Revelation 1:19 (LSB)

Passage

Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.

Nearby Context

Revelation 1:17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not fear; I am the first and the last,

Revelation 1:18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

Revelation 1:19 Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.

Revelation 1:20 As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "write", "things", "seen", "take", and "place". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "write", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "and the living One and I was..." into verse 20's "As for the mystery of the seven...", so "therefore" and "write" 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 "therefore" and "write" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.