Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before, that sounded like a mighty trumpet blast, spoke to me and said,
here and I will show you what must happen “Come up he in the future!”
2 And instantly I was, in spirit, there in heaven and saw-oh the glory of it! a throne and Someone sitting on it!
3 Great bursts of light flashed forth from Him as from a glittering diamond, or from a shining ruby, and a rainbow glowing like an emerald encircled His throne.
4 Twenty-four smaller thrones surrounded His, with twenty-four elders sitting on them; all were clothed in white, with golden crowns upon their heads.
5 Lightning and thunder issued from the throne, and there were voices in the thunder. Directly in front of His throne were seven lighted lamps representing the seven-fold Spirit* of God.
6 Spread out before it was a shiny crystal sea. Four Living Beings, dotted front and back with eyes, stood at the throne’s four sides. 7 The first of these Living Beings was in the form of a lion; the second looked like an ox; the third had the face of a man; and the fourth, the form of an eagle, with wings spread out as though in flight
