Blessed be the man who reads them and the people who hear the messages of this prophecy read, and heed what is written in it, for the time is near.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who from this time die as Christians.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "let them rest from their toils, for the things they have done are going with them."

(See! I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes ready, so that he may not go naked and people see his shame.)

Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are they who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' These," he said to me, "are the true words of God."

Blessed and holy is the man who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death will have no power, but they will be priests of God and Christ, and reign with Him the thousand years.

See! I am coming soon! Blessed is he who practices the truths of prophecy contained in this book."

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so as to have a right to the tree of life and to enter the gates of the city.