[redleghunter]

Then you ignore the entire context of Revelation 1.

[BroJoeK]

redleghunter: "Then you ignore the entire context of Revelation 1."

Not at all, I take the context as presented here.

I agree that if you wish to believe Revelation 1:8 asserts that Jesus is God, that's one possible reading -- mistaken but understandable.
The more reasonable explanation -- in proper context -- reads

• Revelation 1:7 as a reference to Jesus "a son of man" in Daniel 7:13 "coming with the clouds of heaven", and
• Revelation 1:8 as a reference to God from Isaiah 44:6 "I am the first and the last",
• Revelation 1:9 is John himself speaking.

But I respect your reading, and would not condemn you as a "God Damned Heretic".
I ask of you the same forbearance and respect for those who, historically and today, have seen it differently.