Revelation 7:10: [The great multitude] cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

During John's second vision of paradise in Revelation 7:9,¹ he heard the great multitude cry (present tense)² in their worship of God and the Lamb.³ Their loud voice expresses great joy,⁴ as they approach the fullness of joy that will accompany their resurrection at the Second Coming.⁵

The great multitude ascribes their salvation to God and the Lamb, saying: Salvation to our God.⁶ They celebrate the victory of God and the Lamb who make salvation possible.⁷ Salvation means many things in different contexts.⁸ But in this verse, the great multitude celebrates much more than just the prospect of general salvation as a victory over death.⁹ They celebrate their forthcoming resurrection to an exalted state.¹⁰

Revelation 7:11: And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God.

Some scholars believe the angels round about the throne in Revelation 7:11 are the same 100+ million angels that John saw during his first vision of paradise in Revelation 5:11.¹¹ There is certainly some overlap in the identities of disembodied spirits mentioned in the two visions. To be more precise, however, the 100+ million angels in John's first vision in Revelation 5:11 were disembodied spirits in spirit prison as of 96 AD.¹² As a result of the temple work that occurs primarily during the sixth seal¹³ many of these 100+ million angels leave spirit prison in the postmortal spirit world and become part of the great multitude that stands before the throne of God in celestial paradise in Revelation 7:9.¹⁴ These are the exaltation-worthy spirits numbered among the 144,000 Servants that have the symbolic seal of God in their forehead and will be resurrected as Gods‒not just angels.¹⁵

Separate and apart from the great multitude are the angels [who] stood round about in Revelation 7:11. These disembodied spirits in celestial paradise may have been among the 100+ million angels in Revelation 5:11, but as of the Second Coming they do not qualify for exaltation because they are not sealed in the temple and/or they do not otherwise qualify for exaltation.¹⁶ They are celestial-worthy, but remain separate from the great multitude, which consists only of those spirits worthy of exaltation¹⁷ in the Church of the Firstborn.¹⁸ The angels [who] stood round about will be resurrected to celestial glory, but they will not be exalted.¹⁹ They are the general assembly of the Church of the Firstborn.²⁰ This is depicted in symbolic terms by their relative positions in paradise. John saw these angels in celestial paradise outside the circle of four beasts that filled the measure of their creation²¹ which, in turn, were outside the inner circle of 24 Elders that are exaltation-worthy.²² The angels were furthest from the throne in the three circles of the celestial hierarchy.²³ However, they were still in God's presence and they fell down and worship God as did the 24 Elders and the four beasts.²⁴

Revelation 7:12: Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

The Amen uttered by the angels affirms the truth of the praises spoken previously by the great multitude toward the Lamb and their agreement with all such praise.²⁵ The seven-fold doxology in this verse is similar to the doxology in Revelation 5:12,²⁶ where the 100+ million angels praised the Lamb from spirit prison with the same words, except this latest doxology adds the words thanksgiving and might.²⁷