"Behold, The One Who Sits Upon The Throne!"

This past June, the Salvati family, we went west.

And we were able to see the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park,

and in a word, awesome.

I'll never forget, standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon,

and overwhelmed by its size and its age and its beauty and its power.

It's one of a kind.

You can see it from space.

It's awesome.

Overwhelmed amazement.

How are you feeling this morning?

Did you come in feeling awesome?

Maybe you're feeling burnt out.

You're serving out of obligation, not adoration,

and you're like, it'd be good to get some gratitude around here.

Maybe you're strung out.

I know there are parents in here who are sleep-deprived,

and they're just trying to hold it all together.

You're strung out.

Maybe you're checked out.

You have shelved discernment, biblical discernment,

and you've been doing one little compromise after the next,

and now you've just kind of glossed over,

and you've checked out.

Maybe you're a sellout,

indistinguishable from the rest of the non-believing world,

and you are ashamed to speak the name of Jesus.

Or maybe you're ready to tap out.

You've been living for Jesus.

You've been trying to be faithful to him.

You've got Thanksgiving on the horizon

with your unbelieving family,

and you're just thinking,

maybe I should just go and just keep my mouth shut

and let it all be peace, peace,

when there is no peace.

And you just want to tap out.

You just want to say,

I've tried to do my Jesus thing,

and I'm at it.

It's too hard.

Do you know what you need?

You don't need to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps.

You don't need to schedule a time better.

What you need is awe.

Awe.

Overwhelming amazement

at the one sitting on the throne

in heaven right now.

It's time to get your awe on.

And you get your awe on

by seeing the God on his throne.

Worthy.

Join in the chorus of praise.

Worthy.

Worthy.

Worthy.

Worthy.

Worthy.

This morning,

whether you're burnt out,

checked out,

strung out,

a sell out,

or on the verge of tapping out,

you've got to get your awe on.

You've got to see the one sitting on the throne.

In Revelation chapter 4 and 5,

Revelation 4 · chapter mention

we're given this vision

into the heavenly throne room.

It's quite an inspiring vision.

An awe-inspiring vision.

And this morning,

we're going to focus on chapter 4.

And chapter 4 develops in five steps.

First, there's the summons to the throne room.

Verse 1.

Chapter 4.

And then we see the one seated on the throne.

Verses 2 and 3.

And then there's this activity

from and before the throne.

Verses 5 and 6.

And then the entourage around the throne.

Four living creatures

with a bunch of eyeballs

and 24 elders.

Who are they?

I don't know.

Well, I do know.

I'm going to tell you.

They're around the throne.

And it all culminates

in praise

in verses 8 and 11.

Five steps

of an awe-inspiring vision

of God on His throne.

It's time to get your awe on.

And you get that

by seeing God on His throne.

So let's start with verse 1.

The summons.

You know, it would really be good

to have my Bible.

Verse 1

of chapter 4.

After this, I looked,

and behold,

a door standing open in heaven

and the first voice

which I heard speaking to me

like a trumpet said,

come up here

and I will show you

what must take place

after this.

In verse 1,

we are to see what John sees

and hear what John hears.

And what he sees

is an open door

in heaven.

Now, I don't know

what your experience

with open doors is

in the Salvati house.

An open door

in our house

typically means

there is something burning

in the kitchen

and we need to air it out.

And so,

that's not what's going on

in heaven.

Or,

in the Salvati house,

someone has forgotten

to close the door

and anybody can just

come in at that point.

But it's not like

God on His throne

is saying,

hey, Archangel Michael,

please close the door.

You forgot to close it.

That's not the open door.

The open door

in verse 1

is an invitation.

Come and see.

Come.

Open door.

An invitation.

And John

not only sees

this open door,

he tells us,

behold!

An open door

in heaven.

He wants us

to see.

We're going to have

a line of sight

into the very throne room

in heaven

through this vision.

And not only

does He tell us

to see this,

He hears a voice.

I heard

speaking to me

like a trumpet.

A voice.

Come up here

and I will show you

what must

take place

after this.

It's the same voice

of chapter 1

verse 10.

It's the voice

of the risen,

radiant,

and reigning Christ.

And it's trumpet

light because it's loud

and it's focused.

It is a

heart-piercing

word.

