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From the time of the apostle John and on into the Lord’s day, anointed Christians were puzzled as to the identity of the great crowd.
It is fitting, then, that one of the 24 elders, representing anointed ones already in heaven, should stir John’s thinking by raising a
pertinent question. "And in response one of the elders said to me:‘ These who are dressed in the white robes, who are they and where did they come from?’ So right away I said to him:‘My lord, you are the one that knows.’" (Revelation7:13,14a) Yes, that elder could locate the answer and give it to John. This suggests that
resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today.
For their part, those of the John class on earth got to learn the identity of the great crowd by closely observing
what Jehovah was performing in their midst. They were quick to appreciate the dazzling flash of divine light that
emblazoned the theocratic firmament in 1935, at Jehovah’s due time.