Category: The Revelation of Jesus Christ
Who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw (Rev. 1:2).
John had a testimony. He had seen something that needed to be told, evidence that needed to be presented. He had been granted a magnificent vision about the Son of God and he revealed it faithfully. Such testimony can get a man in trouble as we find in 6:9, 12:17, and 20:4.
All that he saw. Again we find the emphasis on the visual nature of The Revelation. John testified to everything he saw. In order to understand this book, we must "see" what John saw, not for the purpose of trying to recreate the imagery with a brush on canvas, or with Photoshop, but to grasp the message sent through the sights and sounds. John recorded everything his eyes beheld so that we could interpret the symbols. And once more I say, if the interpretive keys to unlocking The Revelation were hidden until the 20th or 21st century (or beyond) then the original recipients had nothing to see in John's testimony.