The lamb will be the shepherd, a Reflection on Revelation 7:16-17

John's vision--a great multitude, one too great to count, a multitude made up of people from every tribe and nation. and they are all worshipping God (7:9-11).

In the vision, one of the elders addresses John directly, promising him that God will shelter the worshippers (13-15).

They will hunger no more,
and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them,
nor any scorching heat;

The Lamb (5:1-8) will be the shepherd.

The shepherd like the one described in Psalm 23. Also, read Ezekiel 34:11-30 in which God appoints a shepherd to oversee his sheep.

How far off is this promise? Do we have to die to collect on it? Or, is this vision of something that will happen to us on this earth--is happening to us on this earth?