John was in heaven, in the Spirit, the moment when he heard the voice like a trumpet: “Immediately I was in the Spirit: and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
Mtume Yohana alikuwa juu mbinguni aliposikia sauti kama tarumbeta ikisema: "Na mara nalikuwa katika Roho; na tazama, kiti cha enzi kimewekwa juu mbinguni na mmoja ameketi juu ya kile kiti; na yeye aliyeketi alionekana mithili ya jiwe la yaspi na akiki, na upinde wa mvua ulikizunguka kile kiti cha enzi, ikionekena mithili ya zumaridi.