THE BOOK OF REVELATION PART ONE—THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK (1:1–8) I. THE PROLOGUE (1:1–3) A. THE NATURE OF THE BOOK (1:1) 1. What the book is not a. It is not a revelation of (about) Christ but a revelation from Christ—Yet this revelation from Christ does reveal many things about Christ, His person, His power, His patience, His purpose, His program, etc. b. It is not the revelations of Christ but the revelation of Christ—The book records, not a plurality of revelations, but a single revelation
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