6 and has made us a kingdom, priests for God his Father. Amen.
7 Look! 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.
9 I 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.
10 I came under the Spirit’s power on the Lord’s day. I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet,
11 saying, “Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
12 I turned toward the voice which was talking to me, and when I turned, I saw seven gold lamp stands.