Here are some of the ways the crucified, risen, ascended, and enthroned Jesus describes himself in the Book of Revelation:
- Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
- him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands
- the first and the last, who died and came to life
- him who has the sharp two-edged sword
- the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze
- him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars
- the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens
- the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation
- I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
- I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.