Revelation 7:15

Ritual as well as pastoral traits from the O.T. fill out the conception of this final bliss with its favoured position (ἐνώπ. θρόν.). Note the singular tenderness of the oxymoron he that sitteth on the throne (the majestic almighty God) shall overshadow them with a presence of brooding, intimate, care; followed by ποιμανεῖ here (as opposed to Revelation 2:27) in its literal sense of tender shepherding on the part of Jesus. The messiah as shepherd was an ancient and familiar conception. This verse is partly adapted from Enoch 45:4 6. Unlike John 1:14, it reflects a Christian fulfilment of the Jewish anticipation (cf. Revelation 13:6; Revelation 21:3; Zechariah 2:10 f.; Sir 24:8 f.) that the Shekinah would return in the era of final bliss.