Revelation 1:7-17

7 Look! He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced [a] Him. And all the families of the earth [b] [c] will mourn over Him. [d] [e] This is certain. Amen.
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega,"[f] says the Lord God, "the One who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty."

John's Vision of the Risen Lord

9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation, kingdom, and perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God's word and the testimony about Jesus.[g] [h]
10 I was in the Spirit[i] [j] [k] on the Lord's day,[l] and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet
11 saying, "Write on a scroll [m] what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."
12 I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me. When I turned I saw seven gold lampstands,
13 and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man,[n] [o] dressed in a long robe, and with a gold sash wrapped around His chest.
14 His head and hair were white like wool-white as snow, His eyes like a fiery flame,
15 His feet like fine bronze fired in a furnace, and His voice like the sound of cascading[p] waters.[q]
16 In His right hand He had seven stars; from His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was shining like the sun at midday.[r]
17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. He laid His right hand on me, and said, "Don't be afraid! I am the First and the Last,

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