“And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.”
And the four living creatures said, 'Amen!' and the elders fell down and worshiped — the creatures affirm the doxology with amen (yes, so be it); the elders' prostration completes the circle of worship, from throne-room to cosmos to throne-room again, establishing harmony between heaven and earth in their common acknowledgment of the Lamb's supremacy.
Church Fathers on Revelation 5:14
“Twenty-four elders and four living creatures, having harps and phials, and singing a new song.” The proclamation of the Old Testament associated with the New, points out the Christian people singing a new song, that is, bearing their confession publicly. It is a new thing that the Son of God should become man. It is a new thing to ascend into the heavens with a body. It is a new thing to give remission of sins to men. It is a new thing for men to be sealed with the Holy…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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