Who are the 24 elders?

The 24 elders represent the 12 tribes of Israel and the 12 Apostles of the Messiah in their patriarchy order.

Revelation 4:4 declares:

Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.

The prayers of the saints are channeled into their heavenly order by the 24 elders in heaven:

Revelation 5:8

Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 4:10 -The patriarchy order of the 24 elders:

the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

Both the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life reveal the patriarchy end plan of God in the book of Revelation:

Revelation 22:2:

In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month.

The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 21:12:

The 12 Gates on the wall of God’s heavenly city:

Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

Revelation 21:14:

The 12 Apostles representing the 12 foundations of the heavenly city:

Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Before the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem, the 24 elders were sitting together to discuss the progress of the Christian movement in Jerusalem.

Acts 16:4 declares:

4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.