Vern Poythress commenting on Revelation 4:10-11:
“The living creatures are answered by the twenty-four elders. as by a kind of antiphonal choir. The elders bow down, acknowledging the majesty and authority of God, then pledging their submission, obedience, and reverence. Their crowns, victory wreaths of honor, have meaning only as they are seen as derivative from the One who deserves all honor: “Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory”. Would that not only all our theology but all our motives and conduct were thoroughly animated by this impulse of worship!”
From: The Returning King
