Chapter Twenty-Nine/Singing the Triumphal New Song - Singing as if a New Song - Continue

 How can the 144,000 sing "before" the elders, since the 2 elders are the 144,000 in their glorious heavenly position? Early in the Lord's day, those "dead in union with Christ were resurrected in spirit creatures. Thus, faithful anointed Christians who have conquered are now in heaven, symbolically fulfilling functions comparable to those of 24 divisions of priestly elders. They are included in the vision of Jehovah's heavenly organization. (1 Thessalonians 4:15, 16; 1 Chronicles 24:1-18; Revelation 4:4; 6:11) The remnant of the 144,000 still on earth are therefore singing the new song before, or in the sight of their resurrected brothers in heaven. 

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