Apocalypse 1:2
“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, signifies predictions by the Lord concerning Himself and His Church, what it will be at its end, and what afterwards, as well in the heavens as upon earth. By the Revelation of Jesus Christ all predictions are signified; and it is called the Revelation of Jesus Christ, because these are from the Lord. That they relate to the Lord and His Church will be manifest from the explanations. In the Apocalypse the successive states of the Church are not treated of, still less the successive states of kingdoms, as some have hitherto believed: but therein, from beginning to end, the last state of the Church in the heavens and upon earth is treated of, and then the final judgment, and after this the New Church, which is the New Jerusalem. That this New Church is the end of this work, is manifest; therefore what comes first treats of the immediately preceding state of the church.