7. Look! He is coming with clouds,and every eye will see Him,even those who pierced Him.And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him.Even so, Amen.
8. “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
9. I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the isle that is called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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.
17. When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though I were dead. Then He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
18. I am He who lives, though I was dead. Look! I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.