Revelation 4

The Throne Room of Heaven

4After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing ^aopen in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a ^btrumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”

²Immediately ^cI was in the Spirit; and behold, ^da throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. ³¹And He who sat there was ^elike a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; ^fand there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. ^4gAround the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, ^hclothed in white ²robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. ⁵And from the throne proceeded ⁱlightnings, ³thunderings, and voices. ^jSeven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are ^kthe ⁴seven Spirits of God.

⁶Before the throne there ⁵was ^la sea of glass, like crystal. ^mAnd in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. ⁷ⁿThe first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. ⁸The four living creatures, each having ^osix wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

^p“Holy, ⁶holy, holy,

^qLord God Almighty,

^rWho was and is and is to come!”

⁹Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, ^swho lives forever and ever, ^10tthe twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

¹¹“You ^uare worthy, ⁷O Lord,

To receive glory and honor and power;

^vFor You created all things,

And by ^wYour will they ⁸exist and were created.”