And the invitation

is to come up

to the open door

to look

in.

I will show you

what must take place

after this.

It's no coincidence

that this

Jesus

who had shed

His blood

for John

is the one

who's ushering

Him into

the very throne room

of God.

And He says,

I will show you

what must

take place

after this.

And that word must

is a divine

must.

It is

necessarily

going to happen.

What must

take place

after this,

these future

events that

are now going

to happen

after Jesus

has dressed

these seven

churches

in chapters 2

and 3.

What must

now take place

is ordained

by God

to happen.

It's a divine

necessity.

It will

happen.

And so

what happens

in chapters 4

and 5

is this

throne room

and what

gets enacted

from the

throne room

for chapters 6

through 22

in the book

of Revelation

is these

things that

must happen.

The outworking

of God's

will for the

fullness of

time culminating

in His judgment

of all things.

It's going

to happen.

So here

in this

summoning

John

is summoned

to peer

into the

throne room

of God

in heaven

to see

what must

happen

now

that these

letters to

the seven

churches

have been

written.

So those

are written

in 96 AD.

So John

is being

brought into

what's going

to happen

is going

to happen

right after

that.

And so

what we

are being

brought into

is God

at work

in the

world

now.

The vision

to the

churches

in chapters

2 and 3

is the

churches

being

challenged

on earth.

And what

this is

happening

in verse

1 is a

transition

from these

churches

being challenged

on earth

to God

on His

throne

unchallenged

in heaven.

We go

from earth

to heaven

the throne

room.

That's what's

happening

here.

And it's

very timely.

These

seven

churches

in Asia

Minor

modern day

Turkey

96 AD

they were

experiencing

all sorts

of stuff.

And they

were being

called to

overcome

and now

what happens

is they're

given this

vision

of God

exalted

on His

throne.

God is

on His

throne

church.

And we

are brought

into this

vision too.

It's time

to get

your

awe

on.

It's

time to

see the

one

sitting

on the

throne.

So if

you're

burnt

out,

if you're

strung

out,

if you're

checked

out,

if you're

a sell

out,

or you

are about

to tap

out,

this

vision

of God

on His

throne

is coming

at just

the right

time for

you.

it was

just the

right time

for the

seven

churches

in Asia

Minor,

and it's

just the

right time

for you.

So we've

seen the

summons.

Now let's

look at

verses 2

and 3,

the one

on the

throne.

John

peers through

the door

in verse

2.

He's

empowered

by the

Spirit.

That's also

from chapter

1,

verse 10.

It's a

vision given

to a

prophet,

and in

the Spirit

he beholds,

first thing,

a throne.

A throne.

That word

throne is a

very important

word in the

book of

Revelation.

It appears

46 times

throughout the

book.

40 of those

times is an

explicit reference

to God

on His

throne

reigning

over all.

And then

here in

chapter 4,

of those

40 times,

throne is

used 11

times in

chapter 4

alone.

So do you

know what

that means?

Chapter 4

is throne

dense.

It's

emphatic.

God wants

to get

throne on

your mind.

His throne.

His reign.

His working

out of all

things.

As Americans,

we don't

really think

much of

kings,

throne rooms,

thrones.

I mean,

we're

Americans.

But we're

familiar enough

with it to

know.

The closest

thing we have

to a king

is a president.

The closest

thing we have

to a throne

room is an

oval office.

The closest

thing we have

to throne

furniture is

the resolute

desk sitting

in the oval

office.

Maybe you've

seen National

Treasure 2.

people.

And we all

know that the

one seated

at this

desk is

making decisions

for our

nation.

That this

one at this

desk, he's

exercising

authority.

He's making

plans, setting

him into

motion.

The closest

thing that we

have to a

king in a

throne room

and a throne

is a

president in an

oval office

and a

resolute desk.

But the

throne that

John sees,

it's not in

a white

house.

It's not in

a palace or

a fortress.

It's not even

on earth.

This is a

throne in

heaven.

The throne

in heaven.

The throne

that from

which authority

is exercised

over all

kingdoms.

whether that's

human,

animal,

whether that

is spiritual

or even

solar kingdoms,

from this

throne,

everything is

ruled over.

When we see

that word

throne, we

need to invest

it with

sovereignty.

