New Testament · Revelation

Revelation chapter 4

After this I looked, and right there in front of me was a door standing open in . And the first voice I had heard -- the one that sounded like a talking to me -- said, “Come up here, and I will show you what has to happen after this.”Immediately I was caught up by , and there in front of me was a in heaven with someone sitting on it.The one sitting there had the appearance of and , and surrounding the throne was a that looked like an emerald.Around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were dressed in with on their heads.From the throne came flashes of . In front of the throne, seven blazing torches were burning -- these are the .Also in front of the throne was what looked like a , clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were in front and behind.The first living creature looked like a , the second like an ox, the third had a face like a human, and the fourth looked like a flying eagle.Each of the four living creatures had and was covered with eyes all around, even under their wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “ is the Lord God, , !”Whenever the living creatures give , honor, and thanks to the one sitting on the throne -- the one who lives --the twenty-four elders before the one sitting on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They in front of the throne and say,“, our Lord and God -- the glory, the honor, and the power. Because you everything, and , it was created.”