Revelation 1:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸ I am the Living One. I was dead. But now look! I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys to Death and Hell.

¹⁹ “So write down what you have seen. Write about what is happening now and what will happen later. ²⁰ Here is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand. They are the angels of the seven churches. And the seven golden lampstands you saw stand for the seven churches.