Di Throne Room

Imagine say you look up for sky, and you see one door. No be cloud. Na door. E dey open. And from di other side, one voice like trumpet talk, come up here.

John still dey for di island of Patmos. E don just write down di messages of Jesus to seven churches for earth, small churches, some dey faithful, some dey struggle, some dey face danger. Rome be like say e get all power. Im emperor sit down for one big throne, and dem tell plenty people make dem honour am like god. But now dem show John something else. Dem invite am to see who truly sit down for di throne of di whole universe. After dis I look, John write, and see, one door open for heaven.

Come up here, di voice talk, and I go show you wetin must happen after dis. At once, John dey inside di Spirit. And for im front na one throne, with somebody wey sit down on top am. John no describe God face. Instead e describe light and colour. Di One wey sit for di throne dey shine like jasper and carnelian, precious stones wey dey glow red and clear. And all round di throne na rainbow, wey dey shine like emerald, green and bright. Round di throne, twenty-four other thrones dey, and twenty-four elders sit down on top dem, dem wear white, with golden crowns for dia head. From di throne, lightning dey flash, rumbling dey sound, and thunder dey roar. Seven lamps of fire dey burn for im front. And for di front of di throne, something dey wey be like sea of glass, clear like crystal, calm and quiet.

Then John see four living creatures round di throne, eyes full dem for front and for back. Di first one be like lion. Di second one be like calf, or young cow. Di third one get face like man. Di fourth one be like eagle wey dey fly. Each of dem get six wings. Di wildest, di strongest, di wisest and di fastest of creatures, all of dem gather round God. And dem no dey ever stop. Day and night, dem dey sing. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, wey dey before, wey dey now, and wey dey come.

And anytime di living creatures give glory and honour and thanks to di One wey sit for di throne, wey dey live forever and ever, something wonderful dey happen. Di twenty-four elders go stand up from dia thrones. Dem go fall down for im front. And dem go remove dia golden crowns, and put dem down before di throne. Dia crowns no be to keep. Na to give back. And dem go sing. You worthy, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honour and power, because na you create all things, and na because of your will dem dey, and you create dem. Everything wey dey, every star, every lion, every eagle, every person, dey because God make am. And so all creation gather here, round im throne, dey praise am. For churches wey feel small and wey dey fear, na dis one be di view from heaven. Di throne no empty. And e no belong to Rome.

John vision dey echo two older prophets. About eight hundred years before, Isaiah see di Lord inside di temple and e hear di seraphim dey call, holy, holy, holy. And Ezekiel see living creatures wey get di face of man, lion, cow and eagle. People don dey sing John words since dat time. Di popular hymn Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, wey di English bishop Reginald Heber write, wey dem publish for eighteen twenty-six, come from dis chapter.

Di throne room. You go find am for Revelation chapter four. One door wey open for heaven, one rainbow like emerald, and every creature dey sing holy, holy, holy. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Which one thing wey God make dey make you want praise am today?