After Jesus finished dictating his letters to the “ Seven Assemblies of Asia ,” John saw an “ open door in heaven ” and heard the voice from his first vision summoning him to “ come up here .” Consequently, he found himself standing before the “ Throne set in Heaven .” Does this image symbolize the physical removal of the Church from the Earth prior to the Book’s remaining visions in chapters 5 through 22, the so-called ‘Rapture’?