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I see Him!!! ME TOO!!! ME TOO!!!
Leaving his earthly location as symbolised by the Woman's Court [in the front portion of this illustration], John is invited (as the service begins) to "come up here" to see what takes place 'afterwards'. There they would see the officiating priesthood, the great altar of sacrifice, the "bronze sea" and the doors of the Sanctuary itself. This may be what happens to John. He leaves the place of ordinary worship and mounts up the steps to the massive Nicanor gate which takes him, symbolically and literally, from earth to heaven. This is not only a prophetic statement but a literal one in the case of the Day of Atonement, because at this point in the service the 24 Israelite representatives of the nation, suitably purified, would mount the 15 steps to the inner court and take their place in front of the altar that stood before the Sanctuary itself.