Revelation 1

This is just one revelation, not plural. The Bible reading guide I take has decided enough of Jeremiah for now. On to Revelation. Is there a continuity here?
There doesn't have to be.

Jesus calls himself, the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. Jesus has come, he was at the beginning. He is coming again in the clouds for his saints. That is us folks.

Jesus was, is, and is to come. This threefold description follows through the book. Because Jesus was and did what he did allows his to come again. God has glorified him and will glorify him again. As John says, "Amen!".

Jesus is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead. There are so many new names here applied to Jesus.

This book was written to a beleaguered bunch. Things did not look good as they were being severely persecuted. This book was written to encourage. "Look up, you savior is coming in the clouds!" Today so many Christians are being persecuted. Often we think this book is hard, confusing. It is not so for them. This book is comforting, exciting, encouraging. That is how John meant it to be. His vision was from Jesus who was encouraging his church.

1] The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, [2]who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. [3]Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near. [4] John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, [5]and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- [6]and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. [7]BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. [8]"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."