At once the Spirit took control of me. There in heaven was a throne with someone sitting on it.

The four living creatures sing songs of glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever. When they do so,

I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne; it was covered with writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sits on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence and were seen no more.

The things I predicted have now come true. Now I will tell you of new things even before they begin to happen."

Watch for the new thing I am going to do. It is happening already---you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness and give you streams of water there.

Anyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come.

It said, "Write down what you see, and send the book to the churches in these seven cities: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

Write, then, the things you see, both the things that are now and the things that will happen afterward.

Then the angel said to me, "Write this: Happy are those who have been invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb." And the angel added, "These are the true words of God."