1 The revelation of Jesus Christ is that God gave it to him to instruct his servants what they must do at once. So he sent messengers to his servant John. John witnessed everything he saw as the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed are those who read the prophecy in this book and those who hear and keep what is written in it. Because the date is near. John wrote to seven churches in Asia. May you come from the God who was, is and will live forever and the seven spirits before his throne. Jesus Christ, an honest witness, first rose from the dead and became the head of the king of the world. Grace and peace to you. He loved us and saved us from our sins with his own blood. He made us a nation and priests of his father's God. May glory and power be to him forever and ever. Amen. Look, he's coming in a cloud. Everyone will see him, even the person who stabbed him. All the families on earth will mourn for him. This statement is correct. Amen. I am Alpha, and I am Omega, the Almighty, who was and is forever, declares the Lord GOD. I, John, are your brothers and partakers with you in the suffering, kingdom and patience of Jesus. For the word of God and the testimony of Jesus, I was on the island called Patmos. 10 On Sunday, I was moved by the Holy Spirit and heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet saying, 1 1 What you saw should be written in a book for the seven churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamo, Thyatira, Sardi, Philadelphia and Laodicea. I turned around to see who was talking to me. I turned around and saw seven golden lampstands. 13 in the middle of the lampstand, there was a man who looked like the son of man, wearing a long dress and hanging down to his feet with a gold belt around his chest. 14 His head and hair are white, like white wool and snow. Eyes like flames. 15 feet is like exercising bright copper in a furnace. This sound is like the sound of many waters. 16 He has seven stars in his right hand. What comes out of his mouth is a double-edged sword. The face glows like the scorching sun. As soon as I saw it, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. He put his right hand on me and said, don't be afraid. I am the first, I am the last, 18 is alive again. I was once dead, and now I am alive, forever and ever. Holding the keys to death and the underworld. 19 Therefore, write down what you see, present and future. As for the mystery of the seven stars and the seven golden lampstands that you saw in my right hand. Those seven stars are the messengers of seven churches. Seven lampstands are seven churches.
chapter two
1 Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus, saying, The one who walks among the seven golden lampstands with seven stars in his right hand says, I know your behavior, your labor and your patience, and I know that you can't tolerate the wicked. You have also tested those who call themselves apostles, but they are not, and found that they are false. You are patient, you have worked hard for my name, and you are not tired. However, I have one thing to blame you, that is, you abandoned your initial love. So, remember where you fell, and repent and do what you did at first. If you don't repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. However, there is one more thing you should recommend, that is, you hate the behavior of the Nikolai Party, which I also hate. Whoever has ears, let him listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes, I will give him the fruit of the tree of life to eat in God's paradise. Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna, saying, The first one and the last one are dead and alive, saying, 9 I know your hardship, your poverty (but you are rich), and the slanders of those who claim to be Jews, but they are not Jews, but followers of Satan. 10 Don't be afraid of what you will suffer. The devil will put some of you in prison so that you can be judged. You will suffer for ten days. Loyal to your death, I will give you the crown of life. Anyone who has ears should listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death. Write to the angel of the church in Pergamo, saying, 13 The one with two swords says, I know where you live, where Satan sits. When my faithful witness antipas was killed among you, where Satan lived, you still held fast to my name and did not reject my words. 14 However, I have a few things to blame you for there are people who follow Balaam's teachings. This Balaam had taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the Israelites so that they could eat things sacrificed to idols and commit adultery. You also have people who obey Nicholas's lessons. So, repent. Unless I repent, I will come to you quickly and attack them with the sword in my mouth. Anyone who has ears should listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches. I will give the hidden manna to him who overcomes. Gave him a white stone with a new name on it. Except what I received. No one can know. Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira, saying, The Son of God, whose eyes are like flames and his feet are like bright bronze, says, 19 I know all your deeds, love, faith, diligence and patience. I also know that you will do more good deeds in the last days than in the beginning. However, I have one thing to blame you, that is, you allowed a woman who called herself a prophet, Jezebel, to teach my servants and induce them to commit adultery and eat things sacrificed to idols. 2 1 I gave her a chance to repent, but she refused to repent of her lewdness. Behold, I will make her sick in bed, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer great trouble together unless they repent of their deeds. I will also kill her children, so that all the churches will know that I am the one who probes people's hearts. I will repay each of you according to your deeds. As for the rest of you in Thyatira, you have not learned from that teaching, nor do you know what they used to say about Satan. I tell you, I won't put any other burden on you. But what you have, hold on to it until I come. He who overcomes and keeps my commands to the end, I will give him authority to subdue the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, but he will break them like a Potter's earthen vessel. When I got power from my father. I will give him the morning star. Whoever has ears, let him listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches.
