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The Revelation of St. John the Divine

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- Chapter 4 -

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After these things I, John, saw in the vision that there was a door open in heaven. The one whose voice was like a loud trumpet, the one who had spoken to me previously, said to me, “Come up here! I will show you events that must happen later.”
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Immediately I experienced that God’s Spirit was specially controlling me. There was a throne there in heaven, and on the throne someone was sitting and ruling.
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His appearance shone like a brilliant crystalline jasper jewel and like a brilliant red carnelian jewel. Around the throne was a rainbow that shone like a brilliant green emerald jewel.
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Around the throne there were twenty-four other thrones. On these thrones twenty-four elders were sitting. They were wearing pure white garments and had golden crowns on their heads.

Worship of the Creator

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From the throne there came lightning and rumblings and thundering. In front of the throne were burning seven torches, which represent the seven spirits of God.
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In front of the throne there was also what looked like a sea made of glass. It was clear, like crystal. On each of the four sides of the throne there was a living creature. Each one was covered with eyes in front and behind.
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The first living creature was like a lion. The second living creature was like an ox. The third living creature had a face like a man’s face. The fourth living creature was like an eagle that was flying.
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Each of the four living creatures had six wings. These wings were covered with eyes both top and bottom. Day and night they constantly say: “Holy, holy, holy is Lord God, who rules over all. He is the one who has always existed, who exists now, and who will always exist.”
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The living creatures praise, honor, and thank the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever.
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Whenever they do that, the twenty-four elders lie down on the ground before the one who sits on the throne. They worship him, the one who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns in front of the throne and say:
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“Our Lord God, you are worthy that all beings should praise you; you are worthy that all beings honor you; and you are worthy that all beings acknowledge that you are the powerful one. Because you alone created all things. Moreover, because you intended that they should exist, you created them; as a result, they exist.”
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1
After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven; and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”
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Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne
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that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.
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Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.

Worship of the Creator

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Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
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Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.
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The first creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.
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The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy(a) is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
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When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
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the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
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“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One,(b) to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!”

Footnotes

(a)4:8 Hodges/Farstad MT reads “holy” 9 times instead of 3.
(b)4:11 TR omits “and God, the Holy One,”
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