1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to mefch. 1:10; [Ex. 19:19, 20] like a trumpet, said, gch. 11:12 “Come up here, andhch. 1:1, 19; 22:6 I will show you what must take place after this. ”
2 At onceiSee ch. 1:10 I was in the Spirit, and behold,jPs. 11:4; 103:19; Isa. 66:1; Matt. 5:34; 23:22; See 1 Kgs. 22:19 a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.
3 And he who sat there had the appearance ofkch. 21:11 jasper and carnelian, and around the throne waslEzek. 1:28; [ch. 10:1; Gen. 9:13-17] a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.
4 Around the throne weremch. 11:16 twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders,nSee ch. 3:4 clothed in white garments, withover. 10; See James 1:12 golden crowns on their heads.
5 From the throne camepch. 8:5; 11:19; 16:18; [Ex. 19:16] flashes of lightning, and rumblings1Or voices, or sounds and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burningq[Zech. 4:2] seven torches of fire,rSee ch. 1:4 which are the seven spirits of God,
6 and before the throne there wassch. 15:2; [ch. 21:18, 21; Ps. 77:19] as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each side of the throne, aretEzek. 1:5 four living creatures,uEzek. 10:12 full of eyes in front and behind:
7 v[Ezek. 1:10; 10:14] 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.
8 And the four living creatures,wIsa. 6:2 each of them with six wings, arexver. 6 full of eyes all around and within, andych. 14:11 day and night they never cease to say,
zIsa. 6:3 “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
aSee ch. 1:4 who was and is and is to come! ”
9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne,bch. 1:18; 5:13; 15:7; Dan. 4:34; 12:7 who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elderscch. 5:8, 14; 7:11; 11:16; 19:4 fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They castdver. 4 their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 ech. 5:12 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
forfch. 10:6; 14:7; Gen. 1:1; Acts 14:15 you created all things,
andgPs. 33:9-11; [Eph. 1:11] by your will they existed and were created. ”