The Revelation of Jesus Christ - The Herald

and strengthening such as was never his before. That this serving of the servants by the
Master should be understood to be an individual work and not merely a collective service
and feast, is evidenced by the Lord's statement in Rev. 3:20. Here the Lord represents the
same event in connection with His message to the last phase of His Church nominal, the
Laodicean phase. He says, 'Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man [individual]
hear My voice [knock], and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he
with Me.'"
World redemption proclaimed under the seventh trumpet
From the foregoing review of facts as to the marvelous unfolding of prophetic truths and
the proclamation of the same in these latter days--truths that announce the great change of
dispensation and the imminency of Christ's Kingdom, we see most surely the fulfillment
of the "voices in heaven" saying "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of
our Lord, and of His Christ." These voices can be none other than those of the faithful
Watchers, the faithful disciples of Christ, eager to make progress in the light and to bear
testimony to the same as fast as they see it. And these indeed constitute the symbolic "two
witnesses" as they continue to exist on down to our day.
It is very significant that this last testimony of the witnesses on earth, which is still
continuing, is taken up by the "twenty-four elders" in the symbolical throne vision. We
read:
"And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces,
and worshipped God, saying, We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and
wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast
reigned."--Ver. 16,17.
It will thus be observed how closely related is all that takes place in the symbolical throne
scene with the events connected with the witnesses of Christ on earth. We will also notice
how wonderful is the knowledge possessed by these symbolical twenty-four elders of the
throne vision. They continue very briefly in their words of thanksgiving and praise to
make mention of the great events that are to come to pass during the thousand years of
Christ's reign. They first state the condition of the nations when the Divine sovereignty is
assumed: "And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come," evidently referring to the
last plagues, particularly described in chapter 16, that will cause the overthrow of
Christendom. They next rehearse the stupendous events that will occur during the reign of
Christ:
"And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest give
reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear Thy name,
small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. And the temple of
God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament:
and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great
hail."--Ver. 18,19.