CHAPTER 4 :1 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 shew thee things which must be hereafter . :2 And immediately I was in the spirit : and, behold , a throne was set in heaven , and [one] sat on the throne . :3 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 . :4 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 . :5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices : and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne , which are the seven Spirits of God . :6 And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal : and in the midst of the throne , and round about the throne , [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind . :7 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 . :8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within : and they rest not day and night , saying , Holy , holy , holy , Lord God Almighty , which was, and is, and is to come . :9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne , who liveth for ever and ever , :10 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 , :11 Thou art worthy , O Lord , to receive glory and honour and power : for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created . ~~~~~~