Revelation 4
The Heavenly
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After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come
up hither, and I will show thee things which must be
hereafter.
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And immediately I was in the Spirit: and,
behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the
throne.
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And he that sat was to look upon like a
jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow
round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. Ezek.
1.26-28 ; 10.1
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And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty
elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their
heads crowns of gold.
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And out of the throne proceeded
lightnings and thunderings and voices: Ex. 19.16 · Rev. 8.5 ; 11.19 ; 16.18 and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the
throne, Ezek. 1.13 which are the seven Spirits of God. Rev. 1.4
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And before the throne there was a
sea of glass like unto crystal. Ezek. 1.22
And in the midst of the throne, and round about the
throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and
behind.
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And the first beast was like a
lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a
face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. Ezek.
1.5-10 ; 10.14
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And the four beasts had each of them six
wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: Ezek. 1.18 ; 10.12 and they rest not day and night, saying,
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Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Is.
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which was, and is, and is to come. Ex.
3.14 |
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And when those beasts give glory and
honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever
and ever,
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the four and twenty elders fall down
before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for
ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne,
saying,
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Thou art worthy, O Lord,
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to receive glory and honor and power: |
for thou hast created all things, |
and for thy pleasure they are and were
created. |
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