The Toucouleur People
of West Africa
Around The Throne...
The Account of the end of Times
At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting
on it.
And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling
an emerald, encircled the throne.
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.
From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne,
seven lamps were blazing. These are the sevenfold Spirit of God.
Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the
centre, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in
front and behind.
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.
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."
Whenever the living creatures give glory, honour and thanks to him who sits on the throne and
who lives for ever and ever,
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:
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you
created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being."
Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides
and sealed with seven seals.
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals
and open the scroll?"
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside
it.
I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the
Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the centre of the throne,
encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes,
which are the sevenfold Spirit of God sent out into all the earth.
He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down
before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense,
which are the prayers of the saints.
And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because
you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and
language and people and nation.
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on
the earth."
Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and
ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the
elders.
In a loud voice they sang: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth
and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and praise!"
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all
that is in them, singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and
honour and glory and power, for ever and ever!"
The four living creatures said, "Amen", and the elders fell down and worshipped.
Revelation 4: 2 - 5: 14
...After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no-one could count,
from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the
Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the Throne,
and to the Lamb."
All the angels were standing round the throne and around the elders and the four living
creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshipped God,
saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honour and power and
strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!"
Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes-- who are they, and where did they
come from?"
I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great
tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Therefore, "they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.
Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon
them, nor any scorching heat.
For the Lamb at the centre of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to
springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
Revelation 7: 9-17
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