Holy, Holy, Holy

John on Patmos saw into heaven:

^{Rev 4:6} Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. ⁷ The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. ⁸ The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

      “ Holy, holy, holy,
      Lord God Almighty,
      Who was and is and is to come!”

⁹ Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, ¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

       ¹¹ “ You are worthy, O Lord,
      To receive glory and honor and power;
      For You created all things,
      And by Your will they exist and were created.”

When I was a spiritual kid I naively thought that there was something mechanical about this worship of the living creatures and elders, eternally repeated.

That was before I understood that each act of worship, repeated eternally and ever sincerely from the heart of each, was, every time, a consequence of their ever new and eternally increasing amazement at the infinite depth of the unfathomable glory of the Triune God!