This fourth chapter of Revelation is transcendent in every way. John — who was himself Jewish — had grown up reading the prophets of old, such as Ezekiel, Daniel and Isaiah, who themselves saw this heavenly vision (see Ezekiel 1:24-26...
Moses, no doubt, grew up as a peculiar child in a peculiar situation. Like Joseph before him, the son of Jacob, Moses was yet another Hebrew walking freely within the emerald and topaz courts of Egypt...
The Apostle Paul sets forth two powerful commands for the church in this succinct verse. The first command is *to be* something, and the second command is *to be as* something.