Isn't this passage saying something
very similar to that which
Rev1:5-6 already said?:
Rev 1:5
And from Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful witness,
and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Rev 1:6
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him
be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Why aren't you seeing the
people in v.9 as being
the same ones being referred to in v.10?
Why are you thinking suddenly it is now referring to something other than "
people" who had existed at some point on the earth?