REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Fourteen - Identifying the 24 Elders - Conclusion

 What is significant about the number 24, in that John sees 24 elders around the throne? In many respects, these were foreshadowed by the faithful priests of ancient Israel.  The apostle Peter wrote to anointed Christians: "You are a 'chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for special possession.'" (1 Peter 2:9) Interestingly, that ancient Jewish priesthood came to be divided into 24 divisions. Each division  was before Jehovah, so that a sacred service  was rendered without a break.  (1 Chronicles 24:5-19)  It is fitting, then, that, there are 24 elders depicted in John's vision of the heavenly priesthood because  this priesthood serves Jehovah continually, without ceasing. When completed,  there will be 24 divisions, each with 6,000 conquerors for Revelation 14:1-4 tells us that 144,000 (24x6,000) are "bought from among mankind" to stand on the heavenly mount Zion with the Lamb, Jesus Christ.  Since the number 12 signifies a divinely balanced organization, 24 doubles-or strengthens - such an arrangement.

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