521. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God. (11:16) This symbolizes an acknowledgment on the part of all the angels in heaven that the Lord is God of heaven and earth, and their highest adoration of Him.

The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones symbolize all those in heaven, in particular the spiritual heaven (nos. 233, 251). And falling on their faces and adoring God symbolizes their highest adoration, and their acknowledgment that the Lord is God of heaven and earth.