Rev 1:4-6 Grace Love & Royal Calling

Revelation Lesson # 027

ASIA in the Bible refers to Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). The seven churches that received and read the book were in a Roman province in the First Century. The book may be predominantly applied to a future group, but John initially penned it to First Century Christians.
GRACE BE UNTO YOU: God has always expressed Himself as gracious (Genesis 43:29; Exodus 22:27). Even with all the terrible judgments in Revelation, the preface to the book is GRACE. The recipients of the awful judgments choose to reject the saving grace that would enable them to miss the calamity. John writes three times that they "repented not" (Revelation 9:20; Revelation 16:9; Revelation 16:11).
WHICH IS, WHICH WAS, AND WHICH IS TO COME: (Past, present and future). While many teachers mistake this phrase as a reference to the Son, it is a phrase that refers to God the Father. In the text, all three members of the Trinity are identified (with Jesus identified at the beginning of verse 5). This phrase is used again in verse 8.
The book of Revelation repeatedly emphasizes the eternal nature of Christ. You can distinguish between the Father, Son (or the Word), and the Holy Ghost, but you cannot separate the three as they are one God.
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
One God manifested in three persons. Next, we read about the Holy Ghost, which manifests Himself in seven parts.

LOVED US: Man only understands and comprehends the love of God through the cross. John emphasizes the depth of Christ's love for us and the impact it has on our lives.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that