18 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
18 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 4
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1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
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2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.
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3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
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4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.
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5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
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6 Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
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7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
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8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:
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“Holy, holy, holy,
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Lord God Almighty,
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Who was and is and is to come!”
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9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
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10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
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11 “You are worthy, O Lord,
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To receive glory and honor and power;
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For You created all things,
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And by Your will they exist and were created.” |