<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison

The city possesses<n id="1" /> the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper.<n id="2" />

The city&#8217;s<n id="1" /> wall is made<n id="2" /> of jasper and the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.<n id="3" />

and has appointed<n id="1" /> us as a kingdom,<n id="2" /> as priests<n id="3" /> serving his God and Father &#8211; to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever!<n id="4" /> Amen.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>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following:<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the solemn pronouncement of<n id="3" /> the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but<n id="4" /> came to life:

And to the one who conquers<n id="1" /> and who continues in<n id="2" /> my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations<n id="3" /> &#8211;p>

But<n id="1" /> no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.

and the stars in the sky<n id="1" /> fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping<n id="2" /> its unripe figs<n id="3" /> when shaken by a fierce<n id="4" /> wind.

<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;

<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,

Then<n id="1" /> out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power<n id="2" /> like that of the scorpions of the earth.

Furthermore,<n id="1" /> they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells,<n id="2" /> of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing.p>

and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, &#8220;There will be no more delay!<n id="1" />

Then<n id="1" /> the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak<n id="2" /> to me<n id="3" /> again,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Go and take the open<n id="5" /> scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> a measuring rod<n id="2" /> like a staff was given to me, and I was told,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there.

Now<n id="1" /> the dragon&#8217;s<n id="2" /> tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then<n id="3" /> the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the dragon realized<n id="2" /> that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told<n id="1" /> those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.

So<n id="1" /> the first angel<n id="2" /> went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Then<n id="3" /> ugly and painful sores<n id="4" /> appeared on the people<n id="5" /> who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.p>