6. Then the angel said to me, “These words are true and can be trusted. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon:
7. ‘Listen, I am coming soon! Great blessings belong to the one who obeys the words of prophecy in this book.’”
8. I am John. I am the one who heard and saw these things. After I heard and saw them, I bowed down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me.
9. But the angel said to me, “Don’t worship me! I am a servant like you and your brothers the prophets. I am a servant like all those who obey the words in this book. You should worship God!”
10. Then the angel told me, “Don’t keep secret the words of prophecy in this book. The time is near for these things to happen.