Revelation 1:6-14

6and has made us a kingdom, priests for God his Father. Amen.

7Look! He is coming in the clouds. Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. Every tribe on earth will mourn because of him. This is true. Amen.

8“I am the A and the Z,”  says the Lord God, the one who is, the one who was, and the one who is coming, the Almighty.

9I am John, your brother. I share your suffering, ruling, and endurance because of Jesus. I was ⌞exiled⌟ on the island of Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus.

10I came under the Spirit’s power on the Lord’s day. I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet,

11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

12I turned toward the voice which was talking to me, and when I turned, I saw seven gold lamp stands.

13There was someone like the Son of Man among the lamp stands. He was wearing a robe that reached his feet. He wore a gold belt around his waist.

14His head and his hair were white like wool—like snow. His eyes were like flames of fire.