Revelation 1:3 (DBY)

Passage

Blessed [is] he that reads, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time [is] near.

Nearby Context

Revelation 1:1 Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to shew to his bondmen what must shortly take place; and he signified [it], sending by his angel, to his bondman John,

Revelation 1:2 who testified the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all things that he saw.

Revelation 1:3 Blessed [is] he that reads, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time [is] near.

Revelation 1:4 John to the seven assemblies which [are] in Asia: Grace to you and peace from [him] who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits which [are] before his throne;

Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "reads", "hear", "words", "prophecy", "keep", "things", and "written". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "reads", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "who testified the word of God and..." into verse 4's "John to the seven assemblies which are...", so "blessed" and "reads" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blessed" and "reads" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.