CHAPTER 4
After
this
I looked
and
saw
a door
standing open
in
heaven.
And
the
voice
I had previously heard
speak
to
me
like
a trumpet
was saying,
“Come up
here,
and
I will show
you
what
must
happen
after
these things."
The One
seated there
looked
like
jasper
and
ruby,
and
a rainbow
that gleamed
like
an emerald
encircled
the
throne.
Surrounding
the
throne
were twenty-four
other thrones,
and
on
these
thrones
sat
twenty-four
elders
dressed
in
white,
with
golden
crowns
on
their
heads.
From
the
throne
came
flashes of lightning,
and
rumblings,
and
peals of thunder.
Before
the
throne
burned
seven
torches
of fire.
This
is
the
sevenfold
Spirit
of God.
And
before
the
throne
was something like
a sea
of glass,
as clear as
crystal.
In
the center,
around
the
throne,
were four
living creatures,
covered with
eyes
in front
and
back.
The
first
living creature
was like
a lion,
the
second
like
a calf,
the
third
had
a face
like
a man,
and
the
fourth
was like
an eagle
in flight.
And
each
of
the
four
living creatures
had
six
wings
and was covered with
eyes
all around
and
within.
Day
and
night
they never
stop
saying:
“Holy,
Holy,
Holy,
is the Lord
God
Almighty,
who
was
and
is
and
is to come!"
And
whenever
the
living creatures
give
glory,
honor,
and
thanks
to the One
seated
on
the
throne
who
lives
forever
and
ever,
the
twenty-four
elders
fall down
before
the One
seated
on
the
throne,
and
they worship
Him who
lives
forever
and
ever.
They cast
their
crowns
before
the
throne,
saying:
“You are
worthy,
our
Lord
and
God,
to receive
glory
and
honor
and
power,
for
You
created
all things;
by
Your
will
they exist,
and
came to be."