1After these things I looked and wow—a door standing open in the sky, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, ⁸⁰saying, “Come up here and I will show you the things that must take place after these.” ⁸¹

The Throne Room

2And immediately I was in spirit, ⁸²and there, a throne set in heaven (and One sitting on the throne)

3similar in appearance to a stone, ⁸³jasper and carnelian, and there was a rainbow around the throne, similar in appearance to an emerald.

4And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw the twenty-four elders sitting, ⁸⁴clothed in white robes and golden crowns on their heads. ⁸⁵

5And out of the throne came lightnings and noises and thunders; and seven lamps of fire were burning before His throne, which are seven spirits ⁸⁶of God;

6and before the throne it was like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. The four living beings And in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living beings full of eyes, front and back.

7The first living being was similar to a lion, the second living being was similar to a calf, the third living being had a face like a man, and the fourth living being was similar to a flying eagle.

8And the four living beings, each one of them, having six wings apiece, were full of eyes around and within. ⁸⁷And they take no rest, day or night, saying: ⁸⁸“Holy, holy, holy; Holy, holy, holy;
Holy, holy, holy; ⁸⁹The Lord God Almighty; He who was and who is
and who is coming!”

The twenty-four elders

9And whenever the living beings ascribe glory and honor and thanksgiving to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,

10the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and they cast their crowns before the throne saying:

11“You are worthy, our Lord and God, the Holy One, ⁹⁰to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created!”