Unrivaled,

all authoritative,

all powerful,

rule over all

things in

heaven and on

earth and

under the

earth and

across the

galaxies.

We're in the

throne room

of God.

If you're

familiar with

your Bibles,

you've been

there before.

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1

and Isaiah

Isaiah 6 · chapter mention

chapter 6.

If you

were the

early church

in 96

AD,

this would

have been

really good

news.

You've just

been told by

the risen

Christ they're

going to be

facing challenges

and tribulations

you need to

overcome.

And now

the focus is

shifted

onto heaven

and God

on his throne

unrivaled

and unchallenged.

You see,

that throne

doesn't have a

little sign on

it that says,

be back after

lunch.

That throne

has someone

sitting on it.

and we

see this

someone

described

in verse

3.

And he

who sat

there

had the

appearance

of Jasper

and Carnelian

and around

the throne.

It was a

rainbow that

had the

appearance

of an

emerald.

The Greek

language,

which this

is a

translation

of,

it's

actually

more

specific.

It would

read like

this.

And he

who sat

there

had the

like

appearance

of Jasper

and Carnelian

and around

the throne

was a

rainbow

that had

the

like

appearance

of an

emerald.

He's

playing off

of Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1

where Ezekiel

has a

vision of

God

on his

mobile

throne

and he

describes,

Ezekiel

describes

the God

he sees

as an

appearance

of his

likeness.

He's

not even

getting

close

to

describing

imaging

God

which

would

have

been

forbidden.

Though

there's

reverence

here.

Did you

notice the

stones,

Jasper,

Carnelian

and

Emerald?

They're

very valuable

stones.

They're going

to show up

later in

21

talking about

the new

Jerusalem

but all

these stones

are

translucent

which means

they let

light shine

through

and they

bring color.

without

seeing

what's

behind

them.

It's like

privacy

glass in

your

bathroom.

Let's

light out

but you

can't see

anything

inside of

it.

There's

mystery

here.

But

color,

light,

brilliance,

awe,

wonder.

And did

you notice

the rainbow

around the

throne?

verse

three,

and around

the throne

was a

rainbow.

Your

mind

should

make a

beeline

to

Genesis

chapter

nine

where

after the

flood

God

promises

not to

send

another

flood

and he

marks

that

promise

and we

see it

every time

there's a

summer

thunderstorm

rainbow.

rainbow.

You should

be thinking

mercy.

This

throne

exalted

high

with the

one

on it

over

all

things

mercy.

Awe

inspiring.

What we

have here

is God

and his

breathtaking

beauty

sitting

on his

overall

throne

in heaven

and what

the emphasis

of this

passage is

is God

is on

the throne

right now.

Would you

mind turning

to the

person next

to you

and telling

them right

now God's

on his

throne right

now?

Go ahead.

He is

on his

throne

right now.

The churches

in 96

AD

would have

welcomed

this

despite

what they

may have

been feeling

despite

the threats

and the

challenges

they were

experiencing

they were

being given

a vision

of God

on his

throne

and we

are too.

I don't

know what

you're going

through.

I don't

know if

you're burnt

out,

if you're

strung

out,

if you're

checked

out,

if you're

a sell

out,

or if

you're

about to

tap

out.

God's

on his

throne

and that

is to

have an

effect

on your

soul

which you

start crying

out,

worthy.

This

awe

gives

persevering

power.

All right,

we've

been

summoned,

we've

seen God

on his

throne,

are you

starting to

get your

awe on a

little bit?

The third

step now,

interesting

activity coming

from and

before the

throne.

throne.

I'm just

going to

point out

some stuff

and I'm

going to

camp out

on something.

There are

three things

here.

From the

throne are

coming

lightnings

and rumblings

and thunderstorms

and what

you're to be

thinking about

in light of

our Bibles

is Exodus

Exodus 19 · chapter mention

chapter 19,

Mount Sinai.

God

delivered his

people,

brought them

to this

mountain,

he's going

to make a

covenant with

him,

give him

his law,

and he

is theophanizing,

he's showing

up in

dark clouds

and rumbling

and you

know what

the people

were feeling?

A little

scared,

awe.

It's going

around the

throne,

it's coming

from the

throne.

And not

just that,

we read

that there

are these

seven burning

torches

and we're

told in

verse 5

that the

seven spirits

of God,

God.

