Then I saw that the one who was sitting on the throne was holding a scroll in his right hand. The scroll had writing on both sides, and it was sealed with seven seals.
From the central throne came flashes of lightning, loud noises, and thunder. Seven lamps were blazing in front of it; these are the seven spirits of God.
Then I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, and in the ocean—the entire creation—speaking and saying, “Praise and honor and glory and power belong to the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb for ever and ever!”
Here’s the main point of what we’re saying: We have just this kind of high priest, who’s sitting at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven.
‘If anyone wins the victory, I’ll give that person the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne.
The one who was sitting on the throne said, “I’m making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down. You can trust these words, because they’re true.”
Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit to a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a bright red beast that was covered with names that said insulting things about God. The beast had seven heads and ten horns.
called out to the mountains and rocks. They cried, “Fall on us! Hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb!