TITLE & NAME OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION

The Apellation (Title, Name) of the Book of Revelation

 

Misconstrued. Due to title in mss., "The Revelation of St. John the Divine." As seen in the above graphic picture.

+ The title does not belong to the manuscripts. It was added by a later hand.

+ The writer was a saint, but he was not divine, nor was his revelation. The word "Divine" is the old English word for theologian.

+ The true title is best gleaned from the first verse of the book, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ."

Cf. Rev. 1:11-19; 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14; 22:16, 20

"Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12 "And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;"
13 "And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle."
14 "His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;"
15 "And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters."
16 "And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength."
17 "And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:"
18 "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."
19 "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter."

2:1 "Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks."
8 "And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive."
12 "And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges."
18 "And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;"
3:1 "And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead."
7 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth."
14 "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God."
22:16 "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."
20 "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."

All these verses reveal the Revelation is coming from the very King of the Kingdom, the One sent by the Father, to reveal the things concerning Himself.