I'm going

to come

back to

verse 4

in a

little bit.

These

seven spirits

of God

we've learned

earlier from

this series,

it's actually

a reference

to the

one Holy

Spirit

in his

fullness.

That number

seven for

the Hebrew

mind meant

completeness

and fullness.

And so

before the

throne in

heaven is

the fullness

of the

Spirit's

presence lighting

up the

heavenly temple.

that's what's

going on

there.

But what I

want to

show you

is this

sea.

There is a

sea before

the throne.

We read,

and before

the throne,

verse 6,

there was,

as it were,

a sea of

glass,

like crystal.

It's

interesting.

A sea,

am I reading

that right?

S-E-A,

sea of

glass.

You need

to understand

that in the

book of

Revelation,

and in the

Bible generally,

the sea is

associated with

evil,

with chaos.

It's a

chaos maker.

Do you

remember in

Mark chapter

Mark 4 · chapter mention

4 and 5,

chapter 5,

Jesus shows

up in the

area of the

Gesinnerines,

and there is

this guy going

nuts.

He's a

demoniac

possessed by a

legion of

demons,

and he's

running around

the cemetery

naked,

and nobody,

no human

could bind

him.

Jesus shows

up,

and he sets

this guy

free,

and he's

calming in his

right mind.

Do you remember

what happened

before it?

Jesus is on

a boat on

the Sea of

Galilee,

making headway

to this place

to set this

demoniac free.

Do you

remember what

happens on

the sea?

It goes

nuts.

It's chaos.

Do you

remember what

Jesus says to

the sea?

Peace, be

still.

Be still

chaos.

Done.

It was

like glass.

glass.

And then

he sets

the demoniac

free.

There's a

connection

between

demonic,

satanic

activity

in the

raging sea.

Let me

point to

you further.

In Revelation

Revelation 13 · chapter mention

chapter 13,

the beast,

one of the

three of

the members

of the

anti-trinity,

dragon,

beast,

false prophet,

the beast,

do you know

where he comes

up from?

The sea.

Chaos maker.

And then

maybe you

remember when

you read in

your Bible

at the end

of Revelation,

Revelation 21,

you're reading

about the new

heavens and

the new

earth being

created,

and there's

this little

line there

that says,

in the sea

was no more,

and usually

what I do

is like,

I don't know

what that

means,

I just keep

on reading.

Here's what

that means.

Chaos is

done.

So now we

come back

to the

throne room.

And before

the throne

is a sea

of glass

like crystal,

smooth as

ice.

Oh,

there's no

chaos in

the throne

room of

God.

There's no

crazy making

going on.

it's at

peace,

tranquil.

God is

in control.

What we

see going

on around

here,

the

thunderstorm's

power,

the fullness

of the

Spirit's

presence,

and a

peaceful

sea right

in front

of the

throne.

It's

supposed to

get your

awe on.

It's good

news for

the burnt

out,

the strung

out,

the checked

out,

the sell

out,

and those

about to

tap out.

God's on

his throne

right now.

You may

not feel

like that,

but he

is.

Now I

want to go

back to

verse 4 and

verses 6 and

8, because

this is the

fourth move.

There is this

entourage around

the throne,

and I'm

guessing many

of you have

been like,

what are these

living creatures

with all those

eyeballs?

Well, this

entourage around

the throne is

encircling the

throne.

Think of two

concentric circles.

The group

around, the

furthest out, is

24 elders, and

then inside that,

right almost on

top of the throne,

are four living

creatures.

They're surrounding

the throne.

So who are these

24 elders?

Well, there's a lot

of debate.

Scholars say, well,

they might represent

the 24 Levites

worshiping the

temple in the

Old Testament.

Or there's some

really smart folks

that think that

this is a distinct

class of angels

around God's throne

that are kind of

like God's

angelic advisors.

But there's another

option, an option

that I tend to be

persuaded of,

key word,

persuaded,

lean to.

I wouldn't die

on this hill,

but I think you'll

see why in a

second.

That these 24

elders are actually

representing

redeemed humanity.

That they are

representing saints

of old and new.

Now, why would I

say that?

When you read the

descriptions of

these 24 elders

elders in verse

4, you read

that they're

seated on

thrones, that

they're clothed

in white garments,

that they've got

gold, gold crowns

on their heads.

