Wed, 13 December, 2006: Today’s Bible readings.
9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they existed and were created.”
In John’s vision of heaven, he sees the living creatures and twenty-four elders worshiping God.
What do we learn from this?
God is worthy to be worshiped. He is worthy to receive glory and honor and power. But why? For you created all things and by your will they existed and were created.
God is worthy to be worshiped be cause of creation. He made us. We would not exist if He had not made us. He made us collectively (mankind is His creation), and He made us individually. We are His creation, and I am His creation. I owe my existence (and my continuing existence) to Him.
Therefore I should worship Him. I belong to God by creation, and it is my due to glorify God.
Where is Christ in this passage?
We know that Jesus Christ is involved in creation. John 1:3 tells us that All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. Therefore Jesus Christ is worthy of our worship.
We shall see in the next chapter of Revelation that God, through Jesus Christ is doubly worthy of our worship. He has created us and He has redeemed us from our sins.