chapter three
Write to the angel of the church in Sardis, saying, He who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says, I know your works. You are alive in name, but you are dead. Observe and strengthen the remaining deaths. Because I see that none of your actions are complete before my God. So remember how you received it and how you heard it. Save it for confession. If you don't look, I will come to you like a thief. You never know when I will come. However, there are still a few names in Saldis that have not defiled their clothes. They will walk with me in white. Because they deserve it. He who wins will be dressed in white. And I will not blot out his name from the book of life. Admit his name in front of my father and his angel. Whoever has ears, let him listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches. Write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia, saying, Holy and true, hold David's key, you can't open it, and you can't open it if you close it, saying, I know your deeds, you still have some strength, and you have kept my word and never rejected my name. Look, I give you an open door in front of you, which no one can close. Those who are temporarily in Satan claim to be Jews, but they are not Jews, and they are liars. I want them to fall at your feet and let them know that I love you. 10 Since you have kept my patience, I will also keep you from the test when the world is being tested. 1 1 I will come quickly, and you must hold on to what you have, lest someone take away your crown. 12 He who overcomes will be a pillar in my house, and he will never go out from there again. I will write on him the name of my God, the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that came down from heaven from my God, and my new name. 13 whoever has ears, let him listen to what the holy spirit says to the churches. 14 write to the angel of the church in Laodicea and say, Amen, faithful witness and head of God's creation, says, 15 I know your behavior, and you are neither cold nor hot. I hope you are cold or hot. You are like warm water, neither too hot nor too cold, so I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 you said, I have money, I have made a fortune, and I don't want anything. But I didn't know you were poor, poor, poor, blind and naked. 18 I advise you to buy refined gold from me and make you rich. I bought white clothes to wear, so that your shame of being naked won't be exposed. And buy eye drops to wipe your eyes so that you can see. I blame and discipline the people I love. So be enthusiastic and repent. Look, I'm standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will go in and eat with him, and he will eat with me. 2 1 He who overcomes, I will give him to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat with him on my father's throne. Whoever has ears, let him listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches.
chapter four
1 Then I looked and saw a door opened in the sky. The first time I heard a voice like a trumpet say to me, come up here and I will tell you what will happen in the future. I was immediately moved by the Holy Spirit and saw a throne set in heaven and another sitting on it. Look at those people sitting there, like Jasper and Ruby. A rainbow surrounds the throne like an emerald. There were twenty-four seats around the throne, and twenty-four elders sat on them, dressed in white and wearing golden crowns on their heads. From the throne came lightning, sound and thunder. In front of the throne, there were seven burning lamps, which were the seven spirits of God. In front of the throne, it is like an ocean of glass, like a crystal. There are four living creatures in and around the throne, and their front and back are full of eyes. The first living creature is like a lion, the second like a calf, the third like a man, and the fourth like an eagle. Each of the four living creatures has six wings, and their whole bodies are full of eyes inside and outside. They say day and night, holy, holy, holy, the Lord GOD. He is an almighty god, who was, is and will always be. Whenever the four living creatures give glory, honor and gratitude to the one who sits on the throne and lives forever and ever, 10 Twenty-four elders bow down before the throne, worship the one who lives forever and ever, put their crowns before the throne, and say, 1 1 Our Lord and God, you are worthy. Because you created everything, and everything was created by your will.
