Revelation 5:14 - Exposition

And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth forever and ever. (On the signification of the four beasts as representative of creation, and the four-and-twenty elders as typical of the Church, see on Revelation 4:4 and Revelation 4:6 .) Three stages are marked in the hymn of adoration before this concluding verse:

This forms the end of one act of the heavenly drama. The opening of the seals now follows, and a description of the attendant circumstances is given.