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Revelation 4New King James Version (NKJV) The Throne Room of Heaven4 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a Trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this."

2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.

Answer: St. John of Patmos was in spirit, in heaven and was shown things that would take place in the future.

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