judgment is committed. Not alone are in
this book many of the prophecies, given of old by the holy men of
God, rehearsed, but all He is, His Name, His power, His Glory, His
work, and many of his titles are restated. Think of what He is
called and how He is described in this book. We find Him called the
Son of God, the Son of Man, the Almighty, the Lord, the Alpha, the
Omega, the First, the Last, the Beginning of the Creation of God,
the Amen, the faithful Witness, the First begotten from the dead,
the Word of God, the Lamb, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the
mighty Angel, He that liveth, He that was dead, He that is alive
evermore, the Root and Offspring of David, the bright and Morning
star, the Prince of the kings of the earth, the King of kings, the
Lord of lords. What an array of titles. On earth great ones, kings
and princes, have numerous titles. They concern only earthly
glories; they are but for a moment. But His titles concern the earth
and the heavens. They belong to Him because He is God, while others
are acquired through His great work of redemption. His Glory and His
dignity are indescribable. One who reads the Book of Revelation and
reads it again will be increasingly impressed with the Glory of Him,
whom John beheld in all His Majesty.

Before the Spirit of God records this Glory song, the utterance of
praise to be used and to be enjoyed by redeemed sinners, He mentions
three titles of our Lord. The faithful Witness; the First begotten
from the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth. These three
titles take in His earthly life, His redemption work and His future
Glory. On earth He was the faithful witness. He glorified the
Father. He had come into the world to bear witness unto the truth.
He was faithful and nothing marred His witness. He came as the Only
begotten of the Father and the faithful witness, the Son of God went
to the cross to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. The open
and empty tomb is the witness that it was perfectly and righteously
accomplished. Now He is the First begotten from the dead as well as
the First fruits. His death and His resurrection are, therefore, in
view in this second title. His glorious future is beheld in the
third title, the Prince of the kings of the earth. The kingdoms of
the earth belong to Him; He has a perfect right and title to the
earth and its government. Now still the god of this age rules, but
ere long He comes "whose right it is" and claims