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And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>At once I was in the spirit,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-35026a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> and there in heaven stood a throne, with one seated on the throne! </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>And the one seated there looks like jasper and carnelian, and around the throne is a rainbow that looks like an emerald. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Around the throne are twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones are twenty-four elders, dressed in white robes, with golden crowns on their heads. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Coming from the throne are flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and in front of the throne burn seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>and in front of the throne there is something like a sea of glass, like crystal.</span></p><p><span class="text">Around the throne, and on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with a face like a human face, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside. Day and night without ceasing they sing,</span></p><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text">“Holy, holy, holy,</span><br /><span class="text">the Lord God the Almighty,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">who was and is and is to come.”</span></span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>the twenty-four elders fall before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever; they cast their crowns before the throne, singing,</span></p> <div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>“You are worthy, our Lord and God,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">to receive glory and honor and power,</span></span><br /><span class="text">for you created all things,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and by your will they existed and were created.”</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Revelation 4:2">Revelation 4:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>in the Spirit</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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