actions. Since John was suffering for his faith and faithfulness, he could encourage his fellow sufferers. On the Lord’s Day the revelation began (v. 10). The form of the book.—Revelation is a letter to seven churches of the province of Asia (v. 4), to be read to them publicly (v. 3). They are named in the order in which one would visit them in a circuit, going north from Ephesus and following the main roads (v. 11). The central thought.—God is the main thought of the chapter. He is the Eternal One,