chapter five
1 I saw a scroll written inside and outside the right hand of the throne, sealed with seven seals. I saw a powerful angel announce loudly, "Who is worthy to open the book and open the seven seals?" There is nothing in heaven and earth that can be unfolded to read this book. I cried bitterly because no one was worth opening it to read. An elder told me, don't cry. Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has won; he can open the book and open its seven seals. And I saw in the throne, among the four living creatures and the elders, a lamb standing like a slain man, with seven horns and seven eyes, the seven spirits of God, sent to the whole world. The lamb came and took the scroll from the right hand sitting on the throne. When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders, he fell down before the lamb, each with a harp and a golden jar full of incense. This incense is the prayer of all saints. They sang a new song and said, "You deserve to take the scroll and open its seven seals.". Because you were killed, you bought people of all nationalities, nationalities and nations with your own blood, and made them belong to God. 10 You also made them citizens, priests and gods. Put the throne on the ground. 1 1 I saw and heard the voices of many angels around the throne, living creatures and elders. Their number is ten million in Qian Qian. 12 said with a loud voice that the killed lamb deserves authority, wealth, wisdom, ability, honor, glory and praise. 13 I also heard all the creatures in heaven, on earth, underground, in the sea and between heaven and earth say that praise, honor, glory and power should be given to him who sits on the throne and the Lamb forever and ever. 14 the four living creatures said, amen. All the elders fell down and worshipped.
Chapter vi
1 When I saw the lamb open the first of the seven seals, I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, Come. I looked and saw a white horse with a bow on it. And give him a crown. He came out and won again. When I opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come. Then another horse came out. It was red. Knights are given the right to seize peace from the earth and let people kill each other. Gave him another big knife. When I opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come. I watched, and there was a black horse. The rider has a balance in his hand. I heard a voice among the four living creatures saying that a penny buys a liter of wheat and a penny buys three liters of barley. Oil and wine should not be wasted. When I opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature say, Come. I looked, and there was a gray horse. Riding on a horse, the name is left butterfly. The underworld follows him. They have the right to kill a quarter of the people on earth with swords, famines, plagues and wild animals. When I opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who were killed for the word of God and for the testimony. 10 cried out and said, holy and true Lord, how long will you not judge those who live on the ground and avenge our blood? 1 1 So I gave them white clothes. Someone told them that they should have a rest and wait for their servants and their brothers to be killed, just like them, and meet the number. 12 when I opened the sixth seal, I saw another big earthquake. The sun turns black like wool and the full moon turns red like blood. 13 the stars in the sky fell to the ground, just like a fig tree shaken by a strong wind, dropping its unripe fruit. I moved away after 14 days, as if the book was rolled up. Mountains and islands have been removed from their original places. 15 Kings, courtiers, generals, rich men, strong men and all slaves and free men on earth are hiding in caves and caves. Say to the rock, fall on us and hide us from the face of the throne and the wrath of the lamb. For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?
Chapter VII
1 After that, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the ground, in charge of the four winds on the ground, so that the wind would not blow on the ground, the sea and the trees. I saw another angel coming up from the sunrise with the mark of the living god. He shouted to the four angels who had the right to harm the earth and the sea, saying, Don't harm the earth, the sea and the trees until we seal the foreheads of the servants of our God. I heard that the number of seals in various tribes in Israel is144,000. Of the tribes of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed. The tribe of Reuben was twelve thousand. Of Gad, twelve thousand. The tribe of Asher was twelve thousand. The tribe of Naphtali was twelve thousand. The tribe of Manasseh was twelve thousand. The tribe of Simeon is twelve thousand. The tribe of Levi was twelve thousand. The tribe of Issachar was twelve thousand. The tribe of Zebulun is twelve thousand. The tribe of Yue Se was twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed. After that, I looked, and there were countless people from all ethnic groups, nations and nations, standing in front of the throne and the lamb, dressed in white and holding palm branches in their hands. 10 cried out with a loud voice, May salvation be to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. 1 1 All the angels stood around the throne, the elders and the four living creatures. Before the throne, they fell down and worshipped God. 12 say, amen. Praise, glory, wisdom, gratitude, honor, authority and power all belong to our God forever and ever. Amen. 13 one of the elders asked me, who are these people in white? Where did it come from? 14 I said to him, my Lord, you know. He told me that these people came out of great trouble and washed their clothes with the blood of the lamb. Therefore, they serve God day and night before his throne and in his temple. Those who sit on the throne shall be covered with a tent. They are no longer hungry or thirsty. Sunlight and high temperature won't hurt them. For the lamb in the throne will feed them and lead them to the fountain of life water. God will also wipe away all their tears.
