shine as “shining ones” (Daniel 12:3) in these last days. The unveiling begins here, in your heart, leading to freedom, divine partnership, and the dawning revelation of who you truly are in Him.
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    Lesson 2: Ascending with the Lamb: The Company Around the Throne
    In this exhilarating second lesson of the Throne Room course, Dr. Brian Simmons invites believers to ascend beyond the familiar "lampstand realm" of the Church—described in Revelation's first three chapters as the age of imperfect yet beloved congregations where Jesus walks among His people—to enter the glorious Holy of Holies, the Throne Room itself. He emphasizes that the Book of Revelation is not about distant end-times events or geopolitical drama, but what's unfolding in the "middle of you": a divine invitation to leave behind the outer court of doing and serving, and step into the realm where mercy is enthroned on the seat of grace.

    This lesson is a passionate call to awakening and ascension: recognize your destiny as part of the company around the Throne, where you are called to worship, intercede from the sea of glass in Throne Room prayer, and experience the seven profound glimpses of God's nature—alive, authoritative, omnipotent, transcendent, worshiped, holy, and glorious—as revealed in Isaiah 6. Get ready to absorb His holiness, radiate His glory (endoxos), and become transformed into "burning ones" who shine like angels, even as Stephen did.
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    Lesson 3: The Eternal Song: Holy, Holy, Holy
    Dr. Simmons dives deep into the breathtaking parallels between Ezekiel 1 and Revelation 4, laying a profound foundation for understanding John's vision of the heavenly Throne Room. He highlights over 20 striking similarities—such as the Throne vision, the sealed scroll, coals of fire from the altar, the mark or seal on foreheads, the cup of wrath, the great prostitute versus the radiant Bride, the first resurrection, Gog and Magog, the New Jerusalem, and the River of Life—while emphasizing key contrasts: Ezekiel viewed the sapphire pavement as a ceiling from below on earth, while John stood eye-level on the crystal sea of glass in the spirit realm. Dr. Simmons also debunks fear-based interpretations, redirecting focus from the mark of the beast to God's seal on believers, and reveals the beast as a symbol of the self-life or religious spirit, urging a shift to beholding the seal of glory over our hearts.

    It’s time for us to recognize that the heavenly court and Throne Room are not distant locations but omnipresent realms within you—the same door Jesus knocks on in Revelation 3:20 swings open into divine fellowship, betrothal, and union. You're the seven-sealed scroll that the Lamb breaks open, the living book unfolding in these last days through increasing revelation knowledge.
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    Lesson 4: The Sea of Glass: Seeing Clearly Before the Throne
    This lesson will guide you deeper into the majestic vision of Revelation 4, where John hears the trumpet voice command, “Ascend into this realm,” and is instantly taken in the Spirit to behold the heavenly throne. Surrounded by four living creatures ceaselessly singing “Holy, holy, holy,” and 24 elders in white garments casting their crowns before the enthroned One, this scene reveals the unceasing, 24/7 worship of myriads of angels and redeemed saints—over 110 million strong—happening right now in the eternal realm. Dr. Simmons emphasizes that this is not a distant future event but the present reality believers are invited to enter, leaving behind limiting mindsets, religious ruts, and earthly focus to rise into the Spirit, where the throne and glory operate through us as our true home.

