²⁸ This is the same ·power [authority] I received from my Father. I will also give him the morning star [^Cusually the planet Venus as seen before sunrise, but here symbolically Christ at his return; 22:16; Num. 24:17; 2 Pet. 1:19]. ²⁹ Everyone who has ears should ·listen to [hear; obey] what the Spirit says to the churches.