Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast

The voice said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.”

And instantly I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it

The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones—like jasper and carnelian

And the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow

Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them

They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads

From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder

And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames

This is the sevenfold Spirit of God

In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal

In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back

The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth was like an eagle in flight
Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out

Day after day and night after night they keep on saying

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty—the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”

Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever), the twenty-four elders fall down and worship the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever)

And they lay their crowns before the throne and say

“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power."

"For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”