Righteous Reign of the Branch

The Branch

⁸ Now listen, Joshua, you high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a ^(A)sign: for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the ^[a](B)Branch. ⁹ For behold, the stone that I have put before Joshua; on one stone are ^(C)seven eyes. Behold, I am going to engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘and I will ^(D)remove the guilt of that land in one day. ¹⁰ On that day,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his ^(E)vine and under his fig tree.’”

Message to the Seven Churches

^4 (A)John to ^(B)the seven churches that are in ^(C)Asia: ^(D)Grace to you and peace from ^(E)Him who is, and who was, and who ^[a]is to come, and from ^(F)the ^[b]seven spirits who are before His throne, ⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(G)the faithful witness, the ^(H)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(I)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^(J)loves us and released us from our sins by His blood— ⁶ and He made us into a ^(K)kingdom, ^(L)priests to ^[c](M)His God and Father—^(N)to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. ^7 (O)Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and ^(P)every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will ^(Q)mourn over Him. ^[d]So it is to be. Amen.

⁸ “I am ^(R)the Alpha and the Omega,” says the ^(S)Lord God, “^(T)who is and who was and who ^[e]is to come, the Almighty.”

The Patmos Vision

^9 (U)I, John, your ^(V)brother and ^(W)fellow participant in the tribulation and ^(X)kingdom and ^[f](Y)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(Z)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰ I was ^(AA)in the ^[g]Spirit on ^(AB)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(AC)like the sound of a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, “^(AD)Write ^[h]on a scroll what you see, and send it to the ^(AE)seven churches: to ^(AF)Ephesus, ^(AG)Smyrna, ^(AH)Pergamum, ^(AI)Thyatira, ^(AJ)Sardis, ^(AK)Philadelphia, and ^(AL)Laodicea.”

¹² Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw ^(AM)seven golden lampstands; ¹³ and ^(AN)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(AO)like ^[i]a son of man, ^(AP)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(AQ)wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. ¹⁴ His head and His ^(AR)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(AS)His eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵ His ^(AT)feet were like ^[j]burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His ^(AU)voice was like the sound of many waters. ¹⁶ In His right hand He held ^(AV)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^(AW)sharp two-edged sword; and His ^(AX)face was like ^(AY)the sun ^[k]shining in its strength.

¹⁷ When I saw Him, I ^(AZ)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^(BA)placed His right hand on me, saying, “^(BB)Do not be afraid; ^(BC)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the ^(BD)living One; and I ^[l](BE)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have ^(BF)the keys of death and of Hades. ¹⁹ Therefore ^(BG)write ^(BH)the things which you have seen, ^[m]and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^(BI)after these things. ²⁰ As for the ^(BJ)mystery of the ^(BK)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^(BL)seven golden lampstands: the ^(BM)seven stars are the angels of ^(BN)the seven churches, and the seven ^(BO)lampstands are the seven churches.