Revelation 1:10-18

¹⁰I was in the Spirit on the Lord`s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet <sup>11</sup>saying, "What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." <sup>12</sup>I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. <sup>13</sup>And in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest. <sup>14</sup>His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. <sup>15</sup>His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters. <sup>16</sup>He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest. <sup>17</sup>When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don`t be afraid. I am the first and the last, ¹⁸and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.