“1 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. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a
throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. 6
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. 7 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.”
“8 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. 9 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.” (Revelation 4:1-11 AV)
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