Revelation 4 & 5

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1After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here,

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and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.

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3And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.

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4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their

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heads. 5From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were

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burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God,

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6and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.
And around the throne, on each side of

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the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind:

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7the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a

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man, and the fourth living creature
like an eagle in flight.

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8And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say,

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“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
who was and is and is to come!”

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9And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

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10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne,

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saying, 11“Worthy are you, our Lord
and God, to receive glory and honor and power,

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for you created all things,
and by your will they existed and were created.”

Revelation 5:1

1Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

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2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”

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3And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it,

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4and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

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5And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered,

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so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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6And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been

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slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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7And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.

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8And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each

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holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

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9And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,

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for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation,

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10and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”

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11Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels,

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numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,

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12saying with a loud voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might

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and honor and glory and blessing!”

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13And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,

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“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

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14And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.