Book oF Revelation
paraphrased study
9 - I, John, your brother, in tribulation and in the kingdom, and in the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the prison island called Patmos on account of the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet sounding 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches of Asia - Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking, and I saw seven gold lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a Son of man, clothed in a long robe, with a gold sash around his chest. 14 The hairs of his head were white, like pure white wool, and pure snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 and his feet were like polished bronze, glowing in a fiery furnace. His voice was like the voice of great waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sWord (“thy word is Truth” Jn.17:17). His face was like the sun in its brightness. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid, I’m the first and the last, 18 the living one. I died, but look, I’m alive. And I have the keys of death and of the hades/grave [originally sheol “where there is no doing nor knowing”/awareness, Eccles.9:5,10]. 19 Write therefore the things you see, what is and what will take place later. 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars I hold in my right hand, and the seven gold lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. [In the prophecy, “the stars are angels”. The lampstands are the currently believing.]
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