First of all, it is patently obvious from this verse that John is speaking of the Lord God, not Jesus. He says, "Saith the Lord God". But just to be sure, consider the following verses from the SAME book:

 

• 4:8b: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.

 

Read all of chapter 4. You will see that it is speaking of God, YHWH, the Father. Verse 11b: "...for thou didst create all things, and by thy will they existed and were created." This is the Hebraic conception of YHWH, who is one, and only one, who ALONE created the heavens and the earth.

 

• 11:15b-17: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever." And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying, "We give thanks to thee, Lord God Almighty, who art, and who was, that thou has taken thy great power and begun to reign."

 

Notice: "...the kingdom of our Lord AND of HIS Christ." Meaning our Lord (God, YHWH, the Father etc) and HIS Christ (Anointed - that is, Jesus, the Messiah). Notice also that the twenty-four elders worshiped God, not his Christ. It is God's throne that the twenty-four elders sit before, not Christ's.

 

• 15:3: And they sing the song of Moses, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and wonderful are thy deeds, O Lord God, the Almighty!"

 

The "song of the Lamb" is not a song of the Lamb to the Lamb. It is a song of the Lamb to the Lord God, the Almighty. Verse 4 says, "Who shall not fear and glorify thy name, O Lord? For thou alone art holy." This is reminiscent of Jesus' saying, "Why do you ask me about what is good. One there is who is good" (Mt. 19:17).

 

• 16:7: And I heard the alter cry, "Yea, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are thy judgments."

 

Read the context, it is clearly speaking of God, not Jesus.

 

• 16:14: ...for they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

 

We cannot ascertain from this scripture alone whether or not "God the Almighty" refers to YHWH, or Jesus. I think, however, it's safe to say it refers to YHWH, based on the previous examples from the same book, where it IS clear that "Almighty" refers to YHWH, not Jesus.

 

• 19:6: ...For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

 

Again, read the immediate context - 19:1-10. The context is the marriage supper of the Lamb. The Lamb and the Lord God Almighty are clearly distinguished. They are not the same thing.

 

• 19:15: ...he will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

 

The one who treads the winepress is Jesus. He is distinguished from God the Almighty, whose wrath and fury he (Jesus) expresses.

 

• 21:22: And I saw no temple in the city, for it's temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.

 

Clearly distinguishes between the Lord God Almighty AND the Lamb.

 

Conclusion: In the book of Revelation, whenever John uses the phrase "Lord God the Almighty", or "God the Almighty" he is ALWAYS referring to YHWH, the one and only one, there is no other - the same being whom Jesus spoke of as, "Father."

 

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