The 24 elders are memorial and represent the body in Trinity. Consider the role which the 12 Apostles created by the eternal Word plays in disseminating the Gospel of God on the earth. They occupy in heaven as associates, similar to the role the four beasts attests of Jesus Christ as 'the firstborn of every creation'. (Col.1:15) Their testimony is of the Gospel of God and it applies in heaven, in earth and in the lower parts. (3x8=24).
In heaven -"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,"(Re.14:6)
2.On earth as associates of the Son of man. (Matt.10:40; Luke10:16) "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus (He.3:1)"
3. In the lower parts. "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:/By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison."(1 Pe.3:18-19. Cf.Ec.11:2 "Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth." Consequence of Jesus preaching in the lower parts has great consequence. Re.12 gives us a clear hint why. "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood./ And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. "(Re12:15-16)
Fulness of Jesus covers even there. "The firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence./For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;"(Col.1:18-19,16)
The 24 elders are memorial and represent the body in Trinity. Consider the role which the 12 Apostles created by the eternal Word plays in disseminating the Gospel of God on the earth. They occupy in heaven as associates, similar to the role the four beasts attests of Jesus Christ as 'the firstborn of every creation'. (Col.1:15) Their testimony is of the Gospel of God and it applies in heaven, in earth and in the lower parts. (3x8=24).
In heaven -"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,"(Re.14:6)
2.On earth as associates of the Son of man. (Matt.10:40; Luke10:16) "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus (He.3:1)"
3. In the lower parts. "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:/By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison."(1 Pe.3:18-19. Cf.Ec.11:2 "Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth." Consequence of Jesus preaching in the lower parts has great consequence. Re.12 gives us a clear hint why. "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood./ And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. "(Re12:15-16)
Fulness of Jesus covers even there. "The firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence./For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;"(Col.1:18-19,16)
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