revelation

How is Jesus "ruler of the kings of the earth"?

How is Jesus "ruler of the kings of the earth"?

(Note: There have been questions asking who the “kings of the earth,” this verse is referring to, mine is a separate question about Jesus’s relationship with these so-called kings).

Revelation 1:4-5 (NASB):

John to the seven churches …

Why is Revelation 13:8 in the future tense?

Why is Revelation 13:8 in the future tense?

Revelation 12 describes a series of wars in which the dragon is the aggressor:

Before Christ, it opposes the women (12:1-4),
Then Christ (12:5),
Then Michael and his angels in heaven (12:7-12),
Then the woman again (12:13),
Then the woman…