Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!

Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

They are illustrations of this true proverb: “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and “A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire.”

And to the one who conquers and who continues in my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations –

And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.

“Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

They were shouting out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, to the one seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

saying to the sixth angel, the one holding the trumpet, “Set free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”

Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified.

The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,

Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire.

Finally the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying: “It is done!”

On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.”

As for the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.”

The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”

His eyes are like a fiery flame and there are many diadem crowns on his head. He has a name written that no one knows except himself.

Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.

Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth: In the age when all things are renewed, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Another angel holding a golden censer came and was stationed at the altar. A large amount of incense was given to him to offer up, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar that is before the throne.