Chapter VIII
1 When the lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in the sky for about two hours. I saw the seven angels standing before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. Another angel came and stood beside the altar with a golden censer. A lot of incense was given to him, and they were offered with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar in front of the throne. The smoke of incense and the prayers of all the saints rose from the hands of angels to God. The angel took the censer, filled the altar with fire, and then fell to the ground. Accompanied by thunder, loud noise, lightning and earthquake. Seven angels with seven trumpets are ready to play. When the first angel sounded the trumpet, hail and fire were mixed with blood and fell to the ground. One third of the land and one third of the trees were burned, and all the grass was burned. The second angel sounded the trumpet, like a burning mountain, and was thrown into the sea. One third of the sea water turned into blood. One third of the creatures in the sea died. The ship also broke down by a third. 10 The third angel sounded the trumpet, and there was a big burning star, which fell from the sky like a torch and landed on a third of the rivers and springs of many waters. This star is called Chen Yin. One third of the water turned into absinthe. Many people died because the water became bitter. 12 The fourth angel sounded the trumpet, and one third of the sun, one third of the moon and one third of the stars were struck. So that one-third of the sun, moon and stars are dark, one-third of them have no light during the day, and so does the night. 13 I saw an eagle flying in the air again, and I heard it say loudly, alas, alas, you who live on the ground, because the three angels are going to blow the rest of the trumpets.
Chapter 9
The fifth angel sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star fall from the sky to the ground. Give him the key to the bottomless pit. He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke rose from it, like smoke from a big stove. The sun and the sky are shrouded in smoke. Locusts came out of the smoke and flew to the ground. Give them power, like scorpions on the ground. And he commanded them not to harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. But locusts are not allowed to kill them, and they are only allowed to suffer for five months. This kind of pain is like the pain of a scorpion sting. In those days, people will ask for death, but they will never die. Willing to die, death avoids them. The locust is shaped like a horse ready for battle, its head is like a golden crown, and its face is like a human face. Hair is like a woman's hair and teeth are like a lion's teeth. There is armor on the chest, like real armor. The sound of their wings is like the sound of many chariots and horses running into battle. 10 has a tail like a scorpion. The poison hook on the tail can hurt people for five months. The bottomless angel ruled them. In Hebrew, his name is Abaddon, and in Greek, his name is Apollo. 12 The first disaster has passed, and two more disasters are coming. 13 when the sixth angel sounded the trumpet, I heard a voice coming out of the four corners of the Jintan before God. 14 told the sixth angel who sounded the trumpet to release the four angels bound in the Euphrates River. 15 Four messengers were released. They are going to kill a third of the people at some time in a certain year. 16 Ma Jun has 20 million. I heard their numbers. In my vision, I saw those horses and their riders with armor like fire, amethyst and sulfur on their chests. The head of a horse is like a lion's head. Fire, smoke and sulfur came out of the horse's mouth. 18 The fire, smoke and sulfur from the mouth killed one third of the people. 19 The strength of this horse lies in its mouth and tail. Because this tail is like a snake, and it has a harmful head. The rest who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of what their hands had done, but worshipped demons and idols who could not see, hear or walk, such as gold, silver, copper, wood and stone. 2 1 There is no repentance for their murder, witchcraft, adultery and theft.
