Blessed is the one who read the words of this prophecy and who take it to heart; Revlation 1

Revelation 1:1-8
Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
He made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, "says the Lord God, "Who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."
John makes great use of the number seven, which usually in this book stands for completeness, perfection. Here the number is also literal.
The full title of this book is "The Revelation to John'. It is the only 'apocalyptice' writing included in the New Testament. Jewish apocalypses were written in time of crisis. They encourage readers by looking at the 'big picture' of human history and focusing on the end of the world when God will reign supreme in peace and justice. Many of the things that modern readers find most difficult about the book of Revelation are features of this kind of writing - the use, for example of
vision; symbols; Old Testament 'echoes'; numbers which carry special meaning.
Even those who fully appreciate the richness of symbol still have to wrestle with the problem of what John meant his readers to understand from the images he chooses.
The whole focus of Revelation is on Jesus. John says his book is a record of the events that Jesus Christ revealed to him. His first vision is of Christ. It is Christ - the Lion of Judah, the Lamb of sacrifice- who breaks the seals on the scroll which marks the beginning of God's final judgment. The redeemed are those follow the Lamb, God's people, the citizens of the new Jerusalem - the bride of the Lamb - are those whose names are written in the Lamb's 'book of life'. And Revelation closes with the repeated promised of Jesus. 'I am coming soon.'
Why?
We do not know God's timetable or concept of time. The word serves to remind us to be ready.
The Lord stands forever from the beginning to the end of everything.
We are the servant, the nation and the priest of Jesus Christ and Father
How?
Blessed is the one who read the words of this prophecy and who take it to heart