Then I saw at the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a book, with writing inside and out, and sealed with seven seals;
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and I saw a mighty angel who was proclaiming in a loud voice – ‘Who is worthy to open the book and break its seals?’
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But no one either in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the book or look within it.
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At this I wept long, because no one could be found who was worthy to open the book or look within it.
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But one of the elders said to me – ‘Do not weep. The Lion conquered – the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Scion of David – and can therefore open the book with its seven seals.’
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Then, within the space between the throne and the four creatures, and in the midst of the elders, I saw, standing, a Lamb, which seemed to have been sacrificed. It had seven horns and seven eyes. (These eyes are the seven spirits of God, and they are sent into all the world.)
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The Lamb came forward. He took the book from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne,
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and when he had taken it the four creatures and the twenty-four elders prostrated themselves before the Lamb, each of them holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense. (These are the prayers of Christ’s people.)
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And they are singing a new song –
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and did make them a kingdom of priests in the service of our God, and they are reigning on the earth.’
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Then, in my vision, I heard the voices of many angels around the throne, and of the creatures, and of the elders. In number they were ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands,
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and they cried in a loud voice –
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And I heard every created thing in the air, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that is in them crying –
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And the four creatures said ‘Amen,’ and the elders prostrated themselves and worshiped.