1This is the revelation of Jesus the Messiah, which God gave him to show his servants the things that must happen soon. He made it known by sending his messenger to his servant John,G602G2424G5547G3739G2316G1325G846G1166G846G1401G3739G1163G1722G5034G1096G2532G649G4591G1223G846G32G846G1401G24912who testified about this message from God and the testimony about Jesus the Messiah.G3739G3140G3056G2316G2532G3141G2424G5547G5037G3745G14923How blessed is the one who reads aloud and those who hear the words of this prophecy and obey what is written in it, for the time is near!G3107G314G2532G191G3056G4394G2532G5083G1125G1722G846G1063G2540G14514From John to the seven churches in Asia. May grace and peace be yours from the one who is, who was, and who is coming, from the seven spirits who are in front of his throne,G2491G2033G1577G3588G1722G773G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G3588G5607G3801G2532G3588G2258G3801G2532G3588G2064G3801G2532G575G2033G4151G3739G2076G1799G846G23625and from Jesus the Messiah, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his bloodG2532G575G2424G5547G4103G3144G4416G1537G3498G2532G758G935G1093G25G2248G2532G3068G2248G575G2257G266G1722G846G1296and has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.G2532G4160G2248G935G2532G2409G2316G2532G846G3962G846G1391G2532G2904G1519G165G165G2817Look! He is coming in the clouds. Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him. So be it! Amen.G2400G2064G3326G3507G2532G3956G3788G3700G846G2532G3748G1574G846G2532G3956G5443G1093G2875G1909G846G3483G2818"I am the Alpha and the Omega," declares the Lord God, "the one who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty."G1473G1510G1G2532G5598G746G2532G5056G3004G2962G3588G5607G3801G2532G3588G2258G3801G2532G3588G2064G3801G38419I am John, your brother and partner in the oppression, kingdom, and patience that comes because of Jesus. I was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.G1473G2491G3588G2532G5216G80G2532G4791G1722G2347G2532G1722G932G2532G5281G2424G5547G1096G1722G3520G2564G3963G1223G3056G2316G2532G1223G3141G2424G554710I came to be in the Spirit on the Day of the Lord, when I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet,G1096G1722G4151G1722G2960G2250G2532G191G3694G3450G3173G5456G5613G453611saying, "Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."G3004G1473G1510G1G2532G5598G4413G2532G2078G2532G3739G991G1125G1519G975G2532G3992G2033G1577G3588G1722G773G1519G2181G2532G1519G4667G2532G1519G4010G2532G1519G2363G2532G1519G4554G2532G1519G5359G2532G1519G299312Then I turned to see who was talking to me, and when I turned I saw seven gold lamp stands.G2532G1994G991G5456G3748G2980G3326G1700G2532G1994G1492G2033G5552G308713Among the lamp stands there was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash around his chest.G2532G1722G3319G2033G3087G3664G5207G444G1746G4158G2532G4024G4314G3149G5552G222314His head and his hair were white like wool, in fact, as white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire,G1161G846G2776G2532G2359G3022G5616G2053G3022G5613G5510G2532G846G3788G5613G5395G444215his feet were like glowing bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of raging waters.G2532G846G4228G3664G5474G5613G4448G1722G2575G2532G846G5456G5613G5456G4183G520416In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines with full force.1G2532G2192G1722G846G1188G5495G2033G792G2532G1537G846G4750G1607G3691G1366G4501G2532G846G3799G5613G2246G5316G1722G846G141117When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Stop being afraid! I am the first and the last,G2532G3753G1492G846G4098G4314G846G4228G5613G3498G2532G2007G846G1188G5495G1909G1691G3004G3427G5399G3361G1473G1510G4413G2532G207818the living one. I was dead, but look - I am alive forever and ever! I have the keys of Death and Hades.G2532G2198G2532G1096G3498G2532G2400G1510G2198G1519G165G165G281G2532G2192G2807G86G2532G228819Therefore, write down what you have seen, what is, and what is going to happen after this.G1125G3739G1492G2532G3739G1526G2532G3739G3195G1096G3326G502320The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches."G3466G2033G792G3739G1492G1909G3450G1188G2532G2033G5552G3087G2033G792G1526G32G2033G1577G2532G2033G3087G3739G1492G1526G2033G1577
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