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24 Elders And 4 Beasts


Twenty Four Elders

In Summary: The 24 elders wear white clothes and gold crowns, while sitting around the throne of "Lord God Almighty", Father Jehovah, who "created all things" and reins "for ever and ever", "which was, and is, and is to come". They are often seen praising and worshiping Father Jehovah and having harps, and golden vials full of... the prayers of saints. These elders must be human.


Four Beasts

The word translated "beasts" in the KJV from Strong's Greek Dictionary is ζῶον zōon(G2226), which means a live thing that has no gender, such as angels or humans in Heaven. See Matthew22:30; Mark12:25; Luke20:34-35 . In other Bible translations, this Greek word was translated "living creatures" or " living beings".

In Summary: The four "beasts"/"living creatures" appear to be special angels called cherubim(plural) or cherub(singular). Like the 24 elders, there seems to always be 4 cherubim sitting near the throne of the Almighty Father Jehovah, often worshiping and praising Jehovah. They speak with authority. They play harps and sing, but have no crowns. One of them gave the 7 vials of Jehovah's wrath to the seven angels tasked with pouring those vials out on Earth as the seven last plagues.


Desiring to live by every word that comes from the mouth of Jehovah ( Deut8:3; Matt4:4 )

-Sid Nash: 03/29/2025. Latest version: http://sidnash.org/docs/24Elders4Beasts.html