Revelation 1:6 comments: kings and priests unto God and his Father

1:6  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Note that this verse refers to God, who is the Lord Jesus Christ, AND His Father, God the Father, in  a clear statement of Christ's deity. Please note the status of followers of Christ in;

1Peter 2:9  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

2Timothy 2:12  If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

Revelation 20:6  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

The king of an ancient city was also the high priest, who offered up sacrifices, and was the highest religious authority. This is evident in a number of ancient writers such as Aristotle, Euripides, and Demosthenes and related in De Coulanges’ work The Ancient City (1). God will make His people kings and priests.

(1)Numa Denis Fustel De Coulanges, The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (1864, repr. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2006), 173.

“…glory and dominion for ever and ever…”

Similar sentiments are expressed by Peter;

1Peter 5:10 ¶  But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

11  To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

And as part of the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples;

Matthew 6:13  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Alluding to;

1Chronicles 29:11  Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

God’s authority and power is limitless and unending. There is nothing before Him and nothing after Him. There is also nothing besides Him to compete with Him.