But<n id="1" /> the dragon was not strong enough to prevail,<n id="2" /> so there was no longer any place left<n id="3" /> in heaven for him and his angels.<n id="4" />

Immediately I was in the Spirit,<n id="1" /> and<n id="2" /> a throne was standing<n id="3" /> in heaven with someone seated on it!

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the Lamb<n id="2" /> opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

<p class="bodytext">After<n id="1" /> these things I looked, and the temple (the tent<n id="2" /> of the testimony)<n id="3" /> was opened in heaven,

The<n id="1" /> armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen,<n id="2" /> were following him on white horses.

But<n id="1" /> no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.

So<n id="1" /> the beast<n id="2" /> opened his mouth to blaspheme against God &#8211; to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place,<n id="3" /> that is, those who dwell in heaven.

<p class="bodytext">After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The kingdom of the worldp> <p class="poetry">has become the kingdom of our Lordp> <p class="poetry">and of his Christ,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and he will reign for ever and ever.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring,<n id="2" /> crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.<n id="2" />

Then<n id="1" /> another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> war broke out in heaven: Michael<n id="2" /> and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final plagues<n id="2" /> (they are final because in them God&#8217;s anger is completed).p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">After these things I looked, and there was<n id="1" /> a door standing open in heaven!<n id="2" /> And the first voice I had heard speaking to me<n id="3" /> like a trumpet<n id="4" /> said: &#8220;Come up here so that<n id="5" /> I can show you what must happen after these things.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I heard every creature &#8211; in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them &#8211; singing:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;To the one seated on the throne and to the Lambp> <p class="poetry">be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power<n id="3" /> forever and ever!&#8221;p>

Then<n id="1" /> I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The salvation and the powerp> <p class="poetry">and the kingdom of our God,p> <p class="poetry">and the ruling authority<n id="2" /> of his Christ,<n id="3" /> have now come,p> <p class="poetry">because the accuser of our brothers and sisters,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the one who accuses them day and night<n id="5" /> before our God,p> <p class="poetry">has been thrown down.p>