1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was
  opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard
  was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which
  said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things
  which must be hereafter.
   2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold,
  a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the
  throne.
   3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and
  a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about
  the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
   4 And round about the throne were four and twenty
  seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty
  elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they
  had on their heads crowns of gold.
   5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and
  thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of
  fire burning before the throne, which are the seven
  Spirits of God.
   6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass
  like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne,
  and round about the throne, were four beasts full of
  eyes before and behind.
   7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the
  second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a
  face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying
  eagle.
   8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings
  about him; and they were full of eyes within: and
  they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy,
  holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to
  come.
   9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and
  thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for
  ever and ever,
  10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him
  that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth
  for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the
  throne, saying,
  11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
  honour and power: for thou hast created all things,
  and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

...to Revelation chapter 5