In 4Q246
from Qumran (AKA "the Son of God Text"; "Aramaic
Apocalypse"), there is an expectation that believers who persevere will be
the recipients of worship in the eschaton. In Column II we read:
4. Until the people of God arise; then all
will have rest from warfare.
5. Their kingdom will be an eternal kingdom,
and all their paths will be righteous. They will judge
6. the land justly, and all nations will make
peace. Warfare will cease from the land,
7. and all the nations shall do obeisance to
them . . . (source)
Such should
be compared with Rev 3:9, 21 where Christians are promised to be the recipients
of προσκυνεω and will sit on God the Father's throne, just as Jesus will sit on the Father’s
throne (meaning, in light of Second Temple theology, they will be divinized [“Christification”]). For a fuller
discussion of this, see the discussion of Rev 3:9, 21 at:
