On Monday, I expect we'll be ready to switch to our next topic, (after concluding the 144,000 in our Heaven study at the start of next class)... Our next topic (based upon the voting) is: Spiritual Warfare in the Last Days - Identifying Ruling Spirits and Principals for Victory...
Who are the 24 Elders?
· Revelation 4:4 “And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.”
· Revelation 5:8-10 “And when he had taken the Book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the Book, and to open the Seals thereof: for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy Blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.”
Let's examine the key aspects of this vision of the 24 Elders at the Throne of Yahweh:
o There are Four Beasts with the 24 Elders – these are the living Seraphim angels, which are representing 4 of the Roles of Messiah: Man, Eagle, Bull, Lion (Yahshua Himself is portrayed in the vision as the fifth Role – the Highest of them all: the Worthy Lamb). This shows us that the 24 Elders' thrones are directly around the Throne of Yahweh, for the four Seraphim angels serve Yahweh at His Throne.
o The Book, which is the Scroll Sealed with 7 Seals – this is Title Deed to Planet Earth (full restoration to Yahweh’s dominion, and healing/deliverance from rebellion – this is presented in the study on Youtube called “The Strange Story of Earth’s Title Deed” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU33STAHbPE&t=1153s )
o The 24 Elders carry Harps – harps represents praise and worship of Yahweh for victory. The fact that the elders carry harps suggests praise to Yahshua for His victory - this indicates that they are likely saved humans, who have found victory in Christ.
- Psalm 33:2 "Praise Yahweh with harp: sing unto Him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings."
- Psalm 43:4 "Then will I go unto the Altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise Thee, O God my God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:57 "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Sovereign Yahshua Messiah."
o The 24 Elders carry golden Vials of Odours (which is incense) – represents intercession and prayers of the saints.
o The 24 Elders State that They are Redeemed by Yahshua's Blood - The statement that they make tells us beyond question that the 24 Elders are human, having been saved from Earth: “ Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy Blood.” They are among the redeemed – they have a leadership role, among the Redeemed.
· Revelation 11:15-17 “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Yahweh, and of His Messiah; and He shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Sovereign God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great Power, and hast reigned.”
Revelation 19:4 And
the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God
that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
· Verse 6 of this chapter is on the
Marriage Supper of the Lamb… which is a
future event, even for us today… So,
John the Revelator sees into Heaven in Revelation 19, viewing the 24 elders
worshipping just prior to the Marriage Supper event…
· From this, we can clearly see that
John’s visions of the 24 elders did not necessarily include people already in
Heaven… prophetic visions are usually future events in Scripture.
Elders
are Representatives
· Elders are functioning in leadership
and representation of the larger Body of Messiah – Israel
· Exodus 24:1 – the 70 elders are appointed in a
leadership role, which means they each have areas of jurisdiction in leading
Israel, and they also serve in a representation role, representing all of
Israel in that Covenant Meal with Yahweh.
· Numbers 11:16
· Acts 15 – The elders function in representing
the Will of Yahweh to the larger Body.
Yahshua told
us half of them
·
Matthew 19:27-28 – “Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we
have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? And
Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed
Me, in the Regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of his
glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel.”
·
Luke 22:30 – the 12
Apostles sit on thrones and Judge Israel (12 tribes), around the Throne of
Yahweh (at His Table).
The 24 Elders are named on the 12
Gates/Foundations:
·
The 12 Tribes – the Sons of Jacob
(Israel) – Revelation 21:11-12
o
Revelation 7:5-8 - Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin
·
The 12 Apostles (aka Disciples) are
named on the Foundations – Revelation 21:14
·
Ezekiel 48:30-35
Video Links:
- How One Man Changed Music in 24 Days (the backstory behind Handel's Messiah) - (1 minute and 34 seconds)
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