1 At this point I had another vision and saw an open door in heaven. And the voice that sounded like a trumpet, which I had heard speaking to me before, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.”
2 At once the Spirit took control of me. There in heaven was a throne with someone sitting on it.
3 His face gleamed like such precious stones as jasper and carnelian, and all round the throne there was a rainbow the colour of an emerald.
4 In a circle round the throne were 24 other thrones, on which were seated 24 elders dressed in white and wearing crowns of gold.
5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven lighted torches were burning, which are the seven spirits of God.
6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.Surrounding the throne on each of its sides, were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and behind.