And the fourliving creatures,eachoneof them havingsixwings,are fullof eyesaroundand within;and dayand nightthey do not ceaseto say,"HOLY,HOLY,HOLY[is] THE LORDGOD,THE ALMIGHTY,WHOWAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."
"I amthe Alphaand the Omega,"saysthe LordGod,"who is and whowas and who is to come,the Almighty."
and beforethe throne[there was something] likea seaof glass,likecrystal;and in the centerand aroundthe throne,fourliving creaturesfullof eyesin frontand behind.
JesusChrist[is] the sameyesterdayand todayand forever.
"Whois likeYou among the gods,O LORD?Whois likeYou, majesticin holiness,Awesomein praises,workingwonders?
And they sangthe songof Moses,the bond-servantof God,and the songof the Lamb,saying,"Greatand marvelousare Your works,O LordGod,the Almighty;Righteousand true are Your ways,Kingof the nations!
saying,"We give You thanks,O LordGod,the Almighty,who are and whowere, becauseYou have takenYour greatpowerand have begun to reign.
And I heardthe altarsaying,"Yes,O LordGod,the Almighty,true and righteousare Your judgments."
Eachof them had fourfacesand fourwings.
He who dwellsin the shelterof the MostHighWill abidein the shadowof the Almighty.
"For thisreason,they are beforethe throneof God;and they serveHim dayand nightin His temple;and He who sitson the thronewill spread His tabernacleoverthem.
Now when Abramwas ninety-nineyearsold,the LORDappearedto Abramand saidto him, "I am GodAlmighty;WalkbeforeMe, and be blameless.
I sawnotemplein it, for the LordGodthe Almightyand the Lambare its temple.
From His mouthcomesa sharpsword,sothat with it He may strike downthe nations,and He will rulethem with a rodof iron;and He treadsthe winepressof the fiercewrathof God,the Almighty.
"And to the angelof the churchin Philadelphiawrite:He who is holy,who is true,who hasthe keyof David,who opensand noonewill shut,and who shutsand no oneopens,saysthis:
Johnto the sevenchurchesthat are in Asia:Graceto you and peace,from Him who is and who was and who is to come,and from the sevenSpiritswhoare beforeHis throne,
Aroundthe throne[were] twenty-fourthrones;and upon the thrones[I saw] twenty-fourelderssitting,clothedin whitegarments,and goldencrownson their heads.
"And I will be a fatherto you, And you shall be sonsand daughtersto Me," Saysthe LordAlmighty.
For Zion'ssakeI will not keepsilent,And for Jerusalem'ssakeI will not keepquiet,Untilher righteousnessgoesforthlike brightness,And her salvationlike a torchthat is burning.
Wail,for the dayof the LORDis near!It will comeas destructionfrom the Almighty.
Alasfor the day!For the dayof the LORDis near,And it will comeas destructionfrom the Almighty.
for they are spiritsof demons,performingsigns,whichgoout to the kingsof the wholeworld,to gather them togetherfor the warof the greatdayof God,the Almighty.
"And the smokeof their tormentgoesup foreverand ever;they havenorestdayand night,thosewho worshipthe beastand his image,and whoeverreceivesthe markof his name."
preachthe word;be readyin season[and] out of season;reprove,rebuke,exhort,with greatpatienceand instruction.
Pay close attentionto yourselfand to your teaching;perseverein these things,for as you dothisyou will ensure salvationbothfor yourselfand for thosewho hearyou.
For you recall,brethren,our laborand hardship,[how] workingnightand daysoas not to be a burdento anyof you, we proclaimedto you the gospelof God.
"Thereforebe on the alert,rememberingthat nightand dayfor a period of three yearsI did not ceaseto admonisheachonewith tears.
Godsaidto Moses,"I AMWHOI AM";and He said,"Thusyou shall sayto the sonsof Israel,I AMhas sentme to you.'"
Withinit there were figuresresemblingfourlivingbeings.And thiswas their appearance:they had humanform.
As for their rimsthey were loftyand awesome,and the rimsof all fourof them were fullof eyesroundabout.
Their wholebody,their backs,their hands,their wingsand the wheelswere fullof eyesallaround,the wheelsbelonging to all fourof them.
And whenthe living creaturesgivegloryand honorand thanksto Him who sitson the throne,to Him who livesforeverand ever,
And I sawbetweenthe throne(with the fourliving creatures)and the eldersa Lambstanding,as ifslain,havingsevenhornsand seveneyes,whichare the sevenSpiritsof God,sentout into allthe earth.
ThenI sawwhenthe Lambbrokeoneof the sevenseals,and I heardoneof the fourliving creaturessayingas with a voiceof thunder,"Come."
And I heard[something] likea voicein the centerof the fourliving creaturessaying,"A quartof wheatfor a denarius,and threequartsof barleyfor a denarius;and do not damagethe oiland the wine."
And allthe angelswere standingaroundthe throneand [around] the eldersand the fourliving creatures;and they fellon their facesbeforethe throneand worshipedGod,
And they sanga newsongbeforethe throneand beforethe fourliving creaturesand the elders;and no onecouldlearnthe songexceptthe one hundredand forty-fourthousandwho had been purchasedfrom the earth.
Thenoneof the fourliving creaturesgaveto the sevenangelssevengoldenbowlsfullof the wrathof God,who livesforeverand ever.
And the twenty-foureldersand the fourliving creaturesfell downand worshipedGodwho sitson the thronesaying,"Amen.Hallelujah!"
