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    Revelation · 20 verses

    Revelation 1

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    John hears a voice behind him and turns around to see it, which is a perfectly sensible response until the voice turns out to be standing among seven golden lampstands.

    The revelation is sent to the churchesvv. 1–8

    The revelation begins as a message passed along an unusually well-staffed chain: God gives it to Jesus Christ, Jesus sends his angel, and the angel makes it known to John. John testifies to what he saw, while the seven churches in Asia receive grace and peace from a formidable company, including “the seven spirits before His throne,” who arrive without explanation and are not asked to introduce themselves. Jesus is named the faithful witness, firstborn from the dead, and ruler of the kings of the earth; then the scene opens outward to every eye, all the tribes of the earth, and the Lord God declaring himself the Alpha and the Omega.

    The voice, the lampstands, and the swordvv. 9–20

    John is on Patmos because of the word of God and his testimony about Jesus. On the Lord’s day he is in the Spirit when a loud voice like a trumpet speaks behind him, and John turns to see the voice—a small grammatical adventure before the spectacle begins. He sees seven golden lampstands and, among them, One like the Son of Man: white-haired, fire-eyed, bronze-footed, with a voice like many waters, seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword coming from his mouth. John falls like a dead man. The figure lays a right hand on him, identifies himself as the Living One who was dead and is alive forever, and explains that the stars are the angels of the seven churches while the lampstands are the churches themselves.

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    1. Rev 1:1This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

    2. Rev 1:2who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

    3. Rev 1:3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

    4. Rev 1:4John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne,

    5. Rev 1:5and 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 has released us from our sins by His blood,

    6. Rev 1:6who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

    7. Rev 1:7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

    8. Rev 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

    9. Rev 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.

    10. Rev 1:10On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

    11. Rev 1:11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

    12. Rev 1:12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,

    13. Rev 1:13and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.

    14. Rev 1:14The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.

    15. Rev 1:15His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

    16. Rev 1:16He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

    17. Rev 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

    18. Rev 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

    19. Rev 1:19Therefore write down the things you have seen, the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.

    20. Rev 1:20This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.’’

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 8Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
    • 7Matthew 24:30At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
    • 7Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
    • 8Revelation 22:13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
    • 3Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
    • 5Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
    • 6Revelation 5:10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
    • 18Romans 6:9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
    • 5Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
    • 7Daniel 7:13In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
    • 51 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
    • 8Isaiah 48:12Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
    • 8Isaiah 43:10“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
    • 1Revelation 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
    • 1Revelation 22:6Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”
    • 3Revelation 22:10Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

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