While I was looking, thrones were put in place. One who had been living forever sat down on one of the thrones. His clothes were white as snow, and his hair was like pure wool. His throne, mounted on fiery wheels, was blazing with fire,

As they looked on, a change came over Jesus: his face was shining like the sun, and his clothes were dazzling white.

He alone is immortal; he lives in the light that no one can approach. No one has ever seen him; no one can ever see him. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

Now the message that we have heard from his Son and announce is this: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him.

It was made by the one who sits on his throne above the earth and beyond the sky; the people below look as tiny as ants. He stretched out the sky like a curtain, like a tent in which to live.

I am the one who made the earth and created human beings to live there. By my power I stretched out the heavens; I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.

This is a message about Israel from the LORD, the LORD who spread out the skies, created the earth, and gave life to man. He says,

He also said, "You, Lord, in the beginning created the earth, and with your own hands you made the heavens.

You will fold them up like a coat, and they will be changed like clothes. But you are always the same, and your life never ends."