1. John the Revelator sees us in his vision just as much as he sees fantastical creatures and myriads of angels, all of us giving praise to the Lamb who alone is worthy.
  2. You need an apocalyptic ‘decoder ring’ to figure out what is going on in Revelation.
  3. The sacrifice of Jesus stands completed, once for all, and we believe in the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.
  4. In the middle of the cosmic, creedal story, Paul places us, you and me, and all of those who belong by faith to Christ.
  5. Paul puts everything he has gained by his religious life and training (verses 4-7) onto the scales opposite life with Christ and finds a real bargain.

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