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26 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
The Throne in Heaven
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# Chapter 4
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1. After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which 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. At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.
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3. And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.
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4. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.
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5. From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God,
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6. and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.
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And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind:
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7. 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.
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8. And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say,
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"Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
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who was and is and is to come!"
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9. And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
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10. the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
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11. "Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
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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 existed and were created."
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