Wem der große Wurf gelungen,
Eines Freundes Freund zu sein,
Wer ein holdes Weib errungen,
Mische seinen Jubel ein!
The Rainbow Throne
1 After this I had a vision of an open door to heaven,
and I heard the trumpet like voice that
had spoken to me before,
saying, "Come up here and
I will show you what must happen afterwards."
2 At once I was caught up in spirit.
A throne was there in heaven, and on the throne sat
3 one whose appearance sparkled like jasper and carnelian.
A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne.
4 Surrounding the throne I saw twenty-four other thrones
on which twenty-four elders sat,
dressed in white garments and with gold crowns on their heads.
5 From the throne came flashes of lightning,
rumblings, and peals of thunder.
Seven flaming torches burned in front of the throne,
which are the seven spirits of God.
6 In front of the throne was something that resembled a sea of glass like crystal.
In the center and around the throne,
there were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.
7 The first creature resembled a lion, the second was like a calf,
the third had a face like that of a human being,
and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight.
8 The four living creatures, each of them with six wings,
were covered with eyes inside and out.
Day and night they do not stop exclaiming:
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty,
who was, and who is, and who is to come."
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory
and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne,
who lives forever and ever,
10 the twenty-four elders fall down
before the one who sits on the throne
and worship him, who lives forever and ever.
They throw down their crowns before the throne, exclaiming:
11 "Worthy are you, Lord our God, to receive glory
and honor and power,
for you created all things;
because of your will they came to be and were created."
    
The Emperor Juke Box II
#V. Matisyahu - King Without a Crown
The Fifth Empire (Portuguese: Quinto Império)
is a concept of a global Portuguese empire
with spiritual and temporal power
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