Revelation 1:1-3

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The Revelation of Jesus the Messiah to the Seven Churches

1 This is^[a] the revelation of Jesus the Messiah,^[b] which God gave him to show his servants the things that must happen soon. He made it known by sending his messenger^[c] to his servant John, ² who testified about this message from God and the testimony about Jesus the Messiah.^{[d] 3} How blessed is the one who reads aloud and those who hear the words of this prophecy and obey what is written in it, for the time is near!