It should ring

some bells.

The letter to the

church of Laodicea,

you remember

what Jesus said,

come by for me.

Come by for me.

Gold refined by

fire,

white garments.

And then,

towards the end

of three,

he says,

the one who

conquers,

I will grant him

to sit with me

on my throne,

as I also conquered

and sat down with

my father on his

throne.

Throne,

white garments,

gold.

I think that this

beleaguered church

is given a vision

of their representatives

around the throne.

throne.

There are 24 of them.

What's up with the

number 24?

Well, it's a clear

doubling of the

number 12, as in

the 12 tribes of

Israel, as in the

12 apostles of the

Lamb.

And when you get

back into Revelation

21, the new

Jerusalem, this

glorious city coming

down from heaven,

what you see is

described as this

gigantic wall around

the city has 12

gates, and there

are names on those

12 gates, the 12

tribes of Israel.

And this same one

city has 12

foundations, and on

those 12 foundations

are 12 names, the

12 names of the

apostles of the

Lamb.

This one city,

together,

representing all of

God's redeemed, 12

tribes, 12

apostles, God's

people who believe

in Jesus, Jew and

Gentile.

These 24 elders are

representatives of the

Old Testament and New

Testament saints

reigning with God in

His presence.

And that's just the

first part of the

entourage.

entourage.

Let's turn to the

second group around

the throne, those

within the circle.

And verses 6 and

8, we read about

them.

They are described

as living creatures.

And when you read

their descriptions of

having eyeballs all

over the place and

wings, you're kind of

left shocked.

this is really weird.

It's meant to have

that effect on you.

And it's meant to

stir your thinking.

These symbols often

point back to the

Old Testament as

these are right now.

These creatures,

living creatures

around the throne,

these four living

creatures, they have

so many similarities

to the angels of

Ezekiel 1 and Isaiah

6 that are

surrounding the

throne visions

there.

Winged creatures

with really odd

features.

In verse 7, we

read that the first

of these living

creatures is like a

lion.

The second is like

an ox.

The third is like

a man.

And the fourth is

like an eagle.

Do you know what

those four creatures

have in common?

they are the

strongest of their

species.

They represent

their species.

And when he put

four of them

together around the

throne, you have

representation of

all species, all

creation around the

throne.

four carries the

sense of the

four winds, the

four points of the

compass.

These four living

creatures are

representatives of

all of God's

creation.

And these creatures

have six wings like

the seraphim in

Isaiah 6.

In verses 6 and

8, we read that

they're covered with

eyes.

You kind of think

it's kind of

grotesque until you

realize why they're

so eyeballed out.

Look at verse 8.

And the four living

creatures, each of

them with six wings,

are filled out with

so many eyeballs.

It's who they're

around.

All of their eyes

are fixed on the

one sitting on the

throne.

All attention, all

attention in the

heavenly throne room

is on the one

sitting on the

throne.

All eyes on the

one sitting on the

throne.

All of their eyes

are on him.

All of creation is

bearing witness to

the creator on the

throne.

these four creatures

represent all of

creation and they

make up the second

half of the entourage

around the throne.

Let's put it all

together.

Because if you put it

all together, and

this is why I think

they represent what

they do, you have

representation of all

of God's works of

redemption and

representation of all

of God's work of

creation in the throne

room paying close

attention to the one

on the throne.

It's an entourage of

representations of

those who are blood

bought and those who

God has called into

existence.

we are being given a

glimpse into the throne

room of God and those

attending him and it

is awesome.

It's what's happening

right now.

We're going to wrap up

this service maybe at

1120, 1125.

we're going to go our

different ways.

But the heavenly worship

service never ends.

It never stops.

Because the entourage,

they're not indifferent

into whose presence

they're in.

they're not burnt out.

They're not strung out.

They're not checked out.

There's no sell out.

They're not about to tap

out.

Oh, they're dialed in.

We've seen the entourage.

They've got their awe on.

Because awe always

culminates in praise.

And that's what we see

happening in verses 8 and

11.

It's the final move of

this chapter.

Summons.

We've seen the one

sitting.

We see what's going on

around the throne.

The entourage.

And now the praise.

Both the four living

creatures and the 24

elders offer up

praise to the one

sitting on the throne.

