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We note also that these two, Moses and Elijah are used to enlighten the people of their generation, past, present and future. They were a light to their generations and will be a very a special enlightenment to those alive during the great tribulation. rev.11:2 That their testimony is effective is witnessed by John on Patmos. He saw a group standing on what appeared to him to be a sea of glass, mingled with fire. They were victorious over the beast and refused to receive his mark, name or number. Rev. 15:2 Their nationally is seen in the fact that they sing the song of Moses. That they have accepted Jesus as the Christ, the Messiah is also apparent for they sing the song of the Lamb. Rev. 15:3 They will not be born again believers but as under the first half of the seventieth week, or the three and one half years of the ministry of Christ, they will be saved by faith alone.
The area over the heads of the living creatures was as the appearance of crystal of such a magnitude that it invoked reverence and honor from those who saw it.
Eze. 1:22 It was of great expanse, much like we see the vastness of the sky above us. It was akin to Isaiahís vision of the throne, high and lifted up. Isa. 6:1 John told of his vision of a sea of glass like crystal seen before the throne of the Lord. Rev. 4:6 The new Jerusalem, the true Holy city, will gleam with the visible glory of the Lord for she too is as clear as crystal. Rev. 21:11 The light, the glory of the Lord shining forth from His glorious presence will be reflected by all this which is likened unto crystal. The whole of heaven and the city of the Most High will scintillate, shine forth the great and marvelous light, which is our God. He is light in its absolute, unequivocal, independent eternal state. The greatness and the beauty of it is beyond our imagination. Ezekiel then saw in this vast expanse over the heads of the living creatures the throne of the Lord. Eze. 1:26
The movement of the living creatures created a sound, or a voice was heard. It would be anticipated, in light of who these living creatures are, that there would be a sound, a voice coming from them. In their lifetime on earth they were the spokesmen of the Lord. Incidentally, the word translated sound here, is to call or a voice. Eze. 1:24 The sound of great waters, like the roaring of a huge waterfall, a sound filling the air and drowning out all other sound. John saw Him and heard His voice as the sound of many waters (plural), a great flow of waters. Rev. 1:15 When John heard that voice again it was so loud, so commanding, that he added to his impression of it as sounding like thunder. Rev. 14:2 The next time he heard it he called it mighty thundering’s (plural) and like the sound of a great multitude of people. Rev. 19:6.