Revelation 1:1-3
THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS AND THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS. The superscription:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS AND THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS. The superscription:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST WHICH GOD GAVE UNTO HIM TO SHOW UNTO HIS SERVANTS THINGS WHICH MUST SHORTLY COME TO PASS; AND HE SENT AND SIGNIFIED IT BY HIS ANGEL UNTO HIS SERVANT JOHN;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO BARE RECORD OF THE WORD OF GOD AND OF THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST, AND OF ALL THINGS THAT HE SAW.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED IS HE THAT READETH AND THEY THAT HEAR THE WORDS OF THIS PROPHECY, AND KEEP THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN THEREIN; FOR THE TIME IS AT HAND. From the beginning the author claims for his book divine authorship: The apocalypse of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him, to show His servants what is bo... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA: GRACE BE UNTO YOU, AND PEACE FROM HIM WHICH IS, AND WHICH WAS, AND WHICH IS TO COME, AND FROM THE SEVEN SPIRITS WHICH ARE BEFORE HIS THRONE,... [ Continue Reading ]
The prologue:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND FROM JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS THE FAITHFUL WITNESS AND THE FIRST BEGOTTEN OF THE DEAD AND THE PRINCE OF THE KINGS OF THE EARTH. UNTO HIM THAT LOVED US, AND WASHED US FROM OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BLOOD,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD AND HIS FATHER: TO HIM BE GLORY AND DOMINION FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, HE COMETH WITH CLOUDS; AND EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM, AND THEY ALSO WHICH PIERCED HIM; AND ALL KINDREDS OF THE EARTH SHALL WAIL BECAUSE OF HIM. EVEN SO, AMEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING, SAITH THE LORD, WHICH IS, AND WHICH WAS, AND WHICH IS TO COME, THE ALMIGHTY. This paragraph strikes the keynote of the entire book, its sentences moving forward with majestic grandeur. This is evident even in the salutation: John to the seven congr... [ Continue Reading ]
I, JOHN, WHO ALSO AM YOUR BROTHER AND COMPANION IN TRIBULATION AND IN THE KINGDOM AND PATIENCE OF JESUS CHRIST, WAS IN THE ISLE THAT IS CALLED PATMOS, FOR THE WORD OF GOD AND FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
John's commission to write:... [ Continue Reading ]
I WAS IN THE SPIRIT ON THE LORD'S DAY, AND HEARD BEHIND ME A GREAT VOICE, AS OF A TRUMPET,... [ Continue Reading ]
SAYING, I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST; AND, WHAT THOU SEEST, WRITE A BOOK, AND SEND IT UNTO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA; UNTO EPHESUS, AND UNTO SMYRNA, AND UNTO PERGAMOS, AND UNTO THYATIRA, AND UNTO SARDIS, AND UNTO PHILADELPHIA, AND UNTO LAODICEA. For the third time John, wr... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I TURNED TO SEE THE VOICE THAT SPAKE WITH ME. AND BEING TURNED, I SAW SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS;... [ Continue Reading ]
The vision of the Son of Man:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS ONE LIKE UNTO THE SON OF MAN, CLOTHED WITH A GARMENT DOWN TO THE FOOT, AND GIRT ABOUT THE PAPS WITH A GOLDEN GIRDLE.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW, AND HIS EYES WERE AS A FLAME OF FIRE,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS FEET LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS, AS IF THEY BURNED IN A FURNACE, AND HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF MANY WATERS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS; AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH WENT A SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD; AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS AS THE SUN SHINETH IN HIS STRENGTH. John records, first of all, what impression the voice made upon him: And I turned around to see the voice which spoke with me. Not from mere curio... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN I SAW HIM, I FELL AT HIS FEET AS DEAD. AND HE LAID HIS RIGHT HAND UPON ME, SAYING UNTO ME. FEAR NOT; I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST;... [ Continue Reading ]
Christ commands John to write:... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM HE THAT LIVETH AND WAS DEAD; AND. BEHOLD, I AM ALIVE FOREVERMORE, AMEN; AND HAVE THE KEYS OF HELL AND OF DEATH.... [ Continue Reading ]
WRITE THE THINGS WHICH THOU HAST SEEN, AND THE THINGS WHICH ARE, AND THE THINGS WHICH SHALL BE HEREAFTER;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS WHICH THOU SAWEST IN MY RIGHT HAND, AND THE SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS. THE SEVEN STARS ARE THE ANGELS OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES, AND THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS WHICH THOU SAWEST ARE THE SEVEN CHURCHES. The first and immediate effect of the vision upon John: And when I saw Him,... [ Continue Reading ]