7. ‘Listen, I am coming soon! Great blessings belong to the one who obeys the words of prophecy in this book.’”
8. I am John. I am the one who heard and saw these things. After I heard and saw them, I bowed down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me.
9. But the angel said to me, “Don’t worship me! I am a servant like you and your brothers the prophets. I am a servant like all those who obey the words in this book. You should worship God!”
10. Then the angel told me, “Don’t keep secret the words of prophecy in this book. The time is near for these things to happen.
11. Let anyone who is doing wrong continue to do wrong. Let anyone who is unclean continue to be unclean. Let anyone who is doing right continue to do right. Let anyone who is holy continue to be holy.”
12. “Listen, I am coming soon! I will bring rewards with me. I will repay everyone for what they have done.
13. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.