The Revelation of Jesus Christ...

I was thinking today that I so often read Revelation with a mindset to uncode and understand the prophecies in it etc and missing out on, perhaps much that it has to teach about Jesus.
So, at my folder I started flicking through this book and around 20 minutes and a few packed boxes later here's what I had (it is not a full study, merely a rough series of thoughts).

1:8 Jesus says "I am the Alpha & Omega..." we learn that He is everlasting, He was from the beginning and will be at the end. We find that He "is" (He exists now), He "was" (He existed in eternity past) and He "is to come" (He will exist for eternity future).
1:18 tells us that He lives, was dead (speaking of the cross) and He is alive forevermore.

I think that establishes that Jesus is eternal, that He has, does & always will exist.

1:18 also tells us that it is Jesus who has the "keys of Hell and of Death" which clears up any notion that satan takes people to Hell. It is Jesus, and He alone who controls death and hell in your life and mine. [Matt 10:28 tells us to fear God who can destroy both soul & body in hell].

1:20-2:1 We find Jesus in the midst of His church, He is not an absent Lord, He is a hands on saviour who is with us always, even unto the end.

During the letters to the churches we find Him rebuking, Judging, encouraging, promising reward & calling to repentance.

And in 5:1-7 we find that when no human, angel or any other creature in heaven or earth is worthy to take the scroll (possibly the title deads to the earth) from God the Father, that Jesus both the Fierce warrior Lion and the sacraficial Lamb is worthy to parade up to the throne and grasp the scroll!6:1-17 tells us that Jesus has wrath to pour upon the earth and 11:5 tells us that He will ultimately rule this planet.

And in 19:11-21 we see a Jesus who Mark Driscoll describes as the ultimate fighter Jesus, on His white horse coming to judge and make war against His enemies. Eyes like a blazing fire, (I think speaking of the expression of wrath, anger & hatred of sin seen in His eyes, He's all crowned up with His clothes covered in blood, and just to clarify who this is we read "His name is called The Word of God" which is how John 1 describes Jesus.
We read of a sword coming from His mouth which destroys His enemies, (I think this is the word of His mouth, as He spoke at the beginning "Let there be light" I think He speaks "Let there be decapitation"). Whether this is the way of it or not the end result is the defeat of His enemies who will be cast into Hell, Satan, the demons and all "unbelievers" (21:8) all being punished forever in the fire.

But He will rule over His people and will eternally be worshipped by them in the new Heaven and new Earth.

Jesus is amazing as seen in the book of Revelation!