1. Revelation 22:7 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Who is meant by the pronoun “I”?

Revelation 22:7 (ESV)

7 “And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

The speaker in Revelation 22:6 was the angel who had shown John the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:9-27). This same angel now says, I am coming soon. Yet he clearly cannot be referring to himself. The book of Revelation is replete with references to Jesus Christ coming (Revelation 1:7; Revelation 2:16; Revelation 3:3, Revelation 3:11; Revelation 16:15). As his messenger, this angel utters these words on Christ’s behalf.