His Majesty!
Revelation 4:4-11
4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.
5 From the throne came flashes of lightning,
rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing.
These are the seven spirits of God. (Rev 8:5,
6 Also before the
throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In
the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were
covered with eyes, in front and in back.
7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the
fourth was like a flying eagle. (Rev.
15:7-8, Num. 2:3, Rev. 5:5, Num. 2:10, Gen. 49:3, Num. 2:18, Isaiah 59:19-20,
Ezek 1:8-14)
8 Each of the four living creatures had six
wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night
they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who
was, and is, and is to come." (Isaiah 6:2-7 Psalms 91:1-16, Heb 13:8, Rev
1:8)
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory,
honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever,
10 the twenty-four elders fall down before
him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They
lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11 "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to
receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will
they were created and have their being." (John 1:1-3, Isaiah 40:26-31,