Read: Revelations 4:1-4; 5:1-7.
THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS
(These crowns are cast before God’s throne [Rev. 4:1-4; 5:1-7] because the Father alone is the One Who places and /or remove rulers in His kingdom [Dan. 4:17-37; 5:18-21]. He alone is the One Who placed those represented by the twenty-four elders in the position which they occupied; and He alone is the One Who will place individuals in particular positions in the kingdom of Christ [Matt. 20:20-23].
These crowns cast before God’s throne can only have to do with the government of the earth. And, at this point in the book, they can be worn by angels alone, for the Son will not yet have taken the kingdom [cf. Dan. 7:13, 14; Rev. 11:15]. These crowns are relinquished to God at this time [with a view to man, rather than angels, ruling in the kingdom] so that He can appoint those who He had previously been shown qualified at events surrounding the judgment seat [chs. 1-3] to positions of power and authority; and those whom God appoints will wear these crowns in Christ’s kingdom.) See our text begins: “After these things….” – the things of Rev. 1-3.
The transfer of the government of the earth, from the hands of angels into the hands of man, in reality, is what the first nineteen chapters of the Book of Revelation are about; and, as well, this is what the whole of Scripture preceding these nineteen chapters is also about. In this respect, these twenty-four elders casting their crowns before God’s throne forms a key event which one must grasp if he would properly understand the Book of Revelation and Scripture as a whole.
Christ and His bride, in that coming day, will rule the earth in the stead of Satan and his angels. And, in the process of ruling in this manner, they will wear all the crowns worn by Satan and his angels prior to Satan’s fall.
Thus, that which is depicted through the action of the twenty-four elders in Rev. 4:10, 11 is contextually self-explanatory. This has to do with the government of the earth, it occurs at a time following events surrounding the judgment seat (chs. 1-3) but preceding Christ being shown worthy to break the seals of the seven-sealed scroll (ch. 5), and it occurs at a time when Satan’s reign is about to be brought to a close.
After events in Revelation chapters one through three have come to pass, for the first time in man’s history, the person (the bride) who is to rule with the One to replace Satan (Christ) will have been made known and shown forth. And events in the forth chapter reflect that fact.
“And his tail drew a third part of the stars of heaven; and did cast them to the earth….”
Rev. 12:4a
And we shall wear a crown…..
THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS
(These crowns are cast before God’s throne [Rev. 4:1-4; 5:1-7] because the Father alone is the One Who places and /or remove rulers in His kingdom [Dan. 4:17-37; 5:18-21]. He alone is the One Who placed those represented by the twenty-four elders in the position which they occupied; and He alone is the One Who will place individuals in particular positions in the kingdom of Christ [Matt. 20:20-23].
These crowns cast before God’s throne can only have to do with the government of the earth. And, at this point in the book, they can be worn by angels alone, for the Son will not yet have taken the kingdom [cf. Dan. 7:13, 14; Rev. 11:15]. These crowns are relinquished to God at this time [with a view to man, rather than angels, ruling in the kingdom] so that He can appoint those who He had previously been shown qualified at events surrounding the judgment seat [chs. 1-3] to positions of power and authority; and those whom God appoints will wear these crowns in Christ’s kingdom.) See our text begins: “After these things….” – the things of Rev. 1-3.
The transfer of the government of the earth, from the hands of angels into the hands of man, in reality, is what the first nineteen chapters of the Book of Revelation are about; and, as well, this is what the whole of Scripture preceding these nineteen chapters is also about. In this respect, these twenty-four elders casting their crowns before God’s throne forms a key event which one must grasp if he would properly understand the Book of Revelation and Scripture as a whole.
Christ and His bride, in that coming day, will rule the earth in the stead of Satan and his angels. And, in the process of ruling in this manner, they will wear all the crowns worn by Satan and his angels prior to Satan’s fall.
Thus, that which is depicted through the action of the twenty-four elders in Rev. 4:10, 11 is contextually self-explanatory. This has to do with the government of the earth, it occurs at a time following events surrounding the judgment seat (chs. 1-3) but preceding Christ being shown worthy to break the seals of the seven-sealed scroll (ch. 5), and it occurs at a time when Satan’s reign is about to be brought to a close.
After events in Revelation chapters one through three have come to pass, for the first time in man’s history, the person (the bride) who is to rule with the One to replace Satan (Christ) will have been made known and shown forth. And events in the forth chapter reflect that fact.
“And his tail drew a third part of the stars of heaven; and did cast them to the earth….”
Rev. 12:4a
And we shall wear a crown…..
