Revelation 4:8

Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come” ~ Revelation 4:8

 

We cannot grasp the awesomeness of this scene in its completeness. The living creatures stand before the throne of God and glory, they stand in fear and trembling. Each has six wings: two cover their face so they cannot look upon the shechinah, that is, the holy seat of God; with two they cover their feet so they will not touch the footstool of the Shechinah; with two they fly, and cry out the goodness of His great name. Their call and cry is continual, never ending, as they call back and forth, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. Day and night the call continues indicating the works and ways of God are constantly bringing praise to Him. How glorious a vision John has permitted us to view. There is a great deal of symbolism in the Book of Revelation, much we cannot understand with quick reading, but this is clear: God is holy and worthy to be praised. If these heavenly beings spend their time in continual worship and adoration of God, the question remains if there is any better way for us to spend our time? In the next verse, twenty-four elders cast their crowns before the throne of God. These are kingly men, men of authority, yet they recognize that all that authority comes from the One before them – the Lord God Almighty. Oh, how weak and humble we should feel right now. We who strive for self-importance in this world, to make a name for ourselves through our work, our prestige, our vanity. We who try to control our lives and its outcomes to please ourselves ought to fall prostrate on our faces before this great God! He is the living God, the One who was, and is, and is to come! Are you ready for His return, for His coming once again to take His worshippers to His kingdom for ever and ever? He is the only one due this worship. Come now, receive Him, and give worship to the One who will redeem and preserve you. 

Pastor Julia


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