The Lamb on the throne

points forward to · the Lamb enthroned

Revelation's central image is a Lamb bearing the marks of slaughter standing at the throne — Passover language taken all the way to the end of the story.

points forward to · the same title

John's Gospel opens with the title and John's Revelation closes with it, now as the name of the one worthy to open the scroll.

points forward to · the Lamb is its lamp

In the city there is no temple and no sun, because God and the Lamb are its temple and its light.