^{Revelation 1:11-20}

¹¹ which said: "Write on a scroll what you see ^(Present) and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea." (Deut. 31:19, Isa. 30:8, Jer. 30:2, Hab. 2:2)

¹² I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, ^{(Exo. 25:31-40)}

¹³ and among the lampstands was someone "like a son of man," ^{(Son of Man = 182 uses! Dan 7:13-14)}

Dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. ^{(Eze. 1:26-28, Isa. 11:1-5)}

¹⁴ His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. ^{(Dan. 7:9, Mark 9:2-7)}

¹⁵ His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. ^{(Dan 10:4-6, Psa. 29:1-11, Eze. 43:1-2)}

¹⁶ In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. ^{(Eph 6:17, Judges 3: 15-22, Rev. 19:13-16, Heb. 4:12-13)}

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. ^{(Eze. 1:28)}

¹⁸ I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. ^{(Rom. 14:8-9, Luke 12:4-5, Rev. 6:7-8, Rev. 20:13-15)}

¹⁹ "Write, therefore, what you have seen, ^(Past) what is now ^(Present) and what will take place later. ^(Future)

²⁰ The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels ^(Messengers) of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.