    As our Forerunner, Jesus anchors our souls firmly to the mercy seat within the veil (there is none!), declaring us exalted, glorified, and pleasing to the Father just as He is. This is an invitation to become “in Spirit” now—living above circumstances, operating in dual realms, and joining the worship around the throne as royal priests and kings. The sea of glass offers crystal-clear vision of who we truly are: unveiled sons and daughters, crucified and risen with Christ, destined to live in ceaseless praise, power, and union with the Almighty who lives forever and ever.
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    Lesson 5: The Worthy Lamb: Worship and Intercession at the Throne
    This lesson invites you to see yourself already enthroned and seated in the heavenly realm (Ephesians 2:6), exercising royal priestly authority through Throne Room prayer and worship right where you are. Dr. Simmons powerfully reframes Heaven not as a distant geographical location thousands of light years away, but as an omnipresent spiritual realm—around us, within us, and accessible now—because God is omnipresent, and the throne is a metaphor of accommodation for divine realities our minds cannot fully grasp. Dr. Simmons unveils the symbolic depth of the “Lamb” as a term of accommodation pointing to Christ’s sacrificial love, from Genesis to the Passover, emphasizing that we worship not a literal animal but the glorified, risen Son who is Shepherd, Altar, and Sacrifice. He teaches that the trumpet-like voice calling John to “Come up here” is a war trumpet waging war on everything hindering Christ’s full unveiling in us, birthing something new after the lampstand realm: a higher dimension of sonship, wedding, and glory where the Bride emerges from the wounds of the cross. Heaven is not a future destination but a present experience—Christ in you as the mystery of glory, the Kingdom at hand within reach, and the third Heaven of fullness waiting to be encountered through sanctified imagination, spiritual experiences, and divine visitations
    Lesson 6: The Throne Set in Place: Enthroned with the Lamb
    In this profound sixth lesson of the Throne Room course, Dr. Brian Simmons will draw you into the majestic vision of Revelation 4:2, where John witnesses a heavenly throne “set in place”—not a static object, but a dynamic enthronement of divine authority, dominion, and finished work. He emphasizes that the throne is a metaphor of accommodation for God’s omnipresent sovereignty, revealing a realm of perfect peace (the undisturbed sea of glass), supreme control, and eternal mercy—the mercy seat itself—where God’s default is compassion, not judgment. Dr. Simmons teaches that this throne is not a distant geographical fixture but an omnipresent reality within every believer. The invitation “Come up here” is a call to sonship, overcoming, and enthronement—sharing Christ’s throne as royal priests being groomed for reigning, where time stands still, mercy flows from the womb of God’s heart, and believers come boldly to the throne of grace. You will be encouraged to rise above earthly troubles, leave behind the myth of your past, take your throne room rights through praise, and experience the eternal now where Christ is unveiled in and through you as look-alike sons and daughters, the seed that prolongs His days.
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    Lesson 7:  Radiance and Rainbow: The Glory of Sonship Around the Throne
    Dr. Brian Simmons unveils the breathtaking splendor of Revelation 4:3, where the One on the throne radiates like sparkling diamond-crystal jasper (ancient diamond-like brilliance) and glowing carnelian (blood-red ruby), encircled by a full emerald rainbow—a single-color halo of life, covenant promise, and flashing divine light.

    In this lesson, you will be called to step boldly into the throne room of mercy and grace, where the open portal draws you near, and realize you are part of the rainbow company—the cloud of witnesses. The Parousia is the unveiling of Christ appearing in and through His people—the 42nd generation completing His genealogy, the many-membered body fulfilling the 42 journeys of Israel, the 42 months of ministry, and the missing generation that brings forth the fullness of the Godhead on earth. You are the cloud company, the rainbow around the throne, the shining ones releasing the appearing of the Lord. Embrace your royal, glorified identity—enthroned, unveiled, and destined to shine as bright as the sun in love for Him—and let the glory of sonship nuke your life with divine ecstasy!

    Lesson 8: Lightning, Thunder, and Voices: The Power and Prayer Before the Throne
    In this eighth lesson of the Throne Room course, Dr. Brian Simmons continues unpacking Revelation 4:4–5, focusing on the 24 elders enthroned around the central throne of the Lamb—symbolizing redeemed overcomers who share Christ’s governmental authority as royal priests in God’s eternal council. These elders, robed in glistening white and crowned with golden victor's crowns, represent believers destined to rule and reign eternally, mirroring the 24 Levitical priestly orders, the tribal encampment around the tabernacle, and ceaseless worship. Dr. Simmons highlights the pulsing phenomena before the throne: blinding flashes of lightning (God’s destructive power demolishing demonic forces), crashing thunder (the deep, passionate yearning of God’s heart to reveal Christ), and voices (the corporate roar of the sons of God’s prayers ascending like many waters).

