Thus the Lamb of God is clearly Jesus, even though his name does not appear in this chapter, and as redeemer he is both worthy of the kind of praise due to God and worthy to inaugurate God’s powerful eschatological judgment and salvation. Why? Because in his death he has already manifested the true meaning of power, judgment, and salvation. The work of Christ is the work of God, and vice versa, for Christ, Revelation proclaims, shares in the very identity of God.
