18. and the living one. I was dead, but look! Now I’m alive forever and always. I have the keys of Death and the Grave.
19. So write down what you have seen, both the scene now before you and the things that are about to unfold after this.
20. As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands, here is what they mean: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.