21 lines
1.8 KiB
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21 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 4
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1 After this I looked, and there in heaven was an open door. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
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2 Immediately I was in the Spirit, and there was a throne in heaven and someone was seated on it.
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3 The one seated there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian stone. A rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald surrounded the throne.
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4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white clothes, with golden crowns on their heads.
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5 Flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder came from the throne. Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
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6 Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne.
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Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back were around the throne on each side.
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7 The first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like an ox; 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 Each of the four living creatures had six wings; they were covered with eyes around and inside. Day and night they never stop, saying,
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Holy, holy, holy,
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Lord God, the Almighty,
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who was, who is, and who is to come.
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9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one seated on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever,
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10 the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne and say,
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11 Our Lord and God,
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you are worthy to receive
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glory and honor and power,
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because you have created all things,
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and by your will
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they exist and were created. |