Revelation 1:3

Readeth] i.e. aloud, before the congregation. Prophecy] The writer is a prophet, i.e. his utterances proceed from the illumination of the Holy Spirit: cp. Revelation 22:7; Revelation 22:10; Acts 13:1; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 14:3; Ephesians 4:11. An Apostle could be a prophet: cp. Ephesians 3:3.

4-8. Salutation, which sounds the keynote of the book, by proclaiming to the distressed Church the eternal power of God, the omnipresent and penetrating energy of the Spirit, and the redeeming Lordship of Christ, who will return to overcome His enemies.