Revelation 1:11

The voice commands John to write what he sees and send it to seven named churches. It matters because the visions are meant for real congregations and, through them, the whole church.

Cross-references · 28

• Jer 30:2“Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
• Col 4:15–16Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.
• Rev 3:1“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
• Hab 2:2Yahweh answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.
• Rev 2:8“To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
• Rev 3:14“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says these things:
• Rev 2:12“To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
• Rev 2:18“To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:
• Rev 1:4John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
• Eph 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
• Isa 30:8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
• Rev 3:7“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
• 1 Tim 1:3As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
• Deut 31:19“Now therefore write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
• Acts 18:19–21He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
• Acts 20:17From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.
• Rev 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
• 1 Cor 16:8But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
• Rev 1:17When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
• Rev 19:9He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”
• 1 Cor 15:32If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
• Rev 14:13I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”
• Rev 21:5He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”
• Rev 1:19Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;
• Rev 1:2who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.
• Acts 18:24Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
• Rev 10:4When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don’t write them.”
• Acts 19:1–41While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.

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