Revelation:1:9-20

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* I John , your brother and partner with you in oppression , Kingdom , and perseverance in Christ Jesus , was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God 's Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ . * I was in the Spirit on the Lord 's day , and I heard behind me a loud voice , like a trumpet * saying , " {TR adds "I am the Alpha and the Omega , the First and the Last ."}What you see , write in a book and send to the seven assemblies {TR adds "which are in Asia "}: to Ephesus , Smyrna , Pergamum , Thyatira , Sardis , Philadelphia , and to Laodicea ." * I turned to see the voice that spoke with me . Having turned , I saw seven golden lampstands . * And among the lampstands was one like a son of man , {Daniel strkjv @7:13 } clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet , and with a golden sash around his chest . * His head and his hair were white as white wool , like snow . His eyes were like a flame of fire . * His feet were like burnished brass , as if it had been refined in a furnace . His voice was like the voice of many waters . * He had seven stars in his right hand . Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword . His face was like the sun shining at its brightest . * When I saw him , I fell at his feet like a dead man . He laid his right hand on me , saying , "Don 't be afraid . I am the first and the last , * and the Living one . I was dead , and behold , I am alive forevermore . Amen . I have the keys of Death and of Hades {or , Hell }. * Write therefore the things which you have seen , and the things which are , and the things which will happen hereafter ; * the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand , and the seven golden lampstands . The seven stars are the angels {or , messengers (here and wherever angels are mentioned )} of the seven assemblies . The seven lampstands are seven assemblies .

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