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The Twenty-Four Elders appear in the Book of Revelation (4:4) of the Christian Bible. They are described as followed: before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal... round about... were four beasts full of eyes... The four and twenty elders fall down before him... and worship him that liveth for ever and ever. [1] [2]
Each cherub is crowned by a tongued flame, a reference to the "seven lamps of fire" described in Revelation 4.5. [9] In Revelation, Saint John wrote, 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. [9]
Around God's throne are twenty four other thrones, on which sit elders in white robes. From the throne comes thunder and lightning and, in front of the throne, the author sees seven torches and a sea of crystal. The author then sees four creatures which have six wings and are covered in eyes (Revelation 4:6–11). The creatures are giving ...
The Book of Revelation gives a list of the twelve tribes. However, the Tribe of Dan is omitted while Joseph is mentioned alongside Manasseh. In the vision of the Heavenly Jerusalem, the tribes' names (the names of the twelve sons of Jacob) are written on the city gates (Ezekiel 48:30–35 & Revelation 21:12–13).
Jesus promised his apostles that they would sit upon "twelve thrones", judging the twelve tribes of Israel (Matthew 19:28). John's Revelation states: "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away" (Revelation 20:11). The Apostle Paul speaks of "thrones" in Colossians 1:16.
Charles called attention to the frequent use of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs by Paul and other writers of the New Testament. In particular: I Thess. ii. 16 is a quotation of Test. Patr., Levi, 6:10-11; Rom. 12:19 is taken from Gad, 6:7; Rom. 12:21 is taken from Benjamin, 4:3; II Cor. 7:10 is a quote from Gad, 5:7;
The Book of Revelation describes the Seven Spirits of God which surround the throne, and its author wishes his readers in the Seven Asian churches to be blessed with grace from God, from the seven who are before God's throne, and from Jesus Christ in Heaven. He states that in front of the throne there appears to be "a sea of glass, clear as ...
The Apocalypse of Paul (Apocalypsis Pauli, literally "Revelation of Paul"; more commonly known in the Latin tradition as the Visio Pauli or Visio Sancti Pauli) is a fourth-century non-canonical apocalypse and part of the New Testament apocrypha. The full original Greek version of the Apocalypse of Paul is lost, although fragmentary versions ...
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