After this
I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in
heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as
it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said,
Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which
must be hereafter.
02 And immediately I was in the spirit: and,
behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat
on the throne.
03 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper
and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow
round about the throne, in sight like unto an
emerald.
04 And round about the throne were four and
twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and
twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment;
and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
05 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and
thunderings and voices: and there were seven
lamps of fire burning before the throne, which
are the seven Spirits of God.
06 And before the throne there was a sea of glass
like unto crystal: and in the midst of the
throne, and round about the throne, were four
beasts full of eyes before and behind.
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07 And the first beast was like a lion, and the
second beast like a calf, and the third beast had
a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a
flying eagle.
08 And the four beasts had each of them six wings
about him; and they were full of eyes within: and
they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy,
holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and
is to come.
09 And when those beasts give glory and honour
and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who
liveth for ever and ever,
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before
him that sat on the throne, and worship him that
liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns
before the throne, saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
honour and power: for thou hast created all
things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created.
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