“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”
You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created — the hymnic declaration grounds God's worthiness in creative power and sovereign will; all being originates in and depends upon God's purpose (thelēma). This theo-centric declaration frames the entire apocalyptic unfolding as the vindication of God's lordship over creation.
Church Fathers on Revelation 4:11
“And they cast their crowns under His feet.” That is, on account of the eminent glory of Christ's victory, they cast all their victories under His feet. This is what in the Gospel the Holy Spirit consummated by showing, For when about finally to suffer, our Lord had come to Jerusalem, and the people had gone forth to meet Him, some strewed the road with palm branches cut down, others threw down their garments, doubtless these were setting forth two peoples — the one of the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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