1.
After
these things I looked, and behold,
a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard,
like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "
Come up here, and I will
show you what must take place after these things."
2. Immediately
I was
in the Spirit; and behold,
a throne was standing in heaven, and
One sitting on the throne.
3. And
He who was sitting was like a
jasper stone and a
sardius in appearance; and there was a
rainbow around the throne, like an
emerald in appearance.
4. Around
the throne were
twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw
twenty-four elders
sitting, clothed in
white garments, and
golden crowns on their heads.
5. Out
from the throne come
flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were
seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are
the seven Spirits of God;
6 and
before the throne there was something like a
sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and
around the throne,
four living creatures
full of eyes in front and behind.
7. The
first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and
the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth
creature was like a flying eagle.
8. And
the
four living creatures, each one of them having
six wings, are
full of eyes around and within; and
day and night they do not cease to say, "
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE
LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY,
WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."
9. And
when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who
sits on the throne, to
Him who lives forever and ever,
10. the
twenty-four elders will
fall down before Him who
sits on the throne, and will worship
Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their
crowns before the throne, saying,
11. "
Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and
power; for You
created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were
created."
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Scripture taken from the NASB®.
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