⁵¹ Then he said, “Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God^(A) ascending and descending^(B) on the Son of Man.”^(C)

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^(A) said, “Come up here,^(B) and I will show you what must take place after this.”^(C)

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

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