Thematic Bible: Apocalyptic vision of


Thematic Bible




The four living creatures said: Amen and the twenty-four elders fell down and worshipped.


All the angels stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures. They fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God.

I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders. The number of them was ten thousand (myriads) times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.

They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders. No man can learn that song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, who were redeemed from the earth.

When he took the book the four living creatures and twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Every one of them had harps, and golden bowls full of incense. These are the prayers of the holy ones.

The twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne. They worship him who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

One of the elders said to me: Do not weep; the Lion of the tribe of Judah of the Root of David has succeeded in opening the book and removing the seven seals. I saw a Lamb that looked as though it had been slain, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders. The lamb had seven horns and seven eyes. These are the seven Spirits of God sent into all the earth.

One of the elders asked me: Who are these dressed in white robes? And where are they from?

The twenty-four elders, who sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God,