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The Throne in Heaven

¹ After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me ^(a)like a trumpet, said, ^(b)"Come up here, and ^(c)I will show you what must take place after this." ² At once ^(d)I was in the Spirit, and behold, ^(e)a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. ³ And he who sat there had the appearance of ^(f)jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was ^(g)a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. ⁴ Around the throne were ^(h)twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, ⁽ⁱ⁾clothed in white garments, with ^(j)golden crowns on their heads. ⁵ From the throne came ^(k)flashes of lightning, and rumblings^[a] and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning ^(l)seven torches of fire, ^(m)which are the seven spirits of God, ⁶ and before the throne there was ⁽ⁿ⁾as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.

And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are ^(o)four living creatures, ^(p)full of eyes in front and behind: ^7 (q)the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. ⁸ And the four living creatures, ^(r)each of them with six wings, are ^(s)full of eyes all around and within, and ^(t)day and night they never cease to say,

⁹ And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, ^(w)who lives forever and ever, ¹⁰ the twenty-four elders ^(x)fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast ^(y)their crowns before the throne, saying,