The Great Apocalypse
Worship is giving God all of the glory. And this section is the beginning of the judgments of God .. the final retribution to be poured out against the law breakers. But the ceremony is the worship service in heaven. And Christ is extolled because He purchased salvation for the elect and He is the only one able to bring about the enactment of the final judgment. The right hand of God is His pre ordained place of counsel in which in all history He has come to rescue His elect from the enemies of the faith. Gods word is the official call to battle and is sure to always triumph. These images of the instruments in the hands of these living creatures and elders are collections of the history of Gods people who suffered according to Gods eternal counsel and are encouragements for us to pray without ceasing because they connect us to heaven as if it is like the ot concept of God listening in acting. Listening being a metaphor for God acting.
We have the creatures as the overseers of these very important attributes of God that are extolled night and day. These are His power... wealth.. wisdom.. and strength... honor glory and praise. These are the finest attributes of worship. Gods pre ordained counsel is in His rite hand to work out the events in history according to these attributes. These attributes are the responses to the desires of His elect. So that you have this repetitive liturgy in this heavenly worship service ... of which i am not against... we do this in our church. Because His rite hand is what creates reality and the response of worship is what He deserves because He alone deserves the perfect worship as the end of all good. Ive got to talk about these attributes because they get rite down to our humanity how it works out through the kingdom principles.