Revelation 1:7 (LSB)

Passage

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. Yes, amen.

Nearby Context

Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

Revelation 1:6 and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 1:7 Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. Yes, amen.

Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Revelation 1:9 I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "coming", "clouds", "even", "pierced", "tribes", "earth", and "mourn". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "coming", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "and He has made us to be..." into verse 8's "I am the Alpha and the Omega...", so "behold" and "coming" 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 "behold" and "coming" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.