The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Revelation 04
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.”
2 Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold,
there was a throne set in heaven, and one
sitting on the throne
3 that looked like a jasper stone and a
sardius. There was a rainbow around the
throne, like an emerald to look at.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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† is the
Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who
is and who is to come!”
9 When the living creatures give glory,
honor, and thanks to him who sits on the
throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
10 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,
11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
the Holy One,‡ to receive the glory, the
honor, and the power, for you created all
things, and because of your desire they
existed and were created!”