Revelation 1
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1This is what God showed to Jesus Christ, so that he could tell his servants what must happen soon. Christ then sent his angel with the message to his servant John. 2And John told everything he had seen about God's message and about what Jesus Christ had said and done.
3God will bless everyone who reads this prophecy to others,#1.3 who reads this prophecy to others: A public reading, in a worship service. and he will bless everyone who hears and obeys it. The time is almost here.
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Ex 3.14;
Rev 4.5. From John to the seven churches in Asia.#1.4 Asia: The section 1.4—3.22 is in the form of a letter. Asia was in the eastern part of the Roman Empire and is present day Turkey.
I pray that you
will be blessed
with kindness and peace
from God, who is and was
and is coming.
May you receive
kindness and peace
from the seven spirits
before the throne of God.
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Is 55.4;
Ps 89.27. May kindness and peace
be yours
from Jesus Christ,
the faithful witness.
Jesus was the first
to conquer death,
and he is the ruler
of all earthly kings.
Christ loves us,
and by his blood
he set us free
from our sins.
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Ex 19.6; Rev 5.10. He lets us rule as kings
and serve God his Father
as priests.
To him be glory and power
forever and ever! Amen.
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Dn 7.13; Mt 24.30; Mk 13.26; Lk 21.27; 1 Th 4.17;
Zec 12.10; Jn 19.34,37;
Zec 12.10; Mt 24.30. Look! He is coming
with the clouds.
Everyone will see him,
even the ones who stuck
a sword through him.
All people on earth
will weep because of him.
Yes, it will happen! Amen.
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Rev 22.13;
Ex 3.14. The Lord God says, “I am Alpha and Omega,#1.8 Alpha and Omega: The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, which sometimes mean “first” and “last.” the one who is and was and is coming. I am God All-Powerful!”
A Vision of the Risen Lord
9I am John, a follower together with all of you. We suffer because Jesus is our king, but he gives us the strength to endure. I was sent to Patmos Island,#1.9 Patmos Island: A small island where prisoners were sometimes kept by the Romans. because I had preached God's message and had told about Jesus. 10On the Lord's day the Spirit took control of me, and behind me I heard a loud voice that sounded like a trumpet. 11The voice said, “Write in a book what you see. Then send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”#1.11 Ephesus … Laodicea: Ephesus was in the center with the six other cities forming a half-circle around it.
12When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. 13#Dn 7.13; Dn 10.5. There with the lampstands was someone who seemed to be the Son of Man.#1.13 Son of Man: That is, Jesus. He was wearing a robe that reached down to his feet, and a gold cloth was wrapped around his chest. 14#Dn 7.9. #Dn 10.6. His head and his hair were white as wool or snow, and his eyes looked like flames of fire. 15#Ez 1.24; 43.2; 2 Esd 6.17. His feet were glowing like bronze being heated in a furnace, and his voice sounded like the roar of a waterfall. 16He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword was coming from his mouth. His face was shining as bright as the sun at noon.
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Is 44.6; 48.12; 2 Esd 10.30; Rev 2.8; 22.13. When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person. But he put his right hand on me and said:
Don't be afraid! I am the first, the last, 18and the living one. I died, but now I am alive forever, and I have the keys to death and the world of the dead.#1.18 keys to death and the world of the dead: That is, power over death and the world of the dead. 19Write what you have seen and what is and what will happen after these things. 20I will explain the mystery of the seven stars you saw at my right side and the seven gold lampstands. The seven stars are the angels#1.20 angels: Perhaps guardian angels that represent the churches, or they may be church leaders or messengers sent to the churches. of the seven churches, and the lampstands are the seven churches.
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The Revelation 1
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Yeshua’s Revelation to John
1The revelation of Yeshua the Messiah, which God gave Him to show to His servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,
2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Yeshua the Messiah—to everything he saw.
3How fortunate is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and those who hear and keep what has been written in it—for the time is near.
4John, To Messiah’s seven communities in Asia: Grace to you and shalom from Him who is and who was and who is to come, as well as from the seven spirits who are before His throne,
5and from Messiah Yeshua, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood
6and made us a kingdom, kohanim to His God and Father—to Him be glory and power forever! Amen!
7“Look, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him, even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of Him. Yes, amen!”
8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says Adonai Elohim, “Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty!”
9I, John, your brother and fellow partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance that are in Yeshua, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Yeshua.
10I was in the Ruach on the Day of the Lord, and I heard behind me a loud voice like that of a trumpet,
11saying, “Write what you see in a scroll, and send it to Messiah’s seven communities—to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”
Vision of the Glorious Son of Man
12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden menorot.
13In the midst of the menorot, I saw One like a Son of Man, clothed in a robe down to His feet, with a golden belt wrapped around His chest.
14His head and His hair were white like wool, white like snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire.
15His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of rushing waters.
16In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came forth a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at full strength.
17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid! I am the First and the Last,
18and the One who lives. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever! Moreover, I hold the keys of death and Sheol.
19Therefore write down what you have seen, what is, and what will happen after these things.
20As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden menorot—the seven stars are the angels of Messiah’s seven communities, and the seven menorahs are the seven communities.”
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