om every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb."
One important source in Revelation is Ezekiel who provided many of the symbols that John describes in his initial view of the throne of God -- the view that constitutes the basics of the vision as it is presented at Moissac. Ezekiel was the prophet whose ministry marked the transition from pre-exile Israelite religion to post-exilic Judaism" -- he is the prophet of the times following the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple. As such Ezekiel is the prophet of a time of change, an appropriate voice for aiding in the explanation of the great change form the old to the new dispensation.
A second important source was the Book of Isaiah whose book of prophecies was well-known as one of the principal sources of the prophecies regarding the coming of Christ, the new Messiah. Isaiah's apocalyptic vision was also a source for Revelation. Though the spirit of Isaiah's predictions may have been more important than the details, so
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