If John at Patmos instead of seeing Christ had been looking at himself and his own conscience, he would not have had faith to get beyond saying, " I am pardoned and accepted through the blood." There he would have stopped; but rays of glory were coming down from that Person which made his heart burst forth in further praise. Hope bent forward and carried John beyond Patmos: he looks into the face of the Beloved and says, "There is a priesthood and a kingdom, and I am to be there, He has done it all for me."