The revelation of Y'shua the Mashiyach, which Elohim gave him, to show his servants what must happen soon: and he made it known by sending through his messenger to his servant Yochanan;¹

who bore witness to the word of Elohim, and to the testimony of Y'shua the Mashiyach, to all that he saw.

Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep what is written in it; for the time is near.

Yochanan to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: grace to you and peace from him who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the seven spirits that are before his throne;

and from Y'shua the Mashiyach, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the head of the kings of the earth; who loves us and has released us from our sins by his blood;

and has made us a priestly kingdom to Elohim and his Father: to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, also those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Yes and amen.

I am Alap and Tau, says Master YHWH Elohim, he who is and who was and who is coming, he who holds all.

I Yochanan, your brother and partaker with you in the affliction and in the patience that are in Y'shua, was on the island that is called Patmos because of the word of Elohim and because of the testimony of Y'shua the Mashiyach.

And I was in the Ruach on the first day of the week, and I heard behind me a great voice like a shofar

that said, What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.

And I turned to know the voice that was speaking with me, and when I turned I saw seven lampstands of gold.

and in the midst of the lampstands one like the likeness of a son of man, clothed with an ephod and bound at his breasts with a girdle of gold.

But his head and his hair were white like wool and like snow, and his eyes like a flame of fire.

and his feet like the likeness of brass of Lebanon heated in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of many waters.

And he has in his right hand seven stars, and from his mouth goes out a sharp sword, and his appearance is like the sun shining in its strength.

And when I saw him I fell at his feet like a dead man, and he laid his right hand on me, saying, Do not fear; I am the First and the Last,

and the Living One; I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. And I have the keys of death and of Sheol.

Therefore write what you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that are to be after these.

The mystery of the seven stars that you saw on my right hand, and the seven lampstands of gold. The seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands of gold that you saw are the seven churches.