The Lord’s Answer

² Then the Lord replied:

¹³ Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord^(A) from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit,^(B) “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

²² So Moses wrote^(A) down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites.

¹⁸ I am the Living One; I was dead,^(A) and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!^(B) And I hold the keys of death and Hades.^(C)

¹⁹ “Write, therefore, what you have seen,^(D) what is now and what will take place later.

⁵ He who was seated on the throne^(A) said, “I am making everything new!”^(B) Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”^(C)

⁶ He said to me: “It is done.^(D) I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(E) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost^(F) from the spring of the water of life.^{(G) 7} Those who are victorious^(H) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.^{(I) 8} But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars^(J)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.^(K) This is the second death.”^(L)

⁴ But you, Daniel, roll up and seal^(A) the words of the scroll until the time of the end.^(B) Many will go here and there^(C) to increase knowledge.”

⁸ And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones^(A) you have set up.”^(B)

⁹ Then the angel said to me,^(A) “Write this:^(B) Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”^(C) And he added, “These are the true words of God.”^(D)