Revelation. CH4. -- I so love this chapter What started as a heavenly tableau unfolding step by step before Johns eyes now becomes a scene of active worship and proclamation. The use of verbs in the present tense, beginning in verse 5, and the phrase day and night in verse 8 give the impression that this is no longer something John saw once in a vision, ritual in heaven repeating itself over and over again without rest or interruption. The throne is suddenly alive with living creatures hailing the anonymous someone seated on it as the Lord God Almighty (compare 1:8). In reply, the twenty-four elders continually fall down to worship this one who lives for ever and ever (v. 9), laying their crowns in front of the throne (v. 10) and saying, You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being (v. 11). The elders song celebrates creation and God the creator, probably as a reference point for the new creation to come. Although John in his vision does not claim to experience the passage of time, he manages to convey a sense that what he saw is something still going on in heaven even as we read his prophecy today.
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