Revelation 4
4
John Sees Heaven
1After the vision of these things I looked, and there before me was an open door in heaven. And the same voice that spoke to me before, that sounded like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” 2Immediately I was in the Spirit, and before me was a throne in heaven, and someone was sitting on it. 3The One who sat on the throne looked like precious stones, like jasper and carnelian. All around the throne was a rainbow the color of an emerald. 4Around the throne there were twenty-four other thrones with twenty-four elders sitting on them. They were dressed in white and had golden crowns on their heads. 5Lightning flashes and noises and thunder came from the throne. Before the throne seven lamps were burning, which are the seven spirits of God. 6Also before the throne there was something that looked like a sea of glass, clear like crystal.
In the center and around the throne were four living creatures with eyes all over them, in front and in back. 7The first living creature was like a lion. The second was like a calf. The third had a face like a man. The fourth was like a flying eagle. 8Each of these four living creatures had six wings and was covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day and night they never stop saying:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty.
He was, he is, and he is coming.”
9These living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever. 10Then the twenty-four elders bow down before the One who sits on the throne, and they worship him who lives forever and ever. They put their crowns down before the throne and say:
11“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
because you made all things.
Everything existed and was made,
because you wanted it.”
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Revelation 4
4
The Throne Room of Heaven
1After this I looked, and there in heaven was an open door. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet # Ex 19:19; 20:18; Ps 47:5; Zch 9:14; Rv 1:10 said, “Come up here, # Rv 11:12 and I will show you what must take place after this.”
2Immediately I was in the Spirit, # Or in spirit ; lit I became in the Spirit # Ac 19:21; Rm 8:9; 14:17; Eph 2:18,22; 3:5; 6:18; Rv 1:10; 17:3; 21:10 and a throne was set there in heaven. # 1Kg 22:19; Ps 11:4; 13:19; Is 66:1; Mt 5:34; 23:22; Dn 7:9 One was seated on the throne, 3and the One seated # Other mss omit and the One seated looked like jasper # A precious stone and carnelian # A translucent red gem stone. # Ex 28:17,20; 39:10,13; Ezk 28:13; Rv 21:11,18-20 A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne. # Gn 9:13-17; Ezk 1:28; Rv 10:1 4Around that throne were 24 thrones, and on the thrones sat 24 elders # Mt 19:28; Rv 11:16; 5:8; 19:4; 20:4 dressed in white clothes, # Rv 3:4,18 with gold crowns on their heads. # Zch 6:11; Rv 9:7 5Flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder came from the throne. # Ex 19:16; 20:18; Ps 77:18; Rv 8:5; 11:19; 16:18 Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. # Rv 1:4; 3:1; 5:6 6Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne. # Rv 15:2; 21:18,21 Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back were in the middle # Lit In the middle of the throne and around the throne. 7The first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like a calf; the third living creature had a face like a man; and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. # Ezk 1:5-28; 10:9-14 8Each of the four living creatures had six wings; # Is 6:2 they were covered with eyes around and inside. Day and night # Rv 7:15 they never stop, # Or they never rest saying:
Holy, holy, holy, # Other mss read holy 9 times
Lord God, the Almighty,
who was, who is, and who is coming. # Is 6:3
9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, the One who lives forever and ever, # Rv 10:6; 15:7 10the 24 elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, # 2Ch 20:18; Mk 5:33; Rv 5:8 worship the One who lives forever and ever, cast their crowns before the throne, and say:
11Our Lord and God, # Other mss add the Holy One ; other mss read Lord
You are worthy # 2Sm 22:4; Ps 18:3; Heb 3:3; Rv 5:2,9,12 to receive
glory and honor and power, # Rv 5:12; 7:12
because You have created all things, # Gn 1:1; Ac 14:15; Rv 10:6; 14:7
and because of Your will
they exist and were created.
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