After this I looked, and,
behold, a door was opened in
heaven: and the first voice which I
heard was as it were of a trumpet
talking with me; which said,
Come up hither, and I will shew
thee things which must be hereafter.
2 And immediately I was in
the spirit: and, behold, a throne
was set in heaven, and one sat on
the throne.
3 And he that sat was to look
upon like a jasper and a sardine
stone: and there was a rainbow
round about the throne, in sight
like unto an emerald.
4 And round about the throne
were four and twenty seats: and
upon the seats I saw four and
twenty elders sitting clothed in
white raiment; and they had on
their heads crowns of gold.
5 And out of the throne proceeded
lightenings and thunderings
and voices: and there were
seven lamps of fire burning before
the throne, which are the
seven Spirits of God.
6 And before the throne there
was a sea of glass like unto crystal:
and round about the throne, were
four beasts full of eyes before and
behind.
7 And the first beast was like
a lion, and the second beast like a
calf, and the third beast had a face
as a man, and the fourth beast
was like a flying eagle.
8 And the four beasts had each
of them six wings about him; and
they were full of eyes within: and
they rest not day and night, saying,
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God
Almighty, which was, and is, and
is to come.
9 And when those beasts give
glory and honour and thanks to
him that sat on the throne, who
liveth for ever and ever,
10 The four and twenty elders
fall down before him that sat on
the throne, and worship him that
liveth for ever and ever, and cast
their crowns before the throne,
saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord,
to receive glory and honour and
power: for thou hast created all
things, and for thy pleasure they
are and were created.