1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, ^fwhich I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, ^g“Come up here, and I will show you ^hwhat must take place after this.” 2 At once I was ⁱin the Spirit, ^jand behold, a ^kthrone stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3 And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a ^lrainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were ^mtwenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came ⁿflashes of lightning, and rumblings¹ and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are ^othe seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was as it were a ^psea of glass, like ^qcrystal.

And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are ^rfour living creatures, ^sfull of eyes in front and behind: