The Throne Room of Heaven

4 After this I looked, and there in heaven was an open door. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

¹⁹ God’s sanctuary in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant^[a] appeared in His sanctuary. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings of thunder,^(A) an earthquake,^[b] and severe hail.

⁵ After this I looked, and the heavenly sanctuary—the tabernacle of testimony^(A)—was opened.^(B)