Revelation 4: 8 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.”

In this fourth chapter of the Book of Revelation, John is attempting to describe for us a scene in heaven. He wrote of hearing a voice that sounded like a trumpet, a throne with someone who had the appearance of jasper and carnelian sitting on it. The throne was encircled by a rainbow resembling an emerald. He described flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder coming from the throne, and seven blazing lamps which are the seven spirits of God. And before the throne a sea of glass, clear as crystal. He wrote of the twenty-four elders, dressed in white with crowns of gold on their heads, all seated on their individual thrones. Then there were four living creatures resembling a lion, an ox, a man and a flying eagle. Their endless refrain was: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”

The picture he is painting is one of splendor, strength and grandeur that inspire awe and wonder – and you get the feeling that words are not enough. Everything he described had one purpose – to magnify the One who sat on the throne. The imagery of this scene staggers the imagination, but to those who believe, it brings encouragement concerning the ultimate triumph of God’s program. We have hope that fills us with joy unspeakable. As I finished reading Revelation  4, the Holy Spirit spoke:

It is Christ that died, yea that is risen again to sit at the right hand of God from where he shall come to judge the living and the dead. Time has not dissipated the reality of his coming again in glory and majesty to snatch away his own – those who call him Lord and have humbled themselves and obeyed his leading. In his due time, he will come and men shall accord him the praise and honor due to his name.”