summarise the text revelation 1:1-8 and give the life application?

Question

how can we apply the text to our lives

Answer 1

Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated {it} by His angel to His bond-servant John,

Rev 1:2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, {even} to all that he saw.

Rev 1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Rev 1:4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,

Rev 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood--

Rev 1:6 and He has made us {to be} a kingdom, priests to His God and Father--to Him {be} the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Rev 1:7 BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
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John knew his letter would travel to several churches. His salutation is filled with the Gospel of Jesus.

It discusses his second coming and defines it as being two separate events: His appearing and His Return.

Only the true Church will be aware of Jesus's appearing (in the clouds) as this will be when the church is "taken up". When Jesus returns (at the Mount of Olives) He will rule the world.

He ends the salutation by again reminding us of who Jesus is: The beginning and the end. The Alpha and the Omega. We are reminded of His promise to Come Again.