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In the Book of Revelation, God is not the Lamb, and the Lamb is not God.

The Book of Revelation is “the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him ” (1:1). From the very first verse we are told that Jesus is not God. God is differentiated from Jesus. The God of Jesus Christ gave Jesus Christ this revelation. In Revelation 1:5-6 Jesus Christ is “the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead , and the ruler of kings on earth.” Jesus “loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father …” The Father is Jesus Christ’s God in the Book of Revelation, just as other Scriptures testify many times (e.g., John 20:17, Rom. 15:6, 2 Cor. 1:3, 11:31, Eph 1:3, 17, 1 Pet. 1:3). Jesus told the Sardis church that their works were not perfect in the site of his God (3:2). Four times in one verse (3:12) Jesus referred to “ my God ”. This is the resurrected, glorified Jesus Christ speaking who is at the right hand of God. That Jesus Christ has a God. In other words, not only is Jesus Christ distin...