305. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was _silence in heaven_ about the space of _half an hour_. Rev. viii. 1.
306. After this I looked, and behold, _a door was opened in heaven_; and the first voice which I heard was as it were a trumpet talking with me; which said, come up hither, _and, 1 will shew thee things which must be hereafter_. And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper, and a sardine stone; and there was a _rainbow round about the throne_, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, _clothed in white raiment,_ and they had on their heads _crowns of gold_. And out of the throne proceeded _lightnings and thunder-ings_, and voices, and there were _seven lamps of fire_ burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. And before the throne there was _a sea of glass_ like unto the crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne _were four beasts full of eyes before and behind._ And the first beast was like a _lion_, and the second beast like a _calf_ and the third beast _had a face as a man_, and the fourth beast was like a _flying eagle_. And the four beasts had each of them _six wings_ about him, and they were full of eyes within _and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty which was, and is, and is to come_. Rev. iv. 1 to 8.
[This is a very beautiful description of heaven--it almost equals in absurdity and extravagance the wild dreams of Mahomet.]
307. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the _beast_ that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. Rev. xi. 7.
[It appears, then, from this and the preceding note, that there are beasts both in hell and in heaven; whether these angelic creatures have immortal souls or not, the theologians may decide.]
308. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke among people afar off; _and they shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks_; nation shall not lift up a sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more. Micah. iv. 3.