⁵ And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.”

¹⁷ This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

⁹ And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And he added, “These are true words that come from God.”

⁶ Then the angel said to me, “Everything you have heard and seen is trustworthy and true. The Lord God, who inspires his prophets,^[a] has sent his angel to tell his servants what will happen soon.^[b]”

² And instantly I was in the Spirit,^[a] and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it.

The Final Judgment

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.

⁹ Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever),

¹⁹ “Write down what you have seen—both the things that are now happening and the things that will happen.^[a]