The faithful witness is Jesus, who told the truth and kept it to death.
Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.
John opens the revelation with grace from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. He is the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation, in the letter to Laodicea. A witness speaks what he has seen. This witness is faithful. He did not deny the truth before Pilate. He died and lives. The church is called to hold the testimony of Jesus. Antipas is called a faithful witness who was killed. The title belongs first to Christ.
- Faithful witness, firstborn of the dead, and ruler of kings are one greeting.
- The Amen is the same title in the Laodicean letter.
- The church’s martyrs are witnesses after Him, not instead of Him.
The faithful witness.
The firstborn of the dead.
The Amen, the faithful and true witness.
- The faithful witness is Jesus.
- The title opens Revelation.
- He is also the firstborn of the dead and the ruler of kings.
- Laodicea hears Him as the Amen, the faithful and true witness.
- He bore witness to the truth.
- Antipas is a faithful witness under Him.
- The Title – Faithful witness.
- The Opening – Revelation 1:5.
- The Amen – Laodicea.
- The Death – Firstborn of the dead.
- The Truth – He told it.
- The Others – Witnesses after Him.
- Revelation 1:5 – “From Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.”
- Revelation 3:14 – “The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.”
- John 18:37 – “For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth.”
- 1 Timothy 6:13 – “Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession.”
- Revelation 1:17-18 – “I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore.”
- Revelation 2:13 – “You did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you.”
- Revelation 19:11 – “Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True.”
- John 5:31-32 – “If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who bears witness about me.”
- Revelation 1:2 – “Who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
- Revelation 12:11 – “They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.”
Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.
The Amen, the faithful and true witness.
For this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth.
The faithful witness is Jesus. He told the truth. He kept it to death. He lives.
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