2. “He who sits on the throne and sits on the throne and is not better
the twenty four elders...” (as men- than the twenty four elders even
tioned in Revelation 4 and 5)
though we see in the vision that he
is more worthy to open the book
From these texts, it becomes and loosen the seals thereof. Then
apparent to you that the one who
how was he more worthy to open
was symbolized once as a Lion and the book than them and they are
once as a slain Lamb is one of the
closer than him and better than
twenty four elders. Where the one
him? Then, the slain Lamb must be
who sits on the throne is the domi- a symbol for one of the twenty four
nant one over the vision, and it is
elders.
clear in the vision that he is the best
of them all in position and highness
As for that they bow down
of status. And the twenty four elbefore him and spoke to him........
etc., for they bowed down in the
ders that sit on the seats are the
closest of those in the vision to the meaning of preparing and paving
one who sits on the throne as it is
the way for him, and are believers
in the result; and it is implementing
clear in the vision. Then, the slain
Lamb is not better than the one who the supremacy of Allah in His land.
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As for the saying that there
is a problem in one of the twenty
four elders being the one who was
symbolized by the Lamb and the
Lion, then how does he address
himself, and in reality this is not
problematic; Because we are speaking about a vision. So there is no
problem that one of the twenty four
elders is addressed, one aspect of
him is symbolized as the Lamb and
another aspect is symbolized as the
Lion... etc. And if there was a true
problem then it would have been
correct to deny the vision; because
it symbolized whomever would be
victorious and was worthy of opening the book with the Lion. Then it
showed that the one who took the