Revelation 1:1-3

Evangelical Heritage Version

Introduction

1 The revelation from Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his servants the things that must soon take place. Christ expressed this revelation by means of symbols sent^[a] through his angel to his servant John. ² John spoke as a witness to the word of God and to the testimony about^[b] Jesus Christ, that is, to everything he saw. ³ Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy and blessed are those who hear it and hold on to the things written in it, because the time is near.