10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like a trumpet,
11 saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and “What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks,
13 and in the midst of the seven candlesticks was one like a Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and with a golden sash wrapped around the chest.
14 The hair on His head was white like wool, as white as snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters.
16 He had in His right hand seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword. His appearance was like the sun shining brightly.