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3.5.11 - Revelation  [[5:11|bible.87.5.11]]  Listen to Rev. 5:11

living creatures
See commentary on Revelation 4:6.

elders
In favor of the view that the elders are the redeemed, they are distinguished from angels both here and in Revelation [[7:11|bible.87.7.11]]+. See commentary on Revelation 4:4.

ten thousand times ten thousand
μυριάδες  μυριάδων [myriades myriadōn] , myriads of myriads, a countless multitude. A similar phrase describes the demonic horsemen, δισμυριάδες  μυριάδων [dismyriades myriadōn] , two myriads of myriads. Assuming demons are fallen angels, and only one-third of the angels fell (Rev. [[12:4|bible.87.12.4]]+), then the total number of the elect angels is truly staggering, essentially innumerable (Job [[25:3|bible.18.25.3]]; Ps. [[68:17|bible.19.68.17]]; Dan. [[7:10|bible.27.7.10]]; Mtt. [[26:53|bible.61.26.53]]; Luke [[2:13-14|bible.63.2.13-63.2.14]]; Heb. [[12:22|bible.79.12.22]]).

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