even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore,<n id="1" /> so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble<n id="2" /> me &#8211; so that I would not become arrogant.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A<n id="2" /> third of the sea became blood,

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the<n id="2" /> horns on the golden altar that is before God,

Then<n id="1" /> the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

But the angel said to him, &#8220;Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard,<n id="1" /> and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you<n id="2" /> will name him John.<n id="3" />

The<n id="1" /> angel answered him, &#8220;I am Gabriel, who stands<n id="2" /> in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring<n id="3" /> you this good news.

The angel replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow<n id="2" /> you. Therefore the child<n id="3" /> to be born<n id="4" /> will be holy;<n id="5" /> he will be called the Son of God.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then an angel of the Lord<n id="1" /> said to Philip,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Get up and go south<n id="3" /> on the road that goes down from Jerusalem<n id="4" /> to Gaza.&#8221; (This is a desert<n id="5" /> road.)<n id="6" />

The angel said to him, &#8220;Fasten your belt<n id="1" /> and put on your sandals.&#8221; Peter<n id="2" /> did so. Then the angel<n id="3" /> said to him, &#8220;Put on your cloak<n id="4" /> and follow me.&#8221;

There was a great commotion,<n id="1" /> and some experts in the law<n id="2" /> from the party of the Pharisees stood up<n id="3" /> and protested strongly,<n id="4" /> &#8220;We find nothing wrong<n id="5" /> with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring,<n id="2" /> flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky;<n id="2" /> it landed<n id="3" /> on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky<n id="2" /> to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.<n id="3" />

<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">A<n id="1" /> second<n id="2" /> angel<n id="3" /> followed the first,<n id="4" /> declaring:<n id="5" /> &#8220;Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city!<n id="6" /> She made all the nations<n id="7" /> drink of the wine of her immoral passion.&#8221;<n id="8" />p>

<p class="bodytext">A<n id="1" /> third angel<n id="2" /> followed the first two,<n id="3" /> declaring<n id="4" /> in a loud voice: &#8220;If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand,

So<n id="1" /> the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard<n id="2" /> of the earth and tossed them into the great<n id="3" /> winepress of the wrath of God.

But<n id="1" /> the angel said to me, &#8220;Why are you astounded? I will interpret<n id="2" /> for you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;With this kind of sudden violent force<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Babylon the great city will be thrown down<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and it will never be found again!p>

When he had contemplated this, an<n id="1" /> angel of the Lord<n id="2" /> appeared to him in a dream and said, &#8220;Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.