It starts with the

four living creatures.

They read in verse 8.

They never cease to say,

Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty

who was and is

and is to come.

This is what they do.

They keep on praising

God.

They've got their awe on.

And it culminates

in praise.

It's what the seraphim

are doing in Isaiah.

6.

Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God

Almighty.

And that's what we see

happening here.

There's a three-fold

praise for who God

is.

His holiness,

His power,

and His eternality.

Holy, holy, holy.

It's the distinct

character trait of God.

It's the only word

used three times

to describe God

in worship of Him.

There's no other word

repeated three times.

We don't have,

oh, you're God of love,

love, love.

Oh, you're God of power,

power, power.

We have a God who is

holy, holy, holy.

It's emphatic.

It means set apart

in one's nature,

in one's essence,

other.

And these four living

creatures recognize it.

There's no one like you.

No one like you.

God doesn't think

that His holiness

is boring,

and neither do

these four living

creatures around

the throne.

There's no boredom

in God's presence.

There's no boredom

in God's presence.

Not only is He

holy, holy, holy,

He is almighty.

And we're very familiar

with this word almighty.

Maybe overly familiar.

It means all-powerful,

unlimited,

unrivaled.

There's no other

created being

or thing

that even comes

close to rivaling

God in His power.

Let me give you

an example.

I like sci-fi things.

I like movies

about black holes

and spaceships

coming to black holes

and they gotta put

all their thrusters on

in order to get away

from the black hole.

Black holes

are like

mysterious,

gigantic things

that nobody

wants to deal with.

They can have

kind of like this

almightiness to them.

But if this is true,

God the Creator

not only thought up

black holes,

not only has them

named all throughout

the universe,

He's the one

who flicked them

into existence

with His pinky.

God doesn't get

sucked into black holes.

There is nothing,

no one,

that comes close

to the power

of the Lord God

Almighty.

He speaks things

into existence

with just words.

He saves

sinners

from the consequences

of their sins.

There's a power,

no one has a power

like that.

And not just

is He powerful,

He is eternal

who was

and is

and is to come.

Here are four

created beings

around the throne

and they are

basically

kind of reiterating

Psalm 92,

from everlasting

to everlasting,

you are God.

God,

there's no one

like that.

You may have

an eternity

in front of you,

you do not have

an eternity

behind you.

God does.

He is the

ancient of days,

no beginning

and no end.

He is the

everlasting

I am

set apart

in all that He is.

In a very real sense,

time owns you.

You are bound

by time.

We've got 70,

80 years

if we're strong.

We've got to be places.

We've got to hit our marks.

But isn't it good to know

that the one sitting

on the throne,

He is timeless.

He owns time.

Time serves God's purposes.

That's why Jesus

can say,

I will show you

what must

take place

because I've got

time as a tool.

God owns time

because

God is

timeless.

It's three-fold praise.

these living creatures

are

praising God

for His holiness,

for His power,

for His eternality

and none of them

are bored.

It's a glorious

sight.

And then

these four living creatures

in verse 9,

they're like worship leaders.

they're saying,

holy, holy, holy.

Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty.

He who was

and is

and is to come

and whenever

they say that

because they keep on

saying it

or things like it.

Verse 10,

the other,

those outside

the circle,

the 24 elders,

they hear that

and then they respond.

They've got their

awe on

and it culminates

in praise.

They hear these words,

holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty.

He who was

and is

and is to come

and you don't

see the elders.

What time is it?

They're falling down.

They're worshiping Him.

They're lifting

their voices.

They're casting

their crowns.

This crown

is mine

because you gave it

to me.

I'm giving it back.

You be praised

and glorified.

Oh, it's such a good

picture for us

of how to respond

to who God is.

When we are awed

by God,

the response

is dropping down.

It's humility.

It's giving back.

It's a great picture

for us

and look what they're saying.

worthy are you,

our Lord and God.

You don't know this,

but that same phrase

was used

to

greet

the Emperor

Domitian

in 96 A.D.

worthy are you,

Emperor,

Roman Emperor.

Worthy are you,

our Lord and God,

Emperor.

You see what's going on here?

The 24 elders

surrounding the throne,

they're like,

uh,

no.

There is only

one who is worthy.

He is no created thing.

He is no man or woman.

He's not sitting