Revelation 1:1-6

Riverside(i) 1 A REVELATION of Jesus Christ which God gave to him, to make known to his servants things which must soon take place. He sent and made it known through his angel to his servant John, 2 who bears witness to the message of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ — everything that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads, and blessed are those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep in mind what is written in it; for the time is near. 4 John to the seven Churches in Asia: Grace be to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to God his Father, to him be glory and power for the ages of the ages! Amen.