Chapter 10
1 I saw another powerful angel coming down from the sky, covered with clouds and with a rainbow on his head. His face is like the sun and his feet are like pillars of fire. He held a small scroll in his hand and unfolded it. His right foot is on the sea and his left foot is on the ground. Shout like a lion. After shouting, there were seven thunders. I was just about to write it after the seven thunders, when I heard a voice in the sky saying, you should seal up what the seven thunders said and don't write it. The angel I saw stepping on the sea and the earth raised his right hand to heaven and swore by the creation of heaven and the things in heaven, the earth and the things on the earth, the sea and the things in the sea that there would be no more days. When the seventh angel sounded the trumpet, the mystery of God came true, just as God preached the gospel to his servants the prophets. The voice I heard from heaven said to me, "Go and get the little scroll opened in the hands of the angel who stepped on the sea and the earth.". . I went to the angel and said to him, please give me the little scroll. He said to me, take it and eat it up, and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth. I took the little scroll from the angel and ate it up. It is as sweet as honey in my mouth. After eating it, my stomach felt bitter. The angel said to me, point to many peoples, nations, nations and kings before you prophesy.
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1 Someone gave me a reed as a measuring stick. And it was said, Arise, and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship in it. But the court outside the temple should be preserved. Because this is for foreigners. They will trample on the holy city for forty-two months. I will make my two witnesses put on sweaters and preach for 1,260 days. They are two olive trees and two lampstands standing in front of the Lord of the world. If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies. Anyone who tries to hurt them will be killed in this way. These two men have the ability to keep the sky from raining and turn water into blood during their missionary days. And can attack the world with all kinds of disasters at any time. When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will fight with them, win and kill them. Their bodies fell on the streets of big cities. This city is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. People of all ethnic groups, nationalities and nationalities have looked at their bodies for three and a half days and are not allowed to put them in graves. 10 People living on the ground are happy for them and give gifts to each other. For these two prophets have afflicted those who live on the earth. 1 1 After these three and a half days, life entered them from God and they stood up. People who saw them were very scared. Two prophets heard a loud voice from heaven and said to them, Come up here. They climbed into the sky on a cloud. Their enemies also saw it. 13 just then, a big earthquake happened and the city collapsed by one tenth. Seven thousand people died as a result of the earthquake. The rest were afraid, and they glorified the God of heaven. The second disaster has passed. The third disaster is coming. 15 when the seventh angel sounded the trumpet, there was a loud voice in heaven saying that the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and Christ. He will always be king. 16 Before God, twenty-four elders sitting on thrones fell on their faces and worshipped God. 17 said, Lord God Almighty, who was and is now, we thank you for your great power to be king. 18 Gentiles are angry, and your wrath comes. It's time to judge the dead. The time has come for your servants, prophets and all the saints who fear your name, great and small, to be rewarded. It's time for you to corrupt those who corrupt the world. 19 At that time, God's temple in heaven was opened, and his ark was revealed in the temple. Then lightning, sound, thunder, earthquake and hail.
Chapter XII
A huge illusion appeared in the sky. There is a woman wearing the sun, standing on the moon and wearing a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and cried out in pain during childbirth. Another scene appeared in the sky. There is a big red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its head. Its tail dragged a third of the stars in the sky and fell to the ground. The dragon stands in front of the woman who is about to give birth, and when she gives birth, she will swallow the child. The woman gave birth to a boy, who will rule all nations with an iron rod. Her children were taken to the throne of God. The woman fled to the wilderness, where God prepared a place for her, and she was supported for 1,260 days. There was a war in heaven. Michael fought with his angels and dragons. The dragon will also fight its emissary. Without victory, there is no place for them in heaven. The dragon is an ancient snake named devil and Satan, which deceived the whole world. It was thrown to the ground, and its messenger was also thrown down. 10 I heard a loud voice in heaven saying that my God's salvation, power, kingdom and the authority of His Christ have come now. For he who accuses our brother day and night before our God has been thrown down. 1 1 Brothers overcame it because of the blood of the lamb and the word they witnessed. Although they are dead, they don't care about their own lives. 12 Therefore, both heaven and those who live in it should be happy. But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil knows that his time is running out, and he comes to you angrily. 13 When the dragon saw that he was thrown to the ground, he forced the woman who gave birth to a boy. So he gave the woman two wings of the eagle, so that she could fly into the wilderness and go to her own place to avoid snakes. She lived there for many years. 15 The snake is right behind the woman, spitting water out of its mouth like a river trying to wash her away. 16 The earth lifted the woman up, opened her mouth and swallowed the water spit out by Longkou. 17 the dragon was angry with the woman and went to fight with the rest of her children who kept God's commandments and testified for Jesus. At that time, the dragon was standing on the beach by the sea.
