And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true, and the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show his slaves things that must occur shortly.” “And look: I am coming quickly. How blissful the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
And I John am the one hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down before the feet of the angel showing me these things to make obeisance. And he says to me, “See here, no! I am a fellow slave along with you and with your brothers the prophets and with those who keep the words of this book; make obeisance to God.” And he says to me, “Do not seal up the words of this book’s prophecy; for the time is near. The wrongdoer, let him still to wrong; and whoever is foul, let him still be befouled; and whoever is upright, let him still do what is right; and whoever is holy, let him still be made holy.” “Look: I am coming quickly, and with me is the recompense I have to render to each, according to what his work is. I am the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end.
The Unknown Friends 