Apocalipse 4

The Throne in Heaven

1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me *ch. 1:10;[Ex. 19:19,20] like a trumpet, said, *ch. 11:12"Come up here, and *ch. 1:1,19;22:6I will show you what must take place after this."2 At once *See ch. 1:10I was in the Spirit, and behold, *Ps. 11:4;103:19;Isa. 66:1;Matt. 5:34;23:22;See 1 Kgs. 22:19a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3 And he who sat there had the appearance of *ch. 21:11jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was *Ezek. 1:28;[ch. 10:1;Gen. 9:13-17]a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 4 Around the throne were *ch. 11:16twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, *See ch. 3:4clothed in white garments, with *ver. 10;See James 1:12golden crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came *ch. 8:5;11:19;16:18;[Ex. 19:16] flashes of lightning, and rumblings*4:5 Or voices, or sounds and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning *[Zech. 4:2] seven torches of fire, *See ch. 1:4which are the seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was *ch. 15:2;[ch. 21:18,21;Ps. 77:19] as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.

And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are *Ezek. 1:5four living creatures, *Ezek. 10:12full of eyes in front and behind: 7 *[Ezek. 1:10;10:14]the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. 8 And the four living creatures, *Isa. 6:2each of them with six wings, are *ver. 6full of eyes all around and within, and *ch. 14:11day and night they never cease to say,

*Isa. 6:3"Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,

*See ch. 1:4who was and is and is to come!"

9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, *ch. 1:18;5:13;15:7;Dan. 4:34;12:7who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders *ch. 5:8,14;7:11;11:16;19:4fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast *ver. 4their crowns before the throne, saying,

11 *ch. 5:12"Worthy are you, our Lord and God,

to receive glory and honor and power,

for *ch. 10:6;14:7;Gen. 1:1;Acts 14:15you created all things,

and *Ps. 33:9-11;[Eph. 1:11]by your will they existed and were created."