Revelation1:3

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Translation

Blessed is the one who reads this, and blessed are those who listen while this word of prophecy 

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is read to them, and blessed are those who keep the things that have been written in it, for the time is near.

Paraphrase

Blessed is the one who reads this, and blessed are those who listen while this word of spiritual admonition is read to them, and blessed are those who keep the things that have been written in it, for the time is near.

Footnotes

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Most prophecy in the Bible is spiritual admonition based on a current spiritual condition. Very, very little of it foretells specific events to come in the future.