4:1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in · heaven! And the first voice, · which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
4:2 Immediately I was in the spirit, and behold, a throne was standing in · heaven and one sitting on the throne!
4:3 And the one sitting there had the appearance of a precious gem—jasper or carnelian—and a rainbow encircled the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
4:4 · Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, and upon · their heads were crowns of gold.
4:5 · Out from the throne came flashes of lightning, · rumblings, and peals of thunder. · Seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning before the throne,
4:6 and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal; and around the throne, · close by the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
4:7 · The first living creature · was like a lion, · the second living creature like an ox, · the third living creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
4:8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And day or night they never rest, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord · God · Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come!”
4:9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, to the one who lives for all time, ·
4:10 the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives for all time. · · They cast · their crowns before the throne, saying,
4:11 “Worthy are you, · our Lord and · 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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