The opening verse tells us: “A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his slaves the things that must shortly take place. And he sent forth his angel and presented it in signs through him to his slave John. ”
Grāmatas pirmajā pantā tas ir pateikts: ” Jēzus Kristus atklāsme, ko Viņam devis Dievs, lai rādītu Saviem kalpiem, kam jānotiek drīzumā un ko Viņš, sūtīdams Savu eņģeli, darījis zināmu Savam kalpam Jānim. ”