“ As I watched,“ thrones were set in place. The Eternal God took his seat. His clothes were as white as snow. The hair on his head was white like wool. His throne was blazing with fire. And flames were all around its wheels.

我观看，见有宝座设立，上头坐着亘古常在者。他的衣服洁白如雪，头发如纯净的羊毛。宝座乃火焰，其轮乃烈火。

我正观看的时候，有宝座设立，上面坐着亘古常在者。他的衣服洁白如雪，头发如纯净的羊毛。宝座是火焰，其轮为烈火。

我正观看的时候，有宝座设立，上面坐着亘古常在者。他的衣服洁白如雪，头发如纯净的羊毛。宝座是火焰，其轮为烈火。

“我看见宝座已设立，上面坐着亘古长存者，祂的衣服洁白如雪，头发如纯净的羊毛。祂的宝座是火焰，宝座的轮子是烈火。

“我一直在观看，看见有些宝座安放好了，万古常存者就坐上去；他的衣服洁白如雪，他的头发纯净像羊毛。他的宝座是火焰，宝座的轮子是烈火。

“我继续观看，宝座已经安放好，亘古永存者入座了；他的衣服洁白如雪，他的头发纯净如羊毛；他的宝座是烈火的火焰，宝座的轮子是燃烧的烈火。

我觀看，見有寶座設立，上頭坐着亙古常在者。他的衣服潔白如雪，頭髮如純淨的羊毛。寶座乃火焰，其輪乃烈火。

我正觀看的時候，有寶座設立，上面坐着亙古常在者。他的衣服潔白如雪，頭髮如純淨的羊毛。寶座是火焰，其輪為烈火。

我正觀看的時候，有寶座設立，上面坐着亙古常在者。他的衣服潔白如雪，頭髮如純淨的羊毛。寶座是火焰，其輪為烈火。

我看見寶座已設立，上面坐著亙古長存者，祂的衣服潔白如雪，頭髮如純淨的羊毛。祂的寶座是火焰，寶座的輪子是烈火。

“我一直在觀看，看見有些寶座安放好了，萬古常存者就坐上去；他的衣服潔白如雪，他的頭髮純淨像羊毛。他的寶座是火燄，寶座的輪子是烈火。

我正在觀看，就看見有些寶座設立着，有一位壽高年邁者就席坐着；他的衣服皎白如雪，他的頭髮如純淨的羊毛；他的寶座乃是火燄；其輪子是燒着的烈火。

「我繼續觀看，寶座已經安放好，亙古永存者入座了；他的衣服潔白如雪，他的頭髮純淨如羊毛；他的寶座是烈火的火焰，寶座的輪子是燃燒的烈火。

我視之、見有座設立、一年高者坐焉、衣皜如雪、髮潔若純粹之羊毛、火炎其座、烈燄其輪、

我見座位已備、亙古不易之主獨坐、衣皜如雪、髮白如綿、位若烈焰、車輪迅速、若火之熛、

我觀時、見寶座已設、亙古常在者坐焉、衣服皜如雪、首髮白如純潔之羊毛、其寶座若火炎、寶座之輪寶座之輪原文作其輪如烈火、

“ As I looked,“ thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

“ As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire.

I watched as thrones were put in place and the Ancient One sat down to judge. His clothing was as white as snow, his hair like purest wool. He sat on a fiery throne with wheels of blazing fire,

“ As I kept watching, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was white like snow, and the hair of his head like whitest wool. His throne was flaming fire; its wheels were blazing fire.

“ I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire.

“ I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire;

I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

“ As I kept watching, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white like snow, and the hair of His head like whitest wool. His throne was flaming fire; its wheels were blazing fire.

I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment[ was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne[ was like] the fiery flame,[ and] his wheels[ as] burning fire.

“ While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb’s wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame.

“ I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.

The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow. His eyes were like a blazing fire.

His clothes became so white they shone. They were whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.

But then the Eternal God came. He decided in favor of his holy people. So the time came when the kingdom was given to them.

The Lord says,“ Bethlehem Ephrathah, you might not be an important town in the nation of Judah. But out of you will come for me a ruler over Israel. His family line goes back to the early years of your nation. It goes all the way back to days of long ago.”

“ In my vision I saw one who looked like a son of man. He was coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Eternal God. He was led right up to him.

There in front of them his appearance was changed. His face shone like the sun. His clothes became as white as the light.

Come and eat the dead bodies of kings, generals, and other mighty people. Eat the bodies of horses and their riders. Eat the bodies of all people, free and slave, great and small.”Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies. They had gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army.But the beast and the false prophet were captured. The false prophet had done signs for the beast. In this way the false prophet had tricked some people. Those people had received the mark of the beast and had worshiped its statue. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the lake of fire. The lake of fire burns with sulfur.The rest were killed by the sword that came out of the rider’s mouth. All the birds stuffed themselves with the dead bodies.I saw an angel coming down out of heaven. He had the key to the Abyss. In his hand he held a heavy chain.He grabbed the dragon, that old serpent. The serpent is also called the devil, or Satan. The angel put him in chains for 1,000 years.Then he threw him into the Abyss. He locked it and sealed him in. This was to keep Satan from causing the nations to believe his lies anymore. Satan will be locked away until the 1,000 years are ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.I saw thrones. Those who had been given authority to judge were sitting on them. I also saw the souls of those whose heads had been cut off. They had been killed because they had spoken what was true about Jesus. They had also been killed because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its statue. They had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. They came to life and ruled with Christ for 1,000 years.

