“And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,”
Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever — the perpetual doxology of the heavenly court frames worship as the proper response to God's eternal existence (zōn eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn, living into the ages of ages).
Church Fathers on Revelation 4:9
“The first living creature was like to a lion, and the second was like to a calf, and the third had a face like to a man, and the fourth was like to a flying eagle; and they had six wings, and round about and within they were full of eyes; and they had no rest, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord Omnipotent. And the four and twenty elders, falling down before the throne, adored God.” The four and twenty elders are the twenty-four books of the prophets and of the law, which give…
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