Chapter 13
1 I saw another beast coming up from the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, ten crowns on the horns, and blasphemous names on the seven heads. The beast I saw was shaped like a leopard, with feet like those of a bear and a mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave it strength, seat and great authority. I saw that one of the seven heads of the beast seemed to be killed or injured. The death and injury have all been cured. All the earth marveled at following the beast. Worship the dragon, because it gives its authority to the beast. And they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like this beast, and who can fight against it? And gave him a mouth to boast and blaspheme. He has the right to do whatever he wants for 42 months. Then the beast opened his mouth and blasphemed God, his name, his tabernacle and those who lived in heaven. Let him fight the saints and win. He also gave it the power to conquer all ethnic groups, people, political parties and countries. Everyone who lives on the ground and whose name has not been recorded in the book of life of the slain lamb since the creation of the world should worship it. He who has ears should hear. 10 plundering will be plundered. He who kills with a sword will also be killed with a sword. This is the patience and faith of saints. I saw another wild animal get up from the ground. He has two horns like a lamb and speaks like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in front. The earth and those who live on it will worship the first beast whose death and injury have been healed. 13 did great wonders, even in front of people, causing fire to fall from the sky to the ground. 14 because it was given the right to do wonders in front of wild animals, it deceived people living on the ground and said that it would build an image of a beast that was wounded by a knife and still alive. 15 has the power to give it life. He can talk again, and all those who don't worship the animal image are killed. It also makes all people, big or small, rich or poor, independent or slave, receive a mark on their right hand or forehead. 17 No one can buy or sell animals except those who know their names or numbers. 18 There is wisdom here. Anyone who has understanding can count the number of beasts, because this is the number of people. Its number is 666.
Chapter 14
1 I looked again and saw the lamb standing on Mount Zion, with 144,000 people, all with his name and his father's name written on their foreheads. I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and the sound of thunder. What I hear is like the sound of a piano player. They sang like a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures and the elders. No one can learn this song except 144,000 people bought from underground. These people have not defiled women because they are virgins. They follow the lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from people as the first fruits of God and the lamb. No lies were found in their mouths. They are flawless. I also saw an angel flying in the sky, and there is an eternal gospel to be preached to people who live on the earth, that is, all countries, ethnic groups, parties and ethnic groups. He said with a loud voice, fear God and give him glory. Because it's time for his trial. Worship the Lord who created heaven, earth, sea and water springs. And a second angel went on to say, Babylon, the great city that made all nations drink the wine of evil and wrath, has fallen. The third angel said with a loud voice, everyone who worships animals and their images and has marks on his forehead or hands should also drink the wine of God's wrath, which is pure and flawless in the cup of God's wrath. He will suffer in fire and sulfur before the holy angels and lambs. 1 1 The smoke of his suffering rises forever. Those who worship animals and bear the seal of their names have no peace day and night. 12 This is the patience of saints. They keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write down that from now on, blessed are those who die in the Lord. The holy spirit said, yes, they have rested from their own labor, and the fruit of their work has followed them. 14 I looked again and saw a white cloud. On the cloud sat a man who looked like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Another angel came out of the temple and cried to him who was sitting on the cloud, saying, Stretch out your sickle and reap. Because it's harvest time, the crops on the ground are all ripe. 16 The man sitting on the cloud threw his sickle on the ground. The crops on the ground have been harvested. 17 another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. Another angel came out of the altar, and he had power over the fire, and cried out to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, Stretch out the sharp sickle to gather the fruit of the vine on the ground. because