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1 After
these things I
looked and saw
a door opened in
heaven; and the
first voice that
I heard, like a
trumpet speaking
with me, was
one saying, “Come
up here, and
I will show
you the things
which must happen
after this.”
2 Immediately
I was in
the Spirit. Behold,
there was a
throne set in
heaven, and one
sitting on the
throne
3 that
looked like a
jasper stone and
a sardius. There
was a rainbow
around the throne,
like an emerald
to look at.
4 Around
the throne were
twenty-four thrones.
On the thrones
were twenty-four
elders sitting,
dressed in white
garments, with
crowns of gold
on their heads.
5 Out
of the throne
proceed lightnings, sounds,
and thunders.
There were seven
lamps of fire
burning before his
throne, which are
the seven Spirits
of God.
6 Before
the throne was
something like a
sea of glass,
similar to crystal.
In the middle
of the throne,
and around the
throne were four
living creatures
full of eyes
before and behind.
7 The
first creature was
like a lion,
the second
creature like a
calf, the third
creature had a
face like a
man, and the
fourth was like
a flying eagle.
8 The
four living
creatures, each
one of them
having six wings,
are full of
eyes around and
within. They have
no rest day
and night, saying,
“Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord
God, the Almighty,
who was and
who is and
who is to
come!”
9 When
the living
creatures give
glory, honor, and
thanks to him
who sits on
the throne, to
him who lives
forever and ever,
10 the
twenty-four elders
fall down before
him who sits
on the throne
and worship him
who lives forever
and ever, and
throw their crowns
before the throne,
saying,
11 “Worthy are
you, our Lord
and God, the Holy
One,
to receive the
glory, the honor,
and the power,
for you created
all things, and
because of your
desire they
existed and were
created!”