Because you have kept<n id="1" /> my admonition<n id="2" /> to endure steadfastly,<n id="3" /> I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

<t /><p class="bodytext">I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Come!&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, &#8220;Come!&#8221; So<n id="2" /> I looked,<n id="3" /> and here came<n id="4" /> a black horse! The<n id="5" /> one who rode it<n id="6" /> had a balance scale<n id="7" /> in his hand.

He declared<n id="1" /> in a loud voice: &#8220;Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me.<n id="2" /> &#8220;Come,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I will show you the condemnation and punishment<n id="3" /> of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,

They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Woe, woe, O great city,p> <p class="poetry">Babylon the powerful city!p> <p class="poetry">For in a single hour your doom<n id="1" /> has come!&#8221;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>

So<n id="1" /> I said to him, &#8220;My lord, you know the answer.&#8221;<n id="2" /> Then<n id="3" /> he said to me, &#8220;These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They<n id="4" /> have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

Another<n id="1" /> angel holding<n id="2" /> a golden censer<n id="3" /> came and was stationed<n id="4" /> at the altar. A<n id="5" /> 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.

<p class="poetry">The<n id="1" /> nations<n id="2" /> were enraged,p> <p class="poetry">but<n id="3" /> your wrath has come,p> <p class="poetry">and the time has come for the dead to be judged,p> <p class="poetry">and the time has come to give to your servants,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the prophets, their reward,p> <p class="poetry">as well as to the saintsp> <p class="poetry">and to those who revere<n id="5" /> your name, both small and great,p> <p class="poetry">and the time has come<n id="6" /> to destroy those who destroy<n id="7" /> the earth.&#8221;p>

Then<n id="1" /> another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, &#8220;Use<n id="2" /> your sickle and start to reap,<n id="3" /> because the time to reap has come, since the earth&#8217;s harvest is ripe!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me,<n id="2" /> saying, &#8220;Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!&#8221;