La revelación¹ de Jesucristo, que Dios^a le dio, para mostrar a sus siervos^b las cosas que deben suceder pronto^c; y la dio a conocer², enviándola por medio de su ángel^d a su siervo Juan^e, 2 el cual dio testimonio de la palabra de Dios^a, y del testimonio de Jesucristo^b, y de todo lo que vio. 3 Bienaventurado el que lee y los que oyen las palabras de la profecía^a y guardan las cosas que están escritas en ella, porque el tiempo está cerca^b.

4 Juan^a, a las siete iglesias^b que están en Asia^c: Gracia a vosotros y paz^d, de aquel^e que es y que era y que ha de venir, y de los siete Espíritus que están delante de su trono^f, 5 y de Jesucristo, el testigo fiel^a, el primogénito de los muertos^b y el soberano de los reyes de la tierra^c. Al que nos ama^d y nos libertó¹ de nuestros pecados con² su sangre, 6 e hizo de nosotros un reino^a y sacerdotes^b para su Dios y Padre^1c, a Él sea la gloria y el dominio por los siglos de los siglos^d. Amén. 7 HE AQUÍ, VIENE CON LAS NUBES^a y todo ojo le verá^b, aun los que le traspasaron; y todas las tribus¹ de la tierra harán lamentación por Él^c; sí. Amén.

8 Yo soy el Alfa y la Omega^1a—dice el Señor Dios^b—el que es y que era y que ha de venir, el Todopoderoso^c.

9 Yo, Juan^a, vuestro hermano^b y compañero^c en la tribulación, en el reino^d y en la perseverancia^e en Jesús, me encontraba en la isla llamada Patmos, a causa de la palabra de Dios y del testimonio de Jesús^f. 10 Estaba yo en el Espíritu^1a en el día del Señor^b, y oí detrás de mí una gran voz, como sonido de trompeta^c, 11 que decía¹: Escribe en un libro^2a lo que ves, y envíalo a las siete iglesias^b: a Efeso^c, Esmirna^d, Pérgamo^e, Tiatira^f, Sardis^g, Filadelfia^h y Laodiceaⁱ. 12 Y me volví para ver de quién era la voz que hablaba conmigo. Y al volverme, vi siete candelabros de oro^a; 13 y en medio de los candelabros^a, vi a uno semejante al Hijo del Hombre^1b, vestido con una túnica que le llegaba hasta los pies^c y ceñido por el pecho con un cinto de oro^d. 14 Su cabeza y sus cabellos eran blancos como la blanca lana^a, como la nieve; sus ojos eran como llama de fuego^b; 15 sus pies semejantes al bronce bruñido^a cuando se le ha hecho refulgir en el horno, y su voz como el ruido de muchas aguas^b. 16 En su mano derecha tenía siete estrellas^a, y de su boca salía una aguda espada de dos filos^b; su rostro^c era como el sol cuando brilla con toda su fuerza^d. 17 Cuando le vi, caí como muerto a sus pies^a. Y Él puso su mano derecha sobre mí^b, diciendo: No temas^c, yo soy el primero y el último^d, 18 y el que vive^a, y estuve muerto^b; y he aquí, estoy vivo por los siglos de los siglos, y tengo las llaves de la muerte y del Hades^1c. 19 Escribe, pues^a, las cosas que has visto, y las que son^b, y las que han de suceder después deestas^c. 20 En cuanto al misterio^a de las siete estrellas^b que viste en mi mano derecha y de los siete candelabros de oro^c: las siete estrellas^d son los ángeles¹ de las siete iglesias^e, y los siete candelabros^f son las siete iglesias.

This is the ¹revelation of Jesus Christ His unveiling of the divine mysteries, which ^aGod the Father gave to Him to ^bshow to His bond-servants (believers) ^cthe things which must soon take place in their entirety; and He sent and communicated it ^dby His angel (divine messenger) to His bond-servant ^eJohn, 2 who testified and gave supporting evidence to ^athe word of God and to ^bthe testimony of Jesus Christ, even to everything that he saw in his visions. 3 ^1aBlessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and who keep the things which are written in it heeding them and taking them to heart; ^bfor the time of fulfillment is near.

4 ^1aJohn, to ^bthe seven churches that are in the province of ^2cAsia: ^3dGrace be granted to you and peace inner calm and spiritual well-being, from ^eHim Who is existing forever and Who was continually existing in the past and Who is to come, and from ^4fthe seven Spirits that are before His throne, Is 11:2 5 and from Jesus Christ, ^athe ¹faithful and trustworthy Witness, the ^2bFirstborn of the dead, and the ^cRuler of the kings of the earth. To Him who always ^dloves us and who has once for all ³freed us or washed us from our sins by His own blood (His sacrificial death)— Ps 89:27 6 and formed us into a ^akingdom as His subjects, ^1bpriests to ^cHis God and Father—^dto Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. Ex 19:6; Is 61:6 7 ^aBEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and ^bevery eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes (nations) of the earth will ^cmourn over Him realizing their sin and guilt, and anticipating the coming wrath. ¹So it is to be. Amen. Dan 7:13; Zech 12:10

8 “I am ^athe ¹Alpha and the Omega the Beginning and the End,” says the ^bLord God, “^cWho is existing forever and Who was continually existing in the past and Who is to come, the Almighty the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all.” Is 9:6

9 ^aI, John, your ^bbrother and ^ccompanion in the ¹tribulation and ^dkingdom and patient ^eendurance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos, exiled there ^fbecause of my preaching of the word of God regarding eternal salvation and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was ^ain the ¹Spirit in special communication with the Holy Spirit and empowered to receive and record the revelation from Jesus Christ on ^bthe ²Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^clike the sound of a trumpet, 11 saying, “^aWrite on a scroll what you see in this revelation, and send it to the ^1bseven churches—to ^cEphesus and to ^dSmyrna and to ^ePergamum and to ^fThyatira and to ^gSardis and to ^hPhiladelphia and to ⁱLaodicea.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw ^aseven golden lampstands; 13 and ^ain the midst of the lampstands I saw someone ^1blike the Son of Man, ^cdressed in a robe reaching to His feet, and with a golden sash ^dwrapped around His chest. Dan 7:13; 10:5 14 His head and His ^ahair were white like white wool, glistening white like snow; and ^bHis all-seeing eyes were flashing like a flame of fire piercing into my being. Dan 7:9 15 His ^afeet were like burnished white-hot bronze, refined in a furnace, and His ^bvoice was powerful like the sound of many waters. Dan 10:6 16 In His right hand He held ^aseven stars, and from His mouth came a ^bsharp two-edged sword of judgment; and His ^cface reflecting His majesty and the ¹Shekinah glory was like ^dthe sun shining in all its power at midday. Ex 34:29

17 When I saw Him, I ^afell at His feet as though dead. And He ^bplaced His right hand on me and said, “^cDo not be afraid; ^dI am the First and the Last absolute Deity, the Son of God, Is 44:6 18 and the ^aEver-living One living in and beyond all time and space. I ^bdied, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have ^cthe keys of absolute control and victory over death and of Hades (the realm of the dead) . 19 So ^awrite ^bthe things ¹which you have seen in the vision, and the things ²which are now happening, and the things ³which will take place ^cafter these things. 20 As for the ^amystery of the ^bseven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^cseven golden lampstands: the ^dseven stars are the angels (¹divine messengers) of ^ethe seven churches, and the seven ^flampstands are the seven churches.