"Recapitulated in Christ," these are the ones who take part in the Service of the Praise of God and the fulfillment of his Plan: the heavenly powers, all Creation (the four living Beings), the servants of the Old and New Covenants (the twenty-four elders), the new People of God (the one hundred and forty-four thousand), 4 Especially the martyrs "slain for the word of God," and the all-holy Mother of God (the Woman), the Bride of the Lamb, 5 and Finally "a great multitude which no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes, and peoples and tongues." 6