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Revelation 4
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After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the
first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which
said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. |
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| 4:2
And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in
heaven, and one sat on the throne. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| 4:5
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. |
 "The seven Spirits of God."
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| 4:6
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. |
(4:6-8) The four beasts
John sees four beasts, each with six wings and "full of eyes."
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| 4:7
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. |
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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. |
 Vision of the throne of the Lord
(Unknown, c. 1400)
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| 4:9
And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on
the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
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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,
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Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou
hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
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"Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."
God created predators, pathogens, and predators for his very own pleasure. One of his favorite
species is guinea worms.
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- Dwindling in Unbelief
- The seven spirits of God (including the Holy Spirit?)
(Revelation 3:1, 4:5, 5:6)
- For thy
pleasure they were created (Revelation 4:11)
- To torture little children just
for the fun of it: The Hitchens-Richards ID debate (Revelation 4:11)
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