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Reading: Revelation 4:1-11(New King
James Version)
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. Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in
heaven, and One sat on the throne. And the One 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. 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. 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. 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. The first
living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the
third living creature had a face like a human, and the fourth living creature
was like a flying eagle. The four living creatures, each having six wings, were
full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!
Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the One Who
sits on the throne, Who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall
down before the One Who sits on the throne and worship the One Who lives
forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: You
are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all
things, And by Your will they exist and were created. |