The Revelation is described here as ‘the Word of God and the Witness of Jesus Christ’, an expression that confirms its origin with God and places it firmly in the Scriptural tradition. It matches the expression “Torah and Witness” (Torah weTe’udah: תורה ותעודה), which is found originally in Isaiah (Is 8,16.19-20), and later in the book of Jubilees (ch.1) where it refers to the contents of the heavenly tablets (i.e., the ‘Scroll of Destiny’ containing the pre-existent divine plan for all of history), dictated to Moses on Mt. Sinai and recorded in the rest of that book (ch. 2 onwards). So the use of the expression ‘Word of God and Witness of Jesus Christ’ to describe the book of Revelation relates it to the book of Jubilees and implies it is also a revelation of the pre-existent divine plan for all of history, given not to Moses in this case, but to Jesus Christ and then to John. Considered in this light, the ‘Witness of Jesus Christ’ refers to the witness given by Jesus to heavenly and future realities (subject of the genitive), and not to the witness given by the Revelation to Jesus himself (object of the genitive). Those who faithfully hold ‘the Word of God and the Witness of Jesus Christ’ suffer persecution (1,9; 12,17) and even martyrdom (6,9; 20,4).