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(A)His appearance was like lightning and his clothing was white as snow.

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[a]As I watched,

Thrones were set up
    and the Ancient of Days took his throne.
His clothing was white as snow,
    the hair on his head like pure wool;
His throne was flames of fire,
    with wheels of burning fire.

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  1. 7:9–10 A vision of the heavenly throne of God (the Ancient of Days), who sits in judgment over the nations. Some of the details of the vision, depicting the divine majesty and omnipotence, are to be found in Ezekiel 1. Others are paralleled in 1 Enoch, a contemporary Jewish apocalypse.

His body was like chrysolite, his face shone like lightning, his eyes were like fiery torches, his arms and feet looked like burnished bronze, and the sound of his voice was like the roar of a multitude.

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Surrounding the throne I saw twenty-four other thrones on which twenty-four elders[a] sat, dressed in white garments and with gold crowns on their heads.(A)

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  1. 4:4 Twenty-four elders: these represent the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve apostles; cf. Rev 21:12–14.

Triumph of the Elect. After this I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches[a] in their hands.

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  1. 7:9 White robes…palm branches: symbols of joy and victory; see note on Rev 3:5.

14 The armies of heaven followed him, mounted on white horses and wearing clean white linen.(A)

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