Revelation 4:11: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

In this verse, the 24 Elders¹ speak a three-fold doxology on behalf of all creation.² They praise God the Father because he is worthy to receive (take)³ all glory and honor and power⁴ as the ultimate creator of all things.⁵

God's pleasure or his will⁶ was and is to create and redeem all things.⁷ His ultimate work and glory as stated in Moses 1:39 is "to bring to pass the immorality and eternal life of man."⁸ This process is made possible through the creative and redemptive acts of Jesus Christ.⁹ Therefore, Christ is also worthy of the glory, honor, and power expressed in this verse.¹⁰

God's creations are and were created according to his will.¹¹ Some scholars are baffled by these words¹² and interpret them to mean that God created all things from nothing.¹³ However, there has never been a creation of something from nothing (ex nihilo).¹⁴ The words express the simple truth that God's creations continue without end according to an established pattern¹⁵ across endless generations of Gods.¹⁶