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RRevelation 4:2-11,
"And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in
heaven, and [one] sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look
upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and [there was] a rainbow round
about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the
throne [were] four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and
twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their
heads crowns of gold. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and
thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning
before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. And before
the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst
of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes
before and behind. And the first beast [was] like a lion, and the
second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the
fourth beast [was] like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each
of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and
they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty,
which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glory
and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever
and ever, The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat
on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast
their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to
receive glory and honor and power: for thou
hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
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