(Addendum) "He, that sitteth on the throne" is...

Unfinished verses of Apoc. Ch. 4 in The Four Living Creatures And The Seals ("A Throne Set In Heaven") continued as Addendum to Apparition Of Chapter One.

Addendum Dec06/25

 

St. Joseph is 'He, that sitteth on the throne' and we consider that we have sufficient reason for saying it is so. First of all, it does not make him God the Father. In the vision of St. John, the honour paid to 'he, that sitteth on the throne', is comparable to the honour paid to the Pope. It is not due to the particular man on the Chair of St. Peter so much as the Office which he represents. The throne represents the office of The Father, or as it may be called, the office of the Holy Father.

 

The papacy is based in some way upon the office of St. Joseph in his life with the Holy Family. St. Peter was the first to recognize Our Lord for Who He is on Faith whereas St. Joseph knew from the beginning. This relationship can be explored further at another time.

Someone sits upon the throne. And "from the throne proceeded lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there were seven lamps burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God" (Apoc. 4:5). All these 'proceed from the throne' as it, and its occupant, represent in some way the will of the Father.

And the four living creatures are also "in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne" representing the Mother of God's relation to both God and Her earthly spouse, St. Joseph, since it is he who 'sitteth on the throne'.

The Holy Family is also to be found, complete, in Apocalypse:

"And I saw: and behold in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes: which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth" (Apoc. 5:6).

The Lamb and the Merits of His Passion, Death, and Resurrection are the foundation of St. Joseph's office and his sanctity (the throne upon which he sits), Our Lady's preservation from original sin and Her Divine Maternity (the four living creatures); and also of the ancients, which here may represent the communion of saints and/or the Old Testament figures. The Lamb is 'in the midst' of all of these, but the ancients are separated from the first two (the throne and the four living creatures) as it is the Holy Family first, followed by all the figures of the history of salvation. So the Lamb is firstly in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures. There's the Holy Family in Apocalypse.

 

St. Joseph's status ought to be given consideration for a dogmatic definition in the future.