Chapter 4                          

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<		 4:1 After this I looked, and I saw a door open inside of heaven, and the voice I first heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show to you what must happen as a result of these things.”

• 2 Immediately, I was inside of Spirit and I saw a throne set inside of heaven and One sitting upon the throne [m]. 3 The One sitting there was in appearance [n] like a jasper stone and sardius; and a rainbow encircled the throne, which was in appearance [n] like an emerald. 4 All around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon these thrones sat twenty-four elders, enclothed all around in white garments and on their heads golden crowns. 5 Out from the throne burst forth flashes of lightning, voices and thunder. Seven lamps of fire burned inside the presence of the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. • 6 In the presence of the throne as well was a sea of glass, resembling crystal.

Inside the middle of the throne and circling around it, were four living things full of eyes in front and behind. 7 The first living thing resembled a lion; the second living thing resembled a calf; the third living thing had a face as of a man; and the fourth living thing resembled a flying eagle. 8 And the four living things, one for each one of them, each had six wings full of eyes all around and within. And they had no rest day or night saying: “Devoted, devoted, devoted, Oh Lord God, the One who holds and carries all, the All-Carrying, All-Sustaining One, the One who is existing, has always existed, and is continuously and actively coming.”

9 Whenever the living things gave glory and honor, speaking good grace and giving thanks to the One sitting upon the throne, the One who lives, penetrating with purpose into the unfolding of the ages, 10 the twenty four elders would fall in the presence of the One sitting upon the throne, and they worshiped the One living into the unfolding of the ages. • They cast their crowns before the throne saying, 11 “You are of great value, our Lord and God, to receive the glory, honor, and power, for You created all and through Your desire they exist and were created.”
 		  
 
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