1:7. Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Behold he is coming with the clouds: (WS ‘Coming’)
Deut. 33:2;
Psalm 68:4;
Isaiah 35:4;
Daniel 7:13;
Zech. 14:5;
Matt. 16:28; 24:27, 30, 36, 25:31; 26:64;
Mark 13:26; 14:62;
Luke 21:27;
1 Cor. 11:26;
Colossians 3:4;
1 Thess. 1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:14-17; 5:23;
2 Thess. 1:7-8;
1 Tim. 6:14-15; (epiphaneia ‘appearing’)
2 Tim. 4:1,8 ‘appearing’
Titus 2:13 ‘appearing’
James 5:8;
2 Peter 1:16;
1 John 2:28; ‘appears…coming’
Jude 14-15;
Cloud(s):
Exod. 13:21; 14:20; 16:10; 19:9; 24:15-16; 34:5;
Lev. 16:2;
Num. 9:17, 19; 12:5;
Deut. 31:15;
1 Kings 8:10-(in the Temple)
Psalms 68:4 (RSV); 68:33, 34 (KJV) 104:3;
Isaiah 4:5; 19:1;
Lam. 3:44;
Ezek. 10:4, 18-19 (departing from the Temple)
Nahum 1:3;
Matt. 17:5;
Mark 9:7;
Luke 9:34-35;
John 14:18-23, 28;
Acts 1:9;
Heb. 10:37; 12:1;
Revelation 11:12; 14:14, 15, 16.
And every eye will see him:
Matt. 24:30;
Mark 13:26; 14:62;
Luke 3:6.
Every one who pierced him:
Psalm 22:16;
Zech. 12:10
John 19:34, 37;
Heb. 6:4-6;
And all tribes of the earth/land will wail on account of him. (WS 1:7 ‘Earth’).
Gen. 17:4-6, 16; 25:16, 23; 35:11, 22-26; 36; 48:19;
Isaiah 66:5;
Jer. 4:28; 6:26; 9:17-21;
Amos 5:16-17; 8:10;
Joel 2:12;
Matt. 13:42; 24:30, 51.
James 4:9.
Even so. Amen.
1:8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,'[KJV adds “the beginning and the ending,”] says the Lord God:
Exod. 3:14-15;
Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12;
John 8:58;
Colossians 1:18
Revelation 1:11 (KJV); 21:6; 22:13;
(See also “the First and the Last”
Revelation 1:11, KJV; 1:17; 2:8; “the beginning and the ending” 21:6; 22:13.)
Who is and who was and who is to come: (For theme: “Is, Was, Is to come” see 1:4)
The Almighty: (WS 1:8 ‘Almighty’).
Gen. 17:1; 28:3; 35:11;
Exod. 6:3
2 Cor. 6:18
Revelation 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7, 14; 19:6; 15; 21:22.
1:9. 1 John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
I, John, your brother:
Revelation 1:1; 21:2;
Who share with you in Jesus the tribulation: (See also ‘Tribulum/ Threshing Wain’ under Pattern of the Heavens
1:12-20, below, also WS 1:9 ‘Tribulation’).
Matt. 10:17-22; 20:23; 24:9, 21;
Mark 10:39; 13:9;
Luke 21:12;
John 16:2, 33;
Acts 14:22;
Rom. 12:12;
2 Cor. 1:4; 7:4;
Gal. 1:13;
1 Thess. 3:4;
1 Peter 5:1;
Revelation 2:9-10, 22; 7:14
And the kingdom
Two Kingdoms: “Kingdom of God” and Kingdoms of this world/satan.
(Kingdom of God):
Matt. 12:28; 21:43;
Mark 1:14-15; 4:11; 9:1; 15:43;
Luke 7:28; 9:27; 10:9; 11:20; 12:32; 17:21; 22:29;
John 3:5;
Rom. 14:17;
1 Cor. 4:20; 15:50;
Colossians 1:13;
James 2:5;
2 Peter 1:11;
Revelation 11:15; 12:10.
(Kingdoms of this world/satan):
Matt. 4:8;
Luke 4:5;
John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11; 17:16; 18:36;
2 Cor. 4:4;
Gal. 1:4;
Eph. 6:12;
James 4:4;
1 John 2:15-17; 4:4;
Revelation 3:10; 12:9-10; 11:15; 13:3; 16:10; 17:12, 17.
And the patient endurance: (WS ‘Endurance’)
Matt. 24:13;,
Mark 13:13;
Luke 8:15; 21:19;
Rom. 2:7; 5:3-4; 8:25; 12:12; 15:4-5;
1 Cor. 13:13;
2 Cor. 1:6; 6:4; 12:12;
Gal. 6:9;
Colossians 1:11;
2 Thess. 3:5, 13;
2 Tim. 2:12.
Heb. 6:12; 10:36; 12:1;
James 1:3-4; 5:7, 10, 11;
1 Peter 2:20;
Revelation 2:2, 3, 19; 3:10; 13:10; 14:12.
Was on the island called Patmos: On account of (or, ‘for the sake of,’) the word of God and the testimony of Jesus:
Matt. 10:22, 39; 24:9;
Mark 8:35; 10:29; 13:13;
Luke 21:17;
1 Cor. 9:23;
2 Cor. 4:11; 12:10;
Phil. 1:29;
Revelation 1:2.