    You are invited to rise as planetary priests and kings—demolishing darkness with lightning-like authority, thundering God’s passion through your life, and joining the corporate voices of prayer that shake the heavens. The throne room pulses with power! Take your place, release your intercession, and let the Lamb’s glory radiate through you to transform nations today!
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    Lesson 9: The Four Living Creatures: Stages of Christ Emerging in Us
    Dr. Brian Simmons unveils the profound symbolism of Revelation 4:6–8, where four living creatures—full of eyes in front and behind—surround the throne, resembling a lion, an ox, a man, and a flying eagle. He teaches that these are not literal beasts or God's pets, but powerful metaphors depicting the four progressive stages of Christ emerging in fullness within believers: the lion (royalty, reigning strength, and power), the ox (servanthood and sacrifice), the man (maturity, wisdom, and revelation knowledge), and the flying eagle (exaltation, prophetic soaring, and transcendent freedom). Covered in eyes symbolizing spiritual perception and insight—seeing the past, present, future, and the hidden treasures of Christ—these creatures represent the new creation (or "living creature") in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), fully aware of the spirit realm, tuned to the Father's will, and embodying the kingship and superiority of the new humanity.

    The throne pulses with these dynamic expressions of His emerging glory. Step deeper into the progression, let the Lamb subdue all things in you, and soar into the fullness of who you are destined to be!

    Lesson 10: Worship Around the Throne: Ceaseless Praise and Surrendered Crowns
    Dr. Brian Simmons brings Revelation 4:8–11 to a powerful close on chapter 4, focusing on the ceaseless worship of the four living creatures who never rest day or night, singing “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.” He explains that this unending praise—day and night on earth—ignites the 24 elders to fall face down, cast their golden victor's crowns before the throne, and declare, “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory, honor, and power, for You created all things, and by Your pleasure they exist and were created.” Worship flows in a divine cycle: the living creatures release glory, honor, and thanks, empowering the elders (the royal priesthood) to respond with surrendered crowns—acknowledging that every virtue, authority, and reward belongs to God alone.


    Lesson 11: The Seven-Sealed Scroll: Worthy Is the Lamb to Unfold His Fullness
    Dr. Brian Simmons dives deeper into the full text of Revelation 5 from The Passion Translation, unveiling the dramatic heavenly drama: the One on the throne holds a seven-sealed scroll—written inside and out—while a mighty angel cries, “Who is worthy to open it?” No one in creation qualifies, causing John to weep bitterly, until an elder proclaims the Lion of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. John then beholds a slain-yet-standing Lamb at the center of the throne—seven horns of perfect power and seven eyes as the seven spirits of God sent across the earth—who alone takes the scroll from the right hand of the enthroned One. This act ignites explosive worship: the four living creatures and 24 elders fall down with harps and golden bowls of incense (the prayers of the saints), singing a new redemption song, joined by myriads of angels and every creature in heaven, earth, under the earth, and sea, declaring the Lamb worthy of power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise forever. Step into this worship today—let the Lamb break every seal in your life, unleash greater works, and manifest His unveiled glory through you as the triumphant, redeemed people who declare His worthiness forever!

    Lesson 12: The Seven-Sealed Book: We Are the Scroll the Lamb Opens
    In this lesson, Dr. Brian Simmons unveils the revolutionary truth of Revelation 5: the seven-sealed scroll held in the right hand of the One on the throne is not a distant heavenly document or title deed, but we ourselves—believers as The Book of the Life of the Lamb, the living scroll of Christ's full biography, destiny, and nature being progressively broken open seal by seal within us. Each seal represents a stage of divine disclosure and transformation, releasing more of Jesus through the sevenfold Holy Spirit until nothing but Christ remains—like a teabag fully steeped in hot water. The Lamb, tender yet triumphant, alone is worthy to take and unseal this book, as His blood purchased us for redemption, making us a kingdom of priests who reign on earth. Dr. Simmons emphasizes that the right hand symbolizes power, salvation, blessing, and anointing, positioning us as the corporate right-hand company—enthroned at God's right hand, destined to extend His kingdom as the Benjamin sons of sonship.

