Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about<n id="1" /> to die, because I have not found your deeds complete<n id="2" /> in the sight<n id="3" /> of my God.

But you have a few individuals<n id="1" /> in Sardis who have not stained<n id="2" /> their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed<n id="3" /> in white, because they are worthy.

<p class="bodytext">And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor,<n id="1" /> and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

&#8220;Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants<n id="1" /> of our God.&#8221;

and a third of the creatures<n id="1" /> living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground<n id="2" /> and worshiped God

<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>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the angel<n id="2" /> said to me, &#8220;The waters you saw (where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes,<n id="3" /> nations, and languages.

The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground<n id="1" /> and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: &#8220;Amen! Hallelujah!&#8221;p>

(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.)<n id="1" /> This is the first resurrection.

The nations<n id="1" /> will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur<n id="2" /> into it.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> the angel of the church in Sardis write the following:<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the solemn pronouncement of<n id="3" /> the one who holds<n id="4" /> the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: &#8216;I know your deeds, that you have a reputation<n id="5" /> that you are alive, but<n id="6" /> in reality<n id="7" /> you are dead.

&#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.

Therefore, remember from what high state<n id="1" /> you have fallen and repent! Do<n id="2" /> the deeds you did at the first;<n id="3" /> if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place &#8211; that is, if you do not repent.<n id="4" />

But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching<n id="1" /> (who have not learned the so-called &#8220;deep secrets<n id="2" /> of Satan&#8221;), to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you.

From<n id="1" /> the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring<n id="2" /> and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God,<n id="3" /> were burning in front of the throne

<p class="poetry">&#8220;You are worthy, our Lord and God,p> <p class="poetry">to receive glory and honor and power,p> <p class="poetry">since you created all things,p> <p class="poetry">and because of your will they existed and were created!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

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" />

Then<n id="1" /> the kings of the earth, the<n id="2" /> very important people, the generals,<n id="3" /> the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave<n id="4" /> and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

<p class="bodytext">And all the angels stood<n id="1" /> there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground<n id="2" /> before the throne and worshiped God,