“I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus — the identification of John as fellow-sufferer rather than superior authority establishes his credibility as a witness who shares the persecution of his readers. The triad of tribulation, kingdom, and patient endurance defines the present eschatological condition: believers inhabit both the kingdom reality (inaugurated) and tribulation (the age not yet consummated), requiring steadfast endurance.
Church Fathers on Revelation 1:9
“Behold, He shall come with clouds, and every eye shall see Him.” For He who at first came hidden in the manhood that He had undertaken, shall after a little while come to judgment manifest in majesty and glory. And what says He?
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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