The New Testament & Psalms Bible Reading Plan
August 28
Revelation 4
Chapter 4
Scene in Heaven
1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and
the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with
me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after
these things.”
2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven,
and One sitting on the throne.
3 And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance;
and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.
4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four
elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads.
The Throne and Worship of the Creator
5 Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder.
And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven
Spirits of God;
6 and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal;
and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in
front and behind.
7 The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and
the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was
like a flying eagle.
8 And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full
of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say,
“
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is
to come.”
9 And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits
on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,
10 the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and
will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before
the throne, saying,
11 “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and
power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and
were created.”
"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission." (www.Lockman.org)
