created.” It is lauded too in the cry of 19:6: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.” DIVINE BLESSING. In 1:3, John pronounces a blessing on those who hear and keep the words of this book. The word “blessed” is the same word used by Jesus in the Beatitudes, and refers to receiving God’s favor and provision. Verse 3 is the first of seven blessings throughout the book of Revelation. The penultimate of these seven blessings comes at the end of the book, in 22:7: “Blessed is the one
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