    This lesson is a breathtaking call to personal unveiling: embrace that you carry the hope of glory within, the sealed book of Christ's life written in your DNA—sealed by religion, fear, or unbelief, yet ready to be broken open by the Worthy Lamb. The process involves surrender, pressure, and death to self so Christ can emerge fully—subduing every chain, maturing you into His likeness, and releasing greater works as the unveiled sons and daughters who bring heaven to earth.

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    Lesson 13: The Lion-Lamb Takes the Scroll: A New Song of Redemption and Reign
    Dr. Brian Simmons dives into Revelation 5:1–14, proclaiming the dramatic heavenly moment where the Lion of Judah—the Root of David—has triumphed and is revealed as the slain-yet-standing Lambkin (tender young lamb) at the center of the throne. With seven horns of complete authority and seven eyes as the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth, the Lamb alone is worthy to take the seven-sealed scroll from the right hand of the enthroned One. This act unleashes cosmic worship: the four living creatures and 24 elders fall face down with harps and golden bowls of fragrant incense (the prayers of the saints), singing a new redemption song—“You are worthy… for You were slaughtered, and Your blood purchased us for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation, forming us into a kingdom of priests who reign on the earth.” Myriads of angels and every creature in heaven, earth, under the earth, and sea join in thunderous praise, declaring the Lamb worthy of power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise forever.

    Get ready to behold the Lion-Lamb—conquering through poured-out life, not brute force—as the only Worthy One whose sacrifice redeems, empowers, and enthrones a global kingdom of priests. Let the Lamb take the scroll of your life, break every seal, and release His fullness through you as the victorious, glorified people who bring redemption to the nations. By the end of this lesson, you will be prepared to join the unending chorus today and reign on earth as it is in heaven!

    Lesson 14: The New Song of the Redeemed: A Kingdom of Priests Who Reign
    In this concluding lesson, Dr. Simmons brings Revelation 5 to a thunderous crescendo. You will be immersed in the cosmic worship that erupts when the slain-yet-standing Lamb takes the seven-sealed scroll. The four living creatures and 24 elders fall face down with harps and golden bowls of fragrant incense (the prayers of the saints), singing a new redemption song: “You are worthy… for You were slaughtered, and Your blood purchased us for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation, forming us into a kingdom of priests who reign on the earth.” Myriads of angels and every creature in heaven, earth, under the earth, and sea join in a unified, thunderous chorus, declaring the Lamb worthy of power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise forever and ever.

    This final lesson will encourage you to step into eternal participation. Get ready to carry the fragrance of prayer, pluck the harp of worship from your heart, and extend God’s dominion wherever you go. The Lamb is worthy—join the unending, cosmic chorus today, surrender your crowns, let praise erupt like thunder from your spirit, and become the unveiled company that brings heaven’s throne room glory to earth in these last days!
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    Dr. Brian Simmons
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    Dr. Brian Simmons
    Biography
    Brian Simmons and his wife Candice have been described as true pioneers in ministry. As a spiritual father and mother, their teaching and spiritual gifts have opened doors in many nations to take the message of authentic awakening and revival to many. For the last 40 years, they have labored together to present Christ in His fullness wherever God sends them. Dr. Simmons is currently working as the lead translator of The Passion Translation.

    After a dramatic conversion to Christ in 1971, Brian and Candice answered the call of God to leave everything behind and become missionaries to unreached peoples. Taking their three children to the jungle of Central America, they pioneered church plants for many years with the Kuna people group. While serving as missionaries, Dr. Simmons planted churches and established leadership for the churches that Jesus birthed. As a linguist, Brian also served on a team to translate the New Testament into the Paya-Kuna language.
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