<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw heaven opened and here came<n id="2" /> a white horse! The<n id="3" /> one riding it was called &#8220;Faithful&#8221; and &#8220;True,&#8221; and with justice<n id="4" /> he judges and goes to war.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw one angel standing in<n id="2" /> the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Come, gather around for the great banquet<n id="4" /> of God,p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw a large<n id="2" /> white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven<n id="3" /> fled<n id="4" /> from his presence, and no place was found for them.

The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this:<n id="1" /> The seven stars are the angels<n id="2" /> of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.p>

&#8216;I know<n id="1" /> where you live &#8211; where Satan&#8217;s throne is. Yet<n id="2" /> you continue to cling<n id="3" /> to my name and you have not denied your<n id="4" /> faith in me,<n id="5" /> even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,<n id="6" /> who was killed in your city<n id="7" /> where Satan lives.

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers,<n id="1" /> I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white<n id="2" /> stone,<n id="3" /> and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand<n id="4" /> except the one who receives it.&#8217;p>

<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 deeds. (Look! I have put<n id="1" /> in front of you an open door that no one can shut.)<n id="2" /> I know<n id="3" /> that you have little strength,<n id="4" /> but<n id="5" /> you have obeyed<n id="6" /> my word and have not denied my name.

<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 saw standing in the middle of the throne<n id="2" /> and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed.<n id="3" /> He had<n id="4" /> seven horns and seven eyes, which<n id="5" /> are the seven<n id="6" /> spirits of God<n id="7" /> sent out into all the earth.

<p class="bodytext">After these things I looked, and here was<n id="1" /> an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe,<n id="2" /> people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

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!

Now<n id="1" /> this is what the horses and their riders<n id="2" /> looked like in my<n id="3" /> vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red,<n id="4" /> dark blue,<n id="5" /> and sulfurous<n id="6" /> yellow in color.<n id="7" /> The<n id="8" /> heads of the horses looked like lions&#8217; heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur<n id="9" /> came out of their mouths.

Now<n id="1" /> the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear&#8217;s, and its mouth was like a lion&#8217;s mouth. The<n id="2" /> dragon gave the beast<n id="3" /> his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I looked, and here was<n id="2" /> the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father&#8217;s name written on their foreheads.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw something like a sea of glass<n id="2" /> mixed with fire, and those who had conquered<n id="3" /> the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing<n id="4" /> by<n id="5" /> the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God.<n id="6" />

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then<n id="1" /> books were opened, and another book was opened &#8211; the book of life.<n id="2" /> So<n id="3" /> the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge.<n id="2" /> I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These<n id="3" /> had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They<n id="4" /> came to life<n id="5" /> and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.