AfterthisI looked, and, behold, a door was openedinheaven: andthefirstvoicewhichI heard was as it wereof a trumpettalkingwithme; which said, Come uphither, andI will showtheethings whichmustbehereafter. AndimmediatelyI wasinthe spirit: and, behold, a thronewas setinheaven, and one satonthethrone. Andhe that satwasto look uponlikea jasperanda sardinestone: and there was a rainbowround aboutthethrone, in sightlike untoan emerald. Andround aboutthethrone were four and twentyseats: andupontheseatsI sawfour and twentyelderssitting, clothedinwhiteraiment; andthey hadontheirheadscrownsof gold. Andoutof thethroneproceededlightningsandthunderingsandvoices: and there were sevenlampsof fireburningbeforethethrone, whicharethesevenSpiritsof God. Andbeforethethrone there was a seaof glasslike untocrystal: andinthe midstof thethrone, andround aboutthethrone, were fourbeastsfullof eyesbeforeandbehind. Andthefirstbeast was likea lion, andthesecondbeastlikea calf, andthethirdbeasthada faceasa man, andthefourthbeast was likea flyingeagle. Andthe fourbeastshadeach of themsixwingsabout him ; and they were fullof eyeswithin: andthey restnotdayandnight, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LordGodAlmighty, which was, and is, and is to come. Andwhenthose beastsgivegloryandhonorandthanksto him that satonthethrone, who livethforever and ever, Thefour and twentyeldersfall downbeforehim that satonthethrone, andworshiphim that livethforever and ever, andcasttheircrownsbeforethethrone, saying, Thou artworthy, O Lord, to receivegloryandhonorandpower: forthouhast createdall things, andforthypleasurethey areandwere created.