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* The Revelation of Jesus Christ , which God gave to Him to show His servants the [ ]things which must come to pass quickly . And He made it known by sending it through His angel to His servant John , * who testified to the word of God , and the testimony of Jesus Christ , as many things as He saw , both the things that are and those that must happen after these . * Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy , and who keep the things having been written in it ; for the time is near . * John , to the seven churches [which are ] in Asia : Grace to you and peace from Him who is , and who was , and who is coming , and from the seven-fold Spirit who is before His throne , * and from Jesus Christ , the faithful witness , the firstborn from the dead , and the ruler of the kings of the earth . To Him who loves us and who washed us from our sins in His own blood , * and He made us kings and priests to His God and Father , to Him be the glory and dominion forever and ever . Amen . * Behold , He is coming with the clouds , and every eye will see Him , and those who pierced Him . And all the tribes of the earth will wail because of Him . Even so , Amen ! * "I am the Alpha and the Omega ,"says the Lord God , "He who is and He who was and He who is to come , The Almighty ." * I , John , your brother and partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Christ Jesus , came to be on the island that is called Patmos on account of the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ . * I was in [the ]Spirit on the Lord 's Day , and I heard a loud voice like a trumpet behind me , * saying , "That which you see , write in a book and send to the seven churches : to Ephesus , to Smyrna , to Pergamos , to Thyatira , to Sardis , to Philadelphia , and to Laodicea ." * And there I turned to see the voice which was speaking with me . And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands , * and in the midst of the seven lampstands [stood One ] like [the ] Son of Man , having been clothed in a [robe ] reaching to [His ] feet and having been girded across [His ] chest with a golden belt . * And His head and His hair were white , and like white wool , like snow , and His eyes [were ]like a flame of fire ; * And His feet were like fine brass , as if refined in a furnace , and His voice as the sound of many waters ; * He had in His right hand seven stars , out of His mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword , and His countenance was as the sun shining in its strength . * And when I saw Him , I fell at His feet as [if ] dead . But He put His right hand on me , saying , "Do not fear ; I am the First and the Last . * I am He who lives , and became dead , and behold , I am alive forevermore . Amen . And I have the keys of Death and of Hades . * Write therefore the things which you saw , and the things which are , and the things which shall be 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 of the seven churches , and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches .

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