The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.<n id="1" />p>

The<n id="1" /> smoke coming from the incense,<n id="2" /> along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel&#8217;s hand.

This requires<n id="1" /> the steadfast endurance<n id="2" /> of the saints &#8211; those who obey<n id="3" /> God&#8217;s commandments and hold to<n id="4" /> their faith in Jesus.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,p> <p class="poetry">so<n id="1" /> you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The<n id="1" /> blood of the saints and prophets was found in her,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">along with the blood<n id="3" /> of all those who had been killed on the earth.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen&#8221;<n id="1" /> (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints).<n id="2" />p>

Each one of the four living creatures had six wings<n id="1" /> and was full of eyes all around and inside.<n id="2" /> They never rest day or night, saying:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;<i><b>Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerfulb>,i><n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Who was and who is, and who is still to come!&#8221;p>

The beast<n id="1" /> was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them.<n id="2" /> He was given ruling authority<n id="3" /> over every tribe, people,<n id="4" /> language, and nation,

<p class="poetry">(Rejoice over her, O heaven,p> <p class="poetry">and you saints and apostles and prophets,p> <p class="poetry">for God has pronounced judgment<n id="1" /> against her on your behalf!)<n id="2" />p>

And I saw the holy city &#8211; the new Jerusalem &#8211; descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.

The evildoer must continue to do evil,<n id="1" /> and the one who is morally filthy<n id="2" /> must continue to be filthy. The<n id="3" /> one who is righteous must continue to act righteously, and the one who is holy must continue to be holy.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following:<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the solemn pronouncement of<n id="3" /> the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors<n id="4" /> no one can shut, and shuts doors<n id="5" /> no one can open:

and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground<n id="1" /> before the Lamb. Each<n id="2" /> of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).<n id="3" />

They<n id="1" /> cried out with a loud voice,<n id="2" /> &#8220;How long,<n id="3" /> Sovereign Master,<n id="4" /> holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?&#8221;

But<n id="1" /> do not measure the outer courtyard<n id="2" /> of the temple; leave it out,<n id="3" /> because it has been given to the Gentiles,<n id="4" /> and they will trample on the holy city<n id="5" /> for forty-two months.

<p class="poetry">If anyone is meant for captivity,p> <p class="poetry">into captivity he will go.p> <p class="poetry">If anyone is to be killed by the sword,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">then by the sword he must be killed.p> <p class="bodytext">This<n id="2" /> requires steadfast endurance<n id="3" /> and faith from the saints.p>

that person<n id="1" /> will also drink of the wine of God&#8217;s anger<n id="2" /> that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur<n id="3" /> in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus.<n id="1" /> I<n id="2" /> was greatly astounded<n id="3" /> when I saw her.

They<n id="1" /> went up<n id="2" /> on the broad plain of the earth<n id="3" /> and encircled<n id="4" /> the camp<n id="5" /> of the saints and the beloved city, but<n id="6" /> fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely.<n id="7" />

So<n id="1" /> he took me away in the Spirit<n id="2" /> to a huge, majestic mountain<n id="3" /> and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.