The scene of heaven in Revelation 4 is breathtaking. The elders around the throne is quite a scene. The creatures sound scary. They are not intended to. They are intended to sound overwhelming. What is going on in this glimpse of heaven that we are let in on?
The twenty-four elders represent all the saints of God. They are representatives of a nature. Twelve represent the twelve tribes or all of God's People. The other twelve represent the disciples or all that are reached by their sharing. In other words, the second twelve represents Christian believers. Twelve is considered a perfect number in the numerology of Revelation because it represents the twelve tribes of God's people. What you have is a double perfection: all saints before Christ and all saints since Christ.
In addition you have the four creatures. They represent the cream of the crop of living beings. You have the lion, the king of the wild, the ox, the king of domesticated animals, the human, the king of the living, and the eagle, the king of the air. What are all believers and all living things doing? They are laying down any reward that they have (their crowns) at the Lord's feet and giving Him praise saying:
Rev. 4.11-“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things
and by your will they existed and were created.”
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They are remembering where they came from, giving praise to their Creator, and acknowledging Him as Lord of All in active worship.
We ought to do the same thing...today...all day...every day!
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