Rev 4 and Rev 5 - Here's Looking at You Kid

This question stood out:
"The question then becomes: is my perception of reality accurate?"(130 - D on the E) - Answer - No.

This stood out too:
"And the 12 + 12 most likely represent the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve apostles of Jesus the Messiah." - 139.

How peculiar and bizarre must it have been for John to see himself in glory eternally worshiping Christ at that moment? I think to myself, put that in your identity pipe and smoke it Steve. Christ's revelation in me is eternally expressing praise in the heavenly places even while I flail and grope in this dark planet. Right now as I visualize myself praising Jesus in complete and perfect freedom in the heavenly places I feel a greater willingness to serve and love sacrificially. Perhaps that's one of the gifts of Revelation and this study -- a vision that enriches identity that positions body, mind, and soul for sacrifice.

"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus." Ephesians 2:4-6. (Page 159 D on the E)