5. Never again will night appear, and no one who lives there will ever need a lamp or the sun. The Lord God will be their light, and they will rule for ever.
6. Then I was told:These words are true and can be trusted. The Lord God controls the spirits of his prophets, and he is the one who sent his angel to show his servants what must happen straight away.
7. Remember, I am coming soon! God will bless everyone who pays attention to the message of this book.
8. My name is John, and I am the one who heard and saw these things. Then after I had heard and seen all this, I knelt down and began to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown it to me.
9. But the angel said,Don't do that! I am a servant, just like you. I am the same as a follower or a prophet or anyone else who obeys what is written in this book. God is the one you should worship.
10. Don't keep the prophecies in this book a secret. These things will happen soon.
11. Evil people will keep on being evil, and everyone who is dirty-minded will still be dirty-minded. But good people will keep on doing right, and God's people will always be holy.
12. Then I was told:I am coming soon! And when I come, I will reward everyone for what they have done.
13. I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
14. God will bless all who have washed their robes. They will each have the right to eat fruit from the tree that gives life, and they can enter the gates of the city.