Chapter 1
1:1 The Revelation of YASHUWAH the Messiah, which Elohim gave to Him to show to His servants things which must shortly come to pass. He sent and revealed it by His angel to His servant John,
Revelation
1:2 who bears record of the word of Elohim, and of the testimony of YASHUWAH the Messiah, and of all things that he saw.
1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written in it, for the time is near.
1:4 John, To the seven Assemblies which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,
1:5 and from YASHUWAH the Messiah, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
1:6 and has made us kings and priests to Elohim and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1:7 Look! He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Master, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
1:9 I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of YASHUWAH the Messiah, was on the island that is called Patmos on account of the word of Elohim and the testimony of YASHUWAH the Messiah.
1:10 I was in the Spirit on YASHUWAH's Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like a trumpet,
1:11 saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and “What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven Assemblies which are in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
1:12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks,
1:13 and in the midst of the seven candlesticks was one like the Son of Man, clothed with a white garment, and girded about the chest with a golden band.
1:14 The hair on His head was white like wool, as white as snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
1:15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters.
1:16 He had in His right hand seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword. His appearance was like the sun shining brightly.
1:17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though I were dead. Then He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
1:18 I am He who lives, though I was dead. Look! I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hell and of Death.
1:19 “Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.
1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks: The seven stars are the angels of the seven Assemblies, and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven Assemblies.