Busy week? Me too. LDS Living’s Sunday on Monday podcast is here to catch you up and get you ready for discussions with your family and at church on Sunday. Here’s a nugget of wisdom from this week’s Come, Follow Me study of Revelation 1–5.
One of the topics I appreciated the most—especially given this Christmas season and our focus on Christ—was a discussion on the dozens of varied names for the Savior we find in the Book of Revelation. Here are all the names of Christ included in just the first five chapters:
Names of Christ found in Revelation 1–5
Jesus Christ (1:1)
Him which is, and which was, and which is to come (1:4)
Faithful Witness (1:5)
First begotten of the dead (1:5)
Prince of the kings of the earth (1:5)
Alpha and Omega (1:8)
Beginning and the ending (1:8)
The Almighty (1:8)
Lord (1:10)
First and Last (1:10)
Son of Man (1:13)
I am (1:18)
Hidden Manna (2:17)
Son of God (2:18)
Holy (3:7)
True (3:7)
The Amen (3:14)
The faithful and true witness (3:14)
The beginning of the creation of God (3:14)
Lord God Almighty (4:8)
Him that liveth forever and ever (4:10)
The Lion of the tribe of Judah (5:5)
Lamb (5:6, 12)
And so many of these titles seem to contradict one another, like the obvious Alpha and Omega, Beginning and Ending, First and Last. But as author and episode guest Donald Parry explains, these titles just show that Jesus Christ is the eternal one; He is always there. “He is the God we can count on. He existed before, He exists now, and He’ll exist through eternity.”
Then in Revelation 5, Christ is also called both the Lion and the Lamb. These are two animals that could not have more different temperaments. And the idea that Christ is compared to the meekest—the sacrificial lamb—and the mightiest—the lion, the “king of the jungle”—means that He is everything. That truly “all things which are good cometh of God,” as stated in Moroni 7. That all of the best qualities and many of the qualities described by His other titles in Revelation—meekness, strength, grace, faithfulness, live-giving, saving—can be found in Christ. And in our efforts to become more Christlike, we can also become our best selves, too.
So that was my takeaway this week. To hear more takeaways from other Latter-day Saints on this block of scripture, join our study group on Facebook and Instagram.
Sunday on Monday is a Come, Follow Me podcast hosted by Tammy Uzelac Hall that is released every Monday to guide you through the scripture readings for the week. You can listen to full episodes on Deseret Bookshelf Plus and find out more at ldsliving.com/sundayonmonday.
