Revelation 1:8-11

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.”