Hi All,
As a Christian - or what some of you might call an Evangelical, I'd like to turn our attention first to Revelation 1:17-18> "Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!".
Is there any doubt that it is Jesus who is quoted here by John?
Revelation 4:8-11> Day and night they never stop saying: “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”
Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
John 1:1-3 says: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him ALL THINGS WERE MADE; without him nothing was made that has been made.
JESUS is the Word, and it says that JESUS made all things. And in Revelation 4 we learned that the One who created all things - is called the Lord God Almighty - and it is HE who sits on the throne - and here Jesus receives worship.
Revelation 1:7-8 > Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Here in Revelation 1:7-8, it all comes together: Jesus Christ IS God Almighty.
