REVELATION 1– GREETINGS AND DOXOLOGY

(Revelation 1:4-5)

John, to the Seven Churches in the province of Asia:

Grace and Peace to you from Him

WHO IS, AND WHO WAS AND WHO IS TO COME,

And from Jesus Christ, Who is the Faithful Witness,

The Firstborn from the Dead,

And the Ruler of the kings of the Earth.

Christ Jesus, through the apostle John

Is addressing His Revelation

To the Seven Churches in the Province of Asia:

John pronounces Grace and Peace to the Churches

From the only person who can grant those things, Christ Jesus.

The One Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come.

The Self-Existent One, the Creator of all that exists;

Who came as The Christ,

Who is coming again, Soon;

Who is the Sevenfold Spirit of God, seated on His Throne.

Christ Jesus is the Faithful Witness,

The embodiment of God,

God in the flesh, the perfect revelation of God,

Who revealed the character and nature of God to the World;

The Christ, The Messiah, The Anointed One.

Christ Jesus is the Firstborn from the Dead;

The First person to die and go to Heaven.

Christ Jesus is the Ruler of the kings of the Earth.

Satan and all of his Realm,

Who presently controls the kings of the Earth,

Can do nothing without Permission from Christ Jesus,

God Almighty.