<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;

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> one of the elders asked<n id="2" /> me, &#8220;These dressed in long white robes &#8211; who are they and where have they come from?&#8221;

They had breastplates<n id="1" /> like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle.

<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 four angels who had been prepared for this<n id="2" /> hour, day,<n id="3" /> month, and year were set free to kill<n id="4" /> a third of humanity.

The beast<n id="1" /> was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them.<n id="2" /> He was given ruling authority<n id="3" /> over every tribe, people,<n id="4" /> language, and nation,

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

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the third angel<n id="2" /> poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.

Now<n id="1" /> I heard the angel of the waters saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You are just<n id="2" /> &#8211; the one who is and who was,p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One &#8211; because you have passed these judgments,<n id="3" />p>

The<n id="1" /> beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction.

As for<n id="1" /> the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.&#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<n id="1" /> wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.p>

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>

Listen!<n id="1" /> I am going to make those people from the synagogue<n id="2" /> of Satan &#8211; who say they are Jews yet<n id="3" /> are not, but are lying &#8211; Look, I will make<n id="4" /> them come and bow down<n id="5" /> at your feet and acknowledge<n id="6" /> that I have loved you.

<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.

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.

And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life<n id="1" /> and in the holy city that are described in this book.p>

<p class="bodytext">From John,<n id="1" /> to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia:<n id="2" /> Grace and peace to you<n id="3" /> from &#8220;he who is,&#8221;<n id="4" /> and who was, and who is still to come,<n id="5" /> and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,