Revelation Four

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me  flike a trumpet, said,  g“Come up here, and  hI will show you what must take place after this.” 2At once  iI was in the Spirit, and behold,  ja throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3[†]And he who sat there had the appearance of  kjasper and carnelian, and around the throne was  la rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 4[†]Around the throne were  mtwenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders,  nclothed in white garments, with  ogolden crowns on their heads. 5[†]From the throne came  pflashes of lightning, and rumblings [1] and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning  qseven torches of fire,  rwhich are the seven spirits of God, 6[†]and before the throne there was  sas it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are  tfour living creatures,  ufull of eyes in front and behind: 7 vthe 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. 8And the four living creatures,  weach of them with six wings, are  xfull of eyes all around and within, and  yday and night they never cease to say, z“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, awho 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,  bwho lives forever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders  cfall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast  dtheir crowns before the throne, saying, 11  e“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for  fyou created all things, and  gby your will they existed and were created.” (Revelation 4, ESV Bible)