1. After this I looked, and there in front of me was a door standing open in heaven. I heard the voice I had heard before. It sounded like a trumpet. The voice said, "Come up here. I will show you what must happen after this."
2. At once the Holy Spirit took complete control of me. There in front of me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
3. The One who sat there shone like jewels. Around the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald.
4. Twenty-four other thrones surrounded that throne. Twenty-four elders were sitting on them. The elders were dressed in white. They had gold crowns on their heads.