His<n id="1" /> head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow,<n id="2" /> and his eyes were like a fiery<n id="3" /> flame.

<p class="poetry"><b><i>hei>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>will rulei>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>them with an iron rodi>b><n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and like clay jars he will break them to pieces,<n id="4" />p>

and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal.<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">In<n id="2" /> the middle of the throne<n id="3" /> and around the throne were four living creatures<n id="4" /> full of eyes in front and in back.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and back<n id="2" /> and sealed with seven seals.<n id="3" />

They have<n id="1" /> tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability<n id="2" /> to injure people for five months is in their tails.

They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is <i>Abaddoni>, and in Greek, <i>Apollyoni>.<n id="1" />p>

and she<n id="1" /> fled into the wilderness<n id="2" /> where a place had been prepared for her<n id="3" /> by God, so she could be taken care of<n id="4" /> for 1,260 days.p>

Then<n id="1" /> the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to<n id="2" /> sweep her away by a flood,

He<n id="1" /> performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">(Look! I will come like a thief!p> <p class="poetry">Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose<n id="1" /> his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition<n id="2" /> be seen.)<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo<n id="2" /> any longer &#8211;

saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Woe, woe, O great city &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and adorned with gold,<n id="2" /> precious stones, and pearls &#8211;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist,<n id="2" /> and the sea existed no more.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the angel<n id="2" /> showed me the river of the water of life &#8211; water as clear as crystal &#8211; pouring out<n id="3" /> from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

<t /><p class="bodytext">The revelation of Jesus Christ,<n id="1" /> which God gave him to show his servants<n id="2" /> what must happen very soon.<n id="3" /> He made it clear<n id="4" /> by sending his angel to his servant<n id="5" /> John,

When<n id="1" /> I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but<n id="2" /> he placed his right hand on me and said: &#8220;Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,

&#8216;I know your works as well as your<n id="1" /> labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate<n id="2" /> evil. You have even put to the test<n id="3" /> those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are false.

Furthermore, I will strike her followers<n id="1" /> with a deadly disease,<n id="2" /> and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay<n id="3" /> each one of you<n id="4" /> what your deeds deserve.<n id="5" />

I will grant the one<n id="1" /> who conquers<n id="2" /> permission<n id="3" /> to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered<n id="4" /> and sat down with my Father on his throne.