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Revelation · read by Roy Hession
78 verses, in order. Only the verses Roy 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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 1. the Vision of the Lord Jesus
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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 2. the Letters to Ephesus
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I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 5
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Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 5
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But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 5
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 2. the Letters to Ephesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 2. the Letters to Ephesus
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 3. the Letters to Pergamos and Thyatira
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 3. the Letters to Pergamos and Thyatira
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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 · (Men Who Saw God) 4. Joshua
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 3. the Letters to Pergamos and Thyatira
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 3. the Letters to Pergamos and Thyatira
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Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 3. the Letters to Pergamos and Thyatira
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 3. the Letters to Pergamos and Thyatira
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Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 3. the Letters to Pergamos and Thyatira
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And I will give him the morning star.Read from ESV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 3. the Letters to Pergamos and Thyatira
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
Revelation 3
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
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To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God's creation.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
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So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
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I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
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Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
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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 · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 4. the Letter to Laodicea
Revelation 4
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At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.Read from NKJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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"Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be."Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
Revelation 5
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Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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And they sang a new song: "Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth."Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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In a loud voice they were saying: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!"Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
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And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: "To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!"Read from KJV · The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
Revelation 11
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And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
Revelation 12
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And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time."Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
Revelation 13
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They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?"Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.Read from KJV · (Gospel in the Book of Esther) 2. Esther at the Court for Her People
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Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
Revelation 19
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He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
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And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.Read from KJV · (Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination
Revelation 20
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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 · Gain or Loss - Philippians 3 - Sermon 3 of 3
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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 · Gain or Loss - Philippians 3 - Sermon 3 of 3
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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 · Gain or Loss - Philippians 3 - Sermon 3 of 3
Revelation 21
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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 · (Suffering in the Christian Life) 5. the Glory to Be Revealed