commission an echo to Daniel 7:14: “To him was given dominion and glory and kingship, that all peoples, nations and languages should serve him.”30 Revelation 7:9 indicates the future historical fulfillment of this covenant: “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, … standing before the throne and before the Lamb.” It is interesting that in both God’s prospective looking ahead through the Abrahamic covenant and in his retrospective view from