The Treasure that God has Given

God is worthy of all praise. Finding God to be worthy of all praise is the sense of worship. It is in the heart, and the praise is an attitude. We can praise God in silence, loud voice, sighs, tears, and deep longing. 

"You are our Lord and our God, 

you are worthy of glory and honour and power,

because you made all the universe 

and it was only by your will that everything was made and exists" (Rev 4:11)

There were twenty four elders, the heads of nations, the heads of priestly families, of many generations. All give praise to God made them and gave them authority and power.

There were seven flaming lamps burning, the seven Spirits of God. if they are the holy offices of the spirit the charisma, God is glorified through them. If they are power and strength of God, the dynamis, God is found worthy of all praise in his glory. In Zoroastrianism we see six Amesha Spentas, Holy Immortals: Vohu Manah - Good mind and good purpose, Asha Vahishta - Truth and righteousness, Spenta Ameraiti - Holy devotion, serenity and loving kindness, Khashathra Vairya - Power and just rule, Hauravatat - Wholeness and health, Ameretat - Long life and immortality. They are seen as the attributes of the Great One and through which we are able to have contact with God.

There were four creatures, Lion, Bull, Man, and Eagle, the great empires that ruled over Israel, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. 

All come in adoring the Lord, recognising his greatness.

But 

how can we praise God with joy if we are not grateful for the 'givenness' in what we have received?

How can we praise God with joy if we have no sense of fulfillment in what we have produced out of the grace/life we have received?

The mysteries of the kingdom, a life of grace is given to us as a special gift which will complete according to our very nature. In what shines in them God is glorified. We know that we live our pains and struggles, but in grace. So, every moment is eschatological or apocalyptic, because they call for a radical choice every moment. 

The mystery of the kingdom is given to us, but how many boundaries were we able to transcend? We will be entrusted with richer mysteries of the kingdom. We will be able to think and act like Christ at least in some measure. Kingdom of God is not a Fan association. Number of followers and number of nations cannot really show the presence of the kingdom of God.

Is there efforts for peace, love, and joy? There is the kingdom.

If we safeguarded the mystery of the kingdom given to us within the boundaries we created, we will be added to the group of the faithless servants. they will be thrown into the fire, hands and legs bound unable to act, they will be rejected. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Ref  Rev 4:1-11 Lk 19:11-28 Mt 13: 42