Feel world spinning out of control? LASB: John shows us heaven before showing us earth so that we will not be frightened by future events.

following rapture (last use of church ch. 3 till ch. 22)

Not chronological order; 4 living beings = cherubim; 24 elders (uncertain), ? 12 sons of Jacob, 12 apostles; symbolize redeemed

We are so much about this life, we forget there are other realities…heaven & hell