Verse 6
Jesus Christ also has made us a kingdom (corporately) and priests (individually; cf. Revelation 5:10; Revelation 20:6; Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 61:6; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9) to His God and Father, another evidence of His present love for us. John never spoke of God as the Father of believers in Revelation, only as the Father of Jesus (cf. Revelation 2:27; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 3:21; Revelation 14:1). We are a kingdom and priests now, but in the future faithful Christians, His bond-servants, will also reign with Jesus Christ on the earth (cf. Revelation 5:10).
"Amen" means "So be it!" Here it signifies the writer’s assent to the truthfulness of these affirmations about Jesus Christ (cf. Revelation 1:7; Revelation 5:14; Revelation 7:12 [twice]; Revelation 19:4; Revelation 22:20)
It is interesting that John, the apostle of love, would emphasize God’s love in this first doxology as the dominating divine emotion (cf. Deuteronomy 4:37). In view of the following revelation of much judgment to come on humanity, it is comforting to remember that God does everything because He loves us.
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