In this<n id="1" /> is love: not that<n id="2" /> we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice<n id="3" /> for our sins.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The revelation of Jesus Christ,<n id="1" /> which God gave him to show his servants<n id="2" /> what must happen very soon.<n id="3" /> He made it clear<n id="4" /> by sending his angel to his servant<n id="5" /> John,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the angel<n id="2" /> said to me, &#8220;These words are reliable<n id="3" /> and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants<n id="4" /> what must happen soon.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">When Herod<n id="1" /> saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men<n id="2" /> to kill all the children in Bethlehem<n id="3" /> and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians,<n id="1" /> saying, &#8220;Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.<n id="2" /> You do not court anyone&#8217;s favor because you show no partiality.<n id="3" />

and said to them, &#8220;Whoever welcomes<n id="1" /> this child<n id="2" /> in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds<n id="1" /> that the Father has assigned me to complete &#8211; the deeds<n id="2" /> I am now doing &#8211; testify about me that the Father has sent me.

When they heard this, they entered the temple courts<n id="1" /> at daybreak and began teaching.<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin<n id="3" /> &#8211; that is, the whole high council<n id="4" /> of the Israelites<n id="5" /> &#8211; and sent to the jail to have the apostles<n id="6" /> brought before them.<n id="7" />

So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed<n id="1" /> his hands on Saul<n id="2" /> and said, &#8220;Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here,<n id="3" /> has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.&#8221;<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw standing in the middle of the throne<n id="2" /> and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed.<n id="3" /> He had<n id="4" /> seven horns and seven eyes, which<n id="5" /> are the seven<n id="6" /> spirits of God<n id="7" /> sent out into all the earth.