The introduction to Revelation contains a superscription (1:1–2), a blessing on the public reader and his audience (1:3), a greeting (1:4–5a), a doxology (1:5b–6), and a statement of theme (1:7–8). 1:1–2: The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his slaves the things that must happen with speed. Since Jesus will say in 22:16 that he sent his angel “to testify these things to you [plural, for the audience],” Jesus Christ passed on the revelation that