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Revelation Chapter 1

Revelation
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Revelation

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The vision opens with a description of the throne of God and the living creatures, highlighting His supreme authority and majesty. The speaker declares that no one can come up to heaven except those who are invited, and that the message of the book is a warning to the nations. This chapter sets the tone of divine judgment and the need for repentance.

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(1) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
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Daniel 2:28Daniel 2:29Amos 3:7Romans 16:25Galatians 1:12Ephesians 3:3John 3:32John 8:26John 12:49Revelation 22:6Psalms 25:14John 15:15

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Revelation 22:6II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15

(2) Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
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Revelation 1:9Revelation 6:9Revelation 12:11Revelation 12:17John 1:32John 12:17John 19:35John 21:24I Corinthians 1:6I Corinthians 2:1I John 5:7I John 5:8

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John 19:35

(3) Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
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Revelation 22:7Proverbs 8:34Daniel 12:12Daniel 12:13Luke 11:28Revelation 22:6Revelation 22:10Revelation 22:12Revelation 22:20Romans 13:11James 5:8James 5:9

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Joshua 1:8Ezekiel 2:10Revelation 10:6

(4) John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
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Revelation 1:1Revelation 1:11Revelation 1:20Revelation 2:1Revelation 2:8Revelation 2:12Revelation 2:18Revelation 3:1Revelation 3:7Revelation 3:14Acts 19:10I Peter 1:1

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Romans 11:6I Corinthians 15:10Hebrews 4:16Revelation 4:5Revelation 4:6

(5) And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
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Revelation 3:14Psalms 89:36Psalms 89:37Isaiah 55:4John 3:11John 3:32John 8:14John 8:15John 8:16John 18:37I Timothy 6:13I John 5:7

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I Samuel 12:5Proverbs 14:5I John 5:9I Samuel 20:17Malachi 1:2I John 4:10

(6) And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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Revelation 5:10Revelation 20:6Exodus 19:6Isaiah 61:6Romans 12:1I Peter 2:5I Peter 2:6I Peter 2:7I Peter 2:8I Peter 2:9Revelation 4:11Revelation 5:12

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Daniel 7:14Daniel 11:5

(7) Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
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Revelation 14:14Revelation 14:15Revelation 14:16Psalms 97:2Isaiah 19:1Daniel 7:13Nahum 1:3Matthew 24:30Matthew 26:64Mark 13:26Mark 14:62Luke 21:27

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Luke 6:42Proverbs 1:27Deuteronomy 19:21Luke 11:34

(8) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
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Revelation 1:11Revelation 1:17Revelation 2:8Revelation 21:6Revelation 22:13Isaiah 41:4Isaiah 43:10Isaiah 44:6Isaiah 48:12Revelation 1:4Revelation 4:8Revelation 11:17

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Revelation 21:6Revelation 22:13

(9) I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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Revelation 1:4Revelation 2:9Revelation 2:10Revelation 7:14John 16:33Acts 14:22Romans 8:17I Corinthians 4:9I Corinthians 4:10I Corinthians 4:11I Corinthians 4:12I Corinthians 4:13

(10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
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Revelation 4:2Revelation 17:3Revelation 21:10Matthew 22:43Acts 10:10Acts 10:11Acts 10:12Acts 10:13Acts 10:14Acts 10:15Acts 10:16Acts 10:17

(11) Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
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Revelation 1:8Revelation 1:17Revelation 1:19Revelation 2:1Revelation 10:4Revelation 14:13Revelation 19:9Revelation 21:5Deuteronomy 31:19Isaiah 30:8Jeremiah 30:2Habakkuk 2:2

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I Chronicles 29:29Revelation 22:19I John 2:13

(12) And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
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Ezekiel 43:5Ezekiel 43:6Micah 6:9Revelation 1:13Revelation 1:20Revelation 2:1Exodus 25:37Zechariah 4:2

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Numbers 22:33I Samuel 13:18I Kings 2:28II Kings 1:5II Chronicles 29:6Psalms 78:57

(13) And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
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Revelation 14:14Ezekiel 1:26Ezekiel 1:27Ezekiel 1:28Daniel 7:9Daniel 7:13Daniel 10:5Daniel 10:6Daniel 10:16Philippians 2:7Philippians 2:8Hebrews 2:14

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Leviticus 8:7Leviticus 13:47Revelation 1:20

(14) His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
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Daniel 7:9Matthew 28:3Revelation 2:18Revelation 19:12Daniel 10:6

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Daniel 7:9Mark 9:3Genesis 30:37Leviticus 13:4Leviticus 13:10Leviticus 13:19

(15) And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
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Revelation 2:18Ezekiel 1:7Ezekiel 40:3Daniel 10:6Revelation 14:2Revelation 19:6Psalms 93:4Isaiah 17:13Ezekiel 43:2

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Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 1:7Genesis 1:6Ezekiel 34:18Ezekiel 47:4Revelation 2:18

(16) And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
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Revelation 1:20Revelation 2:1Revelation 3:1Revelation 12:1Job 38:7Daniel 8:10Daniel 12:3Revelation 2:12Revelation 2:16Revelation 19:15Revelation 19:21Isaiah 11:4

(17) And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
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Ezekiel 1:28Daniel 8:18Daniel 10:8Daniel 10:9Daniel 10:17Daniel 10:18Daniel 10:19Habakkuk 3:16Matthew 17:2Matthew 17:3Matthew 17:4Matthew 17:5

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Judges 5:27Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38

(18) I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
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Job 19:25Psalms 18:46John 14:19Romans 6:9II Corinthians 13:4Galatians 2:20Colossians 3:3Hebrews 7:25Romans 14:8Romans 14:9II Corinthians 5:14II Corinthians 5:15

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Psalms 89:52

(19) Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
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Revelation 1:11Revelation 1:12Revelation 1:13Revelation 1:14Revelation 1:15Revelation 1:16Revelation 1:17Revelation 1:18Revelation 1:20Revelation 2:1Revelation 2:2Revelation 2:3

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I John 2:13

(20) The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
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Matthew 13:11Luke 8:10Revelation 1:13Revelation 1:16Revelation 1:12Revelation 2:1Revelation 2:8Revelation 2:12Revelation 2:18Revelation 3:1Revelation 3:7Revelation 3:14

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Revelation 2:1Daniel 2:41I Chronicles 28:15Revelation 1:12Revelation 1:13

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