Revelation 11:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

I take this to signify no more than the triumph of the saints and angels in heaven upon this victory of the Lord over antichrist, and the promoting of Christ's kingdom; and certainly if there be joy in heaven upon the conversion of one sinner, as we are told, Luke 15:7, we must imagine a much greater joy upon the conversion of nations and kingdams unto Christ.

Revelation 11:16

16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,