‘And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he says to me, “See that you do not do it. I am a fellow-servant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God”.'

How necessary is this verse. After the visions of the activities of the heavenly beings there may well have been a tendency to exalt them, to venerate them, to worship them, but the stern warning is given, “Worship God only”. All the heavenly beings are but fellow-servants with the people of God, those who hold the testimony of Jesus. They are anonymous and not to be set up in some special way. They do not want our attention.

‘For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.'

The focus is to be on Jesus. He is the One Who sums up all that prophecy in both Old and New Testaments have spoken about. He is the One to Whom the Spirit of prophecy points. Therefore John, and we, must look only to Him.

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