The 24 Elders of Revelation- Larry Elliott

The 24 Elders of Revelation
Written by: Pastor Larry Elliott

Numerical references are an interesting thing in the Bible: creation’s 7 days, 7 angels, 7 spirits of God, 7 seals, trumpets & bowls, Daniel’s 70 weeks, Egypt’s 10 plagues, Israel’s 40 years of wandering, Jesus 40 days in the wilderness, Jonah’s 3 days in the belly of the great fish, Israel’s 400 years of Egyptian captivity, 400 years of prophetic silence, Daniel’s 1260 days = 42 months, to name a few. We are mostly left with no interpretation of the significance of these numbers – the text simply states the number and moves on.

Twelve seems to be a number of some significance: 12 months of the lunar calendar, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 Apostles, 12 gates of the New Jerusalem, 12 thousand sealed from each tribe, 12 thousand stadia of the New Jerusalem…

We are, this week, introduced to the concept of 24 elders in chapter four of The Revelation. Being quite astute, I noticed that 24 is a multiple of 12 but the number is again simply stated and not explained. Which leaves us with a number 5020202020Recent