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Revelation · read by A.J. Higgins
84 verses, in order. Only the verses A.J. read aloud are shown.
Revelation 1
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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
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who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
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"I am the Alpha and the Omega, " says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
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I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
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On the Lord's day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
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Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
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and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
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The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
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When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
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Therefore write down the things you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Introduction
Revelation 2
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"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Ephesus, the loveless assembly; the physician and their failure
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Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Ephesus, the loveless assembly; the physician and their failure
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But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Ephesus, the loveless assembly; the physician and their failure
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Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Ephesus, the loveless assembly; the physician and their failure
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But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Ephesus, the loveless assembly; the physician and their failure
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Ephesus, the loveless assembly; the physician and their failure
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I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Smyrna, the loyal assembly; the refiner and the furnace
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Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Smyrna, the loyal assembly; the refiner and the furnace
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Smyrna, the loyal assembly; the refiner and the furnace
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To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Pergamos: the lax assembly; the assessor and His fairness
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But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Pergamos: the lax assembly; the assessor and His fairness
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In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Pergamos: the lax assembly; the assessor and His fairness
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Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Pergamos: the lax assembly; the assessor and His fairness
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Pergamos: the lax assembly; the assessor and His fairness
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To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Thyatira, the leavened assembly: the Judge and His faithfulness
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But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Thyatira, the leavened assembly: the Judge and His faithfulness
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Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Thyatira, the leavened assembly: the Judge and His faithfulness
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Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Thyatira, the leavened assembly: the Judge and His faithfulness
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Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Thyatira, the leavened assembly: the Judge and His faithfulness
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But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Thyatira, the leavened assembly: the Judge and His faithfulness
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Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Thyatira, the leavened assembly: the Judge and His faithfulness
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And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Thyatira, the leavened assembly: the Judge and His faithfulness
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He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery —just as I have received authority from My Father.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Thyatira, the leavened assembly: the Judge and His faithfulness
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And I will give him the morning star.Read from ESV · 7 Churches: Thyatira, the leavened assembly: the Judge and His faithfulness
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Sardis, the lifeless assembly; the recorder and his future
Revelation 3
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"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Sardis, the lifeless assembly; the recorder and his future
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Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Sardis, the lifeless assembly; the recorder and his future
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But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Sardis, the lifeless assembly; the recorder and his future
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Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Sardis, the lifeless assembly; the recorder and his future
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Sardis, the lifeless assembly; the recorder and his future
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To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Philadelphia, the loving assembly; the porter and his fondness
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I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Philadelphia, the loving assembly; the porter and his fondness
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Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Philadelphia, the loving assembly; the porter and his fondness
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Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Philadelphia, the loving assembly; the porter and his fondness
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I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Philadelphia, the loving assembly; the porter and his fondness
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The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Philadelphia, the loving assembly; the porter and his fondness
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Sardis, the lifeless assembly; the recorder and his future
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I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Laodicea, the lukewarm assembly; the inspector and His findings
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You say, 'I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Laodicea, the lukewarm assembly; the inspector and His findings
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Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Laodicea, the lukewarm assembly; the inspector and His findings
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Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Laodicea, the lukewarm assembly; the inspector and His findings
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To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Laodicea, the lukewarm assembly; the inspector and His findings
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."Read from KJV · 7 Churches: Sardis, the lifeless assembly; the recorder and his future
Revelation 20
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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
Revelation 21
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Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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'He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,' and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away."Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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And the One seated on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." Then He said, "Write this down, for these words are faithful and true."Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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And He told me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
Revelation 22
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Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the LambRead from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.Read from NKJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)
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They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.Read from KJV · The Kingdom: Consummation, Character, City, Challenge, Day of God (Rev. 20-22, 1 Cor. 15, 2 Pet. 3:13)