He will help you who are troubled. And he will also help us. All these things will happen when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come in blazing fire. He will come with his powerful angels.He will punish those who don’t know God. He will punish those who don’t obey the good news about our Lord Jesus.

“ In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom. It will never be destroyed. And no other nation will ever take it over. It will crush all those other kingdoms. It will bring them to an end. But it will last forever.That’s what the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain means. Human hands didn’t cut out the rock. It broke the statue to pieces. It smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver and gold.“ The great God has shown you what will take place in days to come. The dream is true. And you can trust the meaning of it that I have explained to you.”

The Lord spoke to the man who was wearing linen clothes. He said,“ Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from the fire that is among the cherubim. Scatter the coals over the city.” As I watched, he went in.The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in. A cloud filled the inner courtyard.Then the glory of the Lord rose from above the cherubim. It moved to the doorway of the temple. The cloud filled the temple. And the courtyard was full of the brightness of the glory of the Lord.The sound the wings of the cherubim made could be heard as far away as the outer courtyard. It was like the voice of the Mighty God when he speaks.The Lord gave a command to the man who was dressed in linen clothes. He said,“ Get some coals of fire from among the wheels. Take them from among the cherubim.” So the man went in and stood beside a wheel.Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand. He picked up some of the burning coals that were among the wheels. He handed them to the man who was wearing linen clothes. The man took them and left.

But David was a prophet. He knew that God had made a promise to him. God had promised that he would make someone in David’s family line king after him.

A child will be born to us. A son will be given to us. He will rule over us. And he will be called Wonderful Adviser and Mighty God. He will also be called Father Who Lives Forever and Prince Who Brings Peace.

So I said,“ My God, don’t let me die in the middle of my life. You will live for all time to come.In the beginning you made the earth secure. You placed it on its foundations. Your hands created the heavens.

The living creatures looked like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures. It was bright. Lightning flashed out of it.The creatures raced back and forth like flashes of lightning.As I looked at the living creatures, I saw wheels on the ground beside them. Each creature had four faces.Here’s how the wheels looked and worked. They gleamed like topaz. All four of them looked alike. Each one seemed to be made like a wheel inside another wheel at right angles.The wheels could go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced. The wheels didn’t change their direction as the creatures moved.Their rims were high and terrifying. All four rims were full of eyes all the way around them.When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved. When the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.Anywhere their spirits would lead them to go, they would go. And the wheels would rise along with them. That’s because the spirits of the living creatures were in the wheels.When the living creatures moved, the wheels also moved. When the creatures stood still, they also stood still. When the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them. That’s because the spirits of the living creatures were in the wheels.

Before you created the whole world and the mountains were made, from the beginning to the end you are God.

Jesus has been given a place of honor at the right hand of God. He has received the Holy Spirit from the Father. This is what God had promised. It is Jesus who has poured out what you now see and hear.

God is the only one who can’t die. He lives in light that no one can get close to. No one has seen him. No one can see him. Honor and power belong to him forever. Amen.

I want to be joined to him. Being right with God does not come from my obeying the law. It comes because I believe in Christ. It comes from God because of faith.

While you were watching, a rock was cut out. But human hands didn’t do it. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay. It smashed them.Then the iron and clay were broken to pieces. So were the bronze, silver and gold. All of them were broken to pieces. They became like straw on a threshing floor at harvest time. The wind blew them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain. It filled the whole earth.

By God’s word the heavens and earth of today are being reserved for fire. They are being kept for the day when God will judge. Then ungodly people will be destroyed.Dear friends, here is one thing you must not forget. With the Lord a day is like a thousand years. And a thousand years are like a day.The Lord is not slow to keep his promise. He is not slow in the way some people understand it. Instead, he is patient with you. He doesn’t want anyone to be destroyed. Instead, he wants all people to turn away from their sins.But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar. Fire will destroy everything in them. God will judge the earth and everything done in it.

Lord, haven’t you existed forever? You are my holy God. You will never die. Lord, you have appointed the Babylonians to punish your people. My Rock, you have chosen them to judge us.

The Lord wraps himself in light as if it were a robe. He spreads out the heavens like a tent.He builds his palace high in the heavens. He makes the clouds serve as his chariot. He rides on the wings of the wind.He makes the winds serve as his messengers. He makes flashes of lightning serve him.

Myrrh and aloes and cassia make all your robes smell good. In palaces decorated with ivory the music played on stringed instruments makes you glad.

Then the end will come after Christ destroys all rule, authority and power. Then he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father.Christ must rule until he has put all his enemies under his control.

Here is the message we have heard from him and announce to you. God is light. There is no darkness in him at all.