¹² Then I turned to see whose voice^(A) it was that spoke to me. When I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,^{(B) 13} and among the lampstands was one like the Son of Man,^[a](C) dressed in a robe^(D) and with a golden sash wrapped around his chest.^{(E) 14} The hair of his head was white as wool—white as snow^(F)—and his eyes like a fiery flame.^{(G) 15} His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace,^(H) and his voice like the sound of cascading^[b] waters.^{(I) 16} He had seven stars in his right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from his mouth,^(J) and his face was shining like the sun at full strength.^(K)

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man.^(L) He laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid. I am the First and the Last,^{(M) 18} and the Living One.^(N) I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever,^(O) and I hold the keys^(P) of death and Hades.

² Immediately I was in the Spirit,^(A) and there was a throne in heaven^(B) and someone was seated on it. ³ The one seated^[a] there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian stone.^(C) A rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald surrounded the throne.^(D)

⁴ Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones sat twenty-four elders^(E) dressed in white clothes,^(F) with golden crowns on their heads.^(G)

⁵ Flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder came from the throne.^(H) Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.^{(I) 6} Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne.^(J)

Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back were around the throne on each side. ⁷ The first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like an ox; the third living creature had a face like a man; and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.^{(K) 8} Each of the four living creatures had six wings;^(L) they were covered with eyes around and inside. Day and night^(M) they never stop,^[b] saying,

⁹ Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one seated on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever,^{(O) 10} the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne^(P) and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne and say,

Celebration in Heaven

19 After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multitude^(A) in heaven, saying,

³ A second time they said,

⁴ Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God,^(H) who is seated on the throne, saying,

⁵ A voice came from the throne, saying,

⁶ Then I heard something like the voice of a vast multitude, like the sound of cascading waters,^(K) and like the rumbling of loud thunder, saying,

For the fine linen represents the righteous acts of the saints.^(P)

⁹ Then he^[b] said to me,^(Q) “Write: Blessed are those invited to the marriage feast^(R) of the Lamb!” He also said to me, “These words of God are true.”^{(S) 10} Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do that!^(T) I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold firmly to the testimony of Jesus.^(U) Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit^[c] of prophecy.”

The Rider on a White Horse

¹¹ Then I saw heaven opened,^(V) and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True,^(W) and with justice he judges and makes war.^{(X) 12} His eyes were like a fiery flame,^(Y) and many crowns^[d] were on his head.^(Z) He had a name written that no one knows except himself.^{(AA) 13} He wore a robe dipped in blood,^(AB) and his name is called the Word of God.^{(AC) 14} The armies that were in heaven followed him on white horses, wearing pure white linen. ¹⁵ A sharp^[e] sword^(AD) came from his mouth, so that he might strike the nations with it.^(AE) He will rule^[f] them with an iron rod.^(AF) He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God,^(AG) the Almighty. ¹⁶ And he has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.^(AH)