Revelation 4
1After these things, look, I saw a door that had been opened in heaven. And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you the things that must come to pass after this.”
2Immediately I was in the spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and someone was sitting on the throne,
3and the one sitting was in appearance like a jasper stone and a carnelian. And there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.
4And around the throne were 24 thrones, and on the thrones I saw 24 elders sitting, dressed in white robes, and on their heads were crowns of gold.
5And out from the throne was coming lightning and rumbling and thunder. And in front of the throne there were seven lamps of fire burning, which are the seven spirits of God.
6And in front of the throne, there was something like a sea of glass like crystal, and on every side of the throne, around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.
7And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like an ox, and the third creature had a face as of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.
8And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. And day and night they never stop saying, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”
9And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
10the 24 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“You are worthy, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, for you created all things, and because of your will they exist and were created.”