Revelation 5:5

One of the elders said to me.

The twenty-four elders are first mentioned in chapter 4:4. They are mentioned in various places in Revelation.. have given at length in The Vision of the Ages reasons for deciding that they were not human beings, but heavenly intelligences. To that work. must refer the reader, for lack of space here.. will note, however, the elder here instructs the prophet,. duty never laid on. human being under either covenant, but always the prerogative of an angel. Such. duty shows that this elder belonged to the angelic realm.

Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda... hath prevailed.

The Lion of the tribe of Juda is Christ. It is. figure that presents him as. Conqueror. To him, divine as well as human, it was permitted to see the future, to open the seals of the book, and to disclose its contents to his human brethren. He was, according to the flesh, of the tribe of Judah and the descendant of David.