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Revelation 1:1-20 (AMP)

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¹ the revelation of Jesus Christ . God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass in their entirety. And He sent and communicated it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant John, ² Who has testified to and vouched for all that he saw , the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. ³ Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who reads aloud the word of this prophecy; and blessed (happy, to be envied) are those who hear and who keep themselves true to the things which are written in it , for the time is near. ⁴ John to the seven assemblies (churches) that are in Asia: May grace (God's unmerited favor) be granted to you and spiritual peace (the peace of Christ's kingdom) from Him Who is and Who was and Who is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, ⁵ And from Jesus Christ the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead and the Prince (Ruler) of the kings of the earth. To Him Who ever loves us and has once loosed and freed us from our sins by His own blood, ⁶ And formed us into a kingdom (a royal race), priests to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion throughout the ages and forever and ever. Amen (so be it). ⁷ Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so . Amen (so be it). ⁸ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, He Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty (the Ruler of all). ⁹ I, John, your brother and companion (sharer and participator) with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance in Jesus Christ, was on the isle called Patmos, on account of the Word of God and the testimony (the proof, the evidence) for Jesus Christ. ¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like the calling of a war trumpet, ¹¹ Saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write promptly what you see (your vision) in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia--to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea. ¹² Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, ¹³ And in the midst of the lampstands like a Son of Man, clothed with a robe which reached to His feet and with a girdle of gold about His breast. ¹⁴ His head and His hair were white like white wool, as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire. ¹⁵ His feet glowed like burnished (bright) bronze as it is refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. ¹⁶ In His right hand He held seven stars, and from His mouth there came forth a sharp two-edged sword, and His face was like the sun shining in full power at midday. ¹⁷ When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if dead. But He laid His right hand on me and said, Do not be afraid! I am the First and the Last, ¹⁸ And the Ever-living One . I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead). ¹⁹ Write therefore the things you see, what they are and what is to take place hereafter. ²⁰ As to the hidden meaning (the mystery) of the seven stars which you saw on My right hand and the seven lampstands of gold: the seven stars are the seven angels (messengers) of the seven assemblies (churches) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 9) Persecution - John - a companion in the suffering

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 5) Names of Jesus (part XIII) (2011-04-19)
(v. 6) Blessings In Christ (part X) (2012-03-14)
(v. 9) Falling in Love with God - Suffering (2008-04-26)
(v. 13) Seeing Jesus (2015-07-17)
(v. 17) Fearing God - John feared (2011-06-06)
(v. 17) The Strength of Jesus (part II) (2013-04-19)
(v. 17) Seeing Jesus (2015-07-17)
(v. 18) Names of Jesus (part I) (2011-04-07)
(v. 20) Names of the Church (part III) (2011-04-27)

Definition(s):
Ephesus (Eff-es-us): desirable
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
Sardis (Sar-diss): prince of joy
Smyrna (Smirr-na): myrrh
Thyatira (Thigh-a-ty-ra): a perfume; sacrifice of labor
Hades (Heh-dees):
Pergamum (Per-ga-mum):