Revelation (b) - About the Name

It is startling to me, that so many commentaries, studies and books name the book of Revelation: 'The Revelation of St. John the Divine', (after a man instead of Christ). I guess many of those authors never noticed that God, Himself, named the book in the very first verse, Rev.1:1, 'The Revelation of Jesus Christ.' The word 'revelation' and the word 'apocalypse,' are synonymous and are both derived from the Greek work apokalupsis, which means 'to unveil, reveal or uncover, lay bear, make naked' {Lu 2:32; Ro. 2:5; 1 Cor.1:7; 2 Cor. 12:7; Gal. 1:12} and numerous other references. The Hebrew origin means 'to lift up a curtain,' so as to clearly show what has been covered.
The Revelation had its beginning in the very mind of the Godhead. The Godhead is the trinity and this consists of the Father, the logos (the Son, Jesus), and the Holy Spirit. So Jesus had a part of the revelation in eternity past. But when He was born in the manger as the, 'baby Jesus,' He took on human flesh, emptying Himself of His divine position.  The word used for this is 'kenosis' which means 'to empty'. Our Savior set aside His power, knowledge, authority, His position as the logos, the creator and maker of everything that exists. For a time here on earth in the flesh He (Jesus) had no heavenly authority, He was simply human in His nature.  The Son of Mary and Joseph the carpenter, was born in Bethlehem and lived in Nazareth, giving up His heavenly position for the purpose of Calvary, so as to become the human sacrifice for the sin of Adam in the Garden of Eden. The whole purpose of His birth was to break the curse of sin and death.
I chose two scriptures to help our understanding of this 'kenosis', this emptying. The first description is found in Hebrews 2:7, "Thou madest him a little lower than the angels," and the other in Hebrews 4:15, "but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin".  These aren't exhaustive but they do capture a little of what He did, the 'emptying' we are explaining. The following are some other references on this subject; Rom8:3; Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:7-9; Isa. 7:14, 11:1-2; Heb. 5:3; Isa 53:2-10; and last but not least Heb.10:5, (Is that a boatload of periods, commas and semi-colons or what)?
 Those thirty three and a half years of His life here on earth are referred to as His "Sonship." Before those 33 1/2 years, from eternity, He was the Logos, the Word. (Read John 1:1-14). As God, in the Trinity, He had no beginning (Mic. 5:2; Jn. 1:1-2). But as a man, He had a beginning, was begotten, was born and had a birthday, and became known as God's Son. Many scriptures tell us that the prophets foretold a time when God was going to have a son and where he would be born.  It would be through a virgin in the 'fullness of  the time,' (Gal. 4:4). He would be the son of humans and emptied for a time of His divine everything.
Now, Christ will always be referred to as Jesus, and numerous eternal titles for Him such as Prince of Peace, Messiah, Lamb of God, will eternally reference His work as our Savior on earth. But when God, in His time, works out all the details for the consumation of the ages, Jesus will return to His glorious position in the Trinity as "logos", to be adored by the universal family as 'the King of Kings and LORD of LORD's, of which we belong.
What's in a name? Well, let's just say that at the name of Jesus, EVERY knee will bow! (Phil 2:10)
(Next: 'The Key to Revelation'.)