arresting comparisons, this world and the world below remain partially veiled. John’s above point of view develops and elaborates worlds unseen and worlds partially seen. The strange is made familiar by similes and metaphors—only to make the familiar seem strange again.3 John “will jar us out of our lethargy, get us to live on the alert, open our eyes to the burning bush and fiery chariots, open our ears to the hard-steel promises and commands of Christ, banish boredom from the gospel, lift up our