- 1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
- 2Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
- 3Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
- 4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
- 5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
- 6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- 7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
- 8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
- 9I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- 10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
- 11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
- 12And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
- 13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
- 14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
- 15And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
- 16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
- 17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
- 18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- 19Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
- 20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
KING JAMES VERSION
REVELATION 1
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Revelation 1 — John receives the revelation of Jesus Christ and sees the risen Lord walking among the seven golden lampstands.
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The lampstands and stars follow the chapter’s own explanation as the seven churches and their angels. The sword is rendered as visionary radiance rather than a literal weapon protruding from Christ’s mouth.
Scripture basis: Revelation 1:1–20King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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Revelation’s “one like a son of man,” white head or hair, and destructive word combine imagery associated with the Head of Days and Son of Man in 1 Enoch, while also drawing on Daniel.
Archaeological Evidence
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Principally second–seventh centuries AD
Oxyrhynchus New Testament Papyri
The rubbish mounds of Oxyrhynchus yielded many fragmentary New Testament codices within an immense archive of ordinary writing, giving text critics excavated witnesses to several biblical books while requiring every fragment to be dated and evaluated on its own.
Matthew 1:1–25 · John 1:23–49 · Romans 1:1–32
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Fifth century AD
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus is a fifth-century parchment Bible whose four surviving volumes preserve most of the Greek Old and New Testaments, early paratext, corrections, and a historically revealing collection order including 1 and 2 Clement.
Luke 1:1–4 · John 1:1–18 · Revelation 1:1–3
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Possible second century AD
Papyrus P98 of Revelation
P98, P.IFAO inv. 237b, is a reused papyrus sheet preserving Revelation 1:13-2:1 in Greek; its early handwriting, corrected transcription, roll-like material context, and tiny extent make it important but resistant to sensational precision.
Revelation 1:13–20 · Revelation 2:1
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Third to fourth century AD
P.Oxy. VIII 1075/1079: Exodus Reused for Revelation
British Library Papyrus 2053 carries the close of Greek Exodus on one side and Revelation 1:4-7 in a different hand on the reverse, prompting debate over whether it was a reused roll or a mixed codex leaf.
Exodus 40:26–32 · Revelation 1:4–7
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
3rd–4th Century
Papyrus P18: Revelation 1:4–7 in a Greek Witness
British Library Papyrus 2053 preserves Exodus 40 on one side and Revelation 1:4–7 on the other, making P18 a third-century Christian book fragment whose roll-or-codex construction and reuse history remain actively debated.
Revelation 1:4–7 · Exodus 40:26–32
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Ninth-century New Testament undertext; later overwritten parchment
Codex Porphyrianus (GA 025)
Codex Porphyrianus (GA 025) is a distinct physical witness to the material transmission and reception of Scripture, identified by its own shelfmark, date, contents, and custodial history.
1 John 2:7–17 · Revelation 1:1–8
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PROPHECY EVENTFulfilled
30
Zechariah 13:1A Fountain Opened for Sin and Uncleanness
Zechariah promises an opened fountain for the house of David and Jerusalem to cleanse sin and uncleanness.
Restorationfountaincleansinghouse of DavidJerusalem
PROPHECY EVENTFulfilled
30
Zechariah 12:10They Shall Look Upon the Pierced One
Zechariah describes Jerusalem looking upon one who was pierced and mourning. John explicitly applies the passage to Jesus’ death; external evidence supports execution under Pilate and the reality of piercing in Roman crucifixion, not the Gospel’s spear wound itself.
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The Great Whore
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View sermon The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
In The Second Coming of Jesus Christ, Pastor Dean Odle warns against teachings that claim Christ already returned, the millennial reign has already occurred, and believers now live in Satan's 'little season.' He begins with the apostolic command to abide in the doctrine of Christ and to reject deceivers, then reads Matthew 24 as a chronological description of a future, unmistakable, worldwide return. Odle emphasizes that the sun and moon will be darkened, the stars will fall, heaven will be rolled back, the mountains and islands will be removed, every tribe will see Christ, and the elect will be gathered after the tribulation.
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View sermon The Book of Enoch
In “The Book of Enoch,” Pastor Dean Odle begins a series examining whether 1 Enoch should be received as genuine prophecy. He does not argue that it must be added to the biblical canon. Instead, he proposes that its claims should be judged by the written Word and the witness of the Holy Spirit, appealing especially to Genesis 5:21-24, Hebrews 11:5-6, and Jude 14-15. Jude’s attribution of a judgment prophecy to “Enoch the seventh from Adam” is the sermon’s central biblical basis.
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Four Spirits Ride
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Believe It Not
An examination of hidden-return and past-millennium claims through the public signs Jesus and the apostles gave: cosmic upheaval, resurrection, gathering, judgment, and the visible reign of Christ. Context—not fascination—must govern prophecy.