Scriptures

New Living Translation (NLT)

Revelation 4
⁵ From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder. And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames. This is the sevenfold Spirit of God.
⁶ In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back.
⁷ The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
⁸ Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”
⁹ Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever),
¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down and worship the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever). And they lay their crowns before the throne and say,
¹¹ “You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”
Revelation 5
¹ Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. There was writing on the inside and the outside of the scroll, and it was sealed with seven seals.
² And I saw a strong angel, who shouted with a loud voice: “Who is worthy to break the seals on this scroll and open it?”
³ But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll and read it.
⁴ Then I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll and read it.