4:8
The “eyes” signify that the creatures see everything that is going on. So the starting point for John’s vision is that the king is upon His throne, and He knows everything that is going on. We would like a much simpler (in our eyes) solution than the way that things work out (which involves much suffering). However, we need to know that the Lord is in control. Moreover, the creatures are singing “Holy, Holy, Holy ...” They see and know everything and they still believe that the Lord is Lord.
4:9,10
The four creatures give glory to the Lord, and the twenty four elders join in with this, giving it their full support. They fall down and worship the Lord, and lay their crowns before Him. We are also reminded that the Lord is eternal. So on earth we have seeming mayhem, and men rebellion against the Lord, in heaven we see the Lord being honoured and worshipped. We need to fix our eyes on heaven. Not so that we can escape the world, but so that we can live properly in the world.
4:11
The truth is that the Lord is worthy to receive “glory, honour and power”. Why? Because He created all things. Man created nothing, God created everything. That puts us on a rather different footing! Everything was created by God and has its being purely because of God. When we live as if there is no God, as the secular world does, we are living by a lie. We need to live by the truth.
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