<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It<n id="2" /> had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns,<n id="3" /> and on its heads a blasphemous name.<n id="4" />

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;

Another<n id="1" /> angel, who was in charge of<n id="2" /> the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel<n id="3" /> who had the sharp sickle, &#8220;Use<n id="4" /> your sharp sickle and gather<n id="5" /> the clusters of grapes<n id="6" /> off the vine of the earth,<n id="7" /> because its grapes<n id="8" /> are now ripe.&#8221;<n id="9" />

and from Jesus Christ &#8211; the faithful<n id="1" /> witness,<n id="2" /> the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free<n id="3" /> from our sins at the cost of<n id="4" /> his own blood

<p class="poetry">(Look! <i>He is returning with the cloudsi>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and <i>every eye will see him,i>p> <p class="poetry"><i>eveni><n id="2" /> <i>those who pierced himi>,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and all the tribes<n id="4" /> on the earth will mourn because<n id="5" /> of him.p> <p class="poetry">This will certainly come to pass!<n id="6" /> Amen.)<n id="7" />p>

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 permit<n id="2" /> him to eat from the tree of life that is<n id="3" /> in the paradise of God.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following:<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the solemn pronouncement of<n id="3" /> the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors<n id="4" /> no one can shut, and shuts doors<n id="5" /> no one can open:

take my advice<n id="1" /> and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me<n id="2" /> white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness<n id="3" /> will not be exposed, and buy eye salve<n id="4" /> to put on your eyes so you can see!

Listen!<n id="1" /> I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home<n id="2" /> and share a meal with him, and he with me.

Then<n id="1" /> one of the elders said<n id="2" /> to me, &#8220;Stop weeping!<n id="3" /> Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered;<n id="4" /> thus he can open<n id="5" /> the scroll and its seven seals.&#8221;p>

And another horse, fiery red,<n id="1" /> came out, and the one who rode it<n id="2" /> was granted permission<n id="3" /> to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher<n id="4" /> one another, and he was given a huge sword.p>

They<n id="1" /> cried out with a loud voice,<n id="2" /> &#8220;How long,<n id="3" /> Sovereign Master,<n id="4" /> holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?&#8221;

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.

They<n id="1" /> said to the mountains and to the rocks, &#8220;Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,<n id="2" />

<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" />

He<n id="1" /> opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it<n id="2" /> like smoke from a giant furnace. The<n id="3" /> sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

They<n id="1" /> were told<n id="2" /> not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people<n id="3" /> who did not have the seal of God on their<n id="4" /> forehead.

But in the days<n id="1" /> when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed,<n id="2" /> just as he has<n id="3" /> proclaimed to his servants<n id="4" /> the prophets.&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> I took the little scroll from the angel&#8217;s hand and ate it, and it did taste<n id="2" /> as sweet as honey in my mouth, but<n id="3" /> when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.

When<n id="1" /> they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer<n id="2" /> them and kill them.