<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the angel<n id="2" /> said to me, &#8220;Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!&#8221; He also said to me, &#8220;These are the true words of God.&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> they<n id="2" /> told me: &#8220;You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations,<n id="3" /> languages, and kings.&#8221;p>

The one who conquers<n id="1" /> will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

<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;

<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.

<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.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the angel<n id="2" /> showed me the river of the water of life &#8211; water as clear as crystal &#8211; pouring out<n id="3" /> from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Then<n id="1" /> he said to me, &#8220;Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.

So<n id="1" /> I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He<n id="2" /> said to me, &#8220;Take the scroll<n id="3" /> and eat it. It<n id="4" /> will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.&#8221;

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>

But<n id="1" /> the angel said to me, &#8220;Why are you astounded? I will interpret<n id="2" /> for you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

He also said to me, &#8220;It is done!<n id="1" /> I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water<n id="2" /> free of charge<n id="3" /> from the spring of the water of life.

So<n id="1" /> he took me away in the Spirit<n id="2" /> to a huge, majestic mountain<n id="3" /> and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the angel<n id="2" /> said to me, &#8220;These words are reliable<n id="3" /> and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants<n id="4" /> what must happen soon.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things,<n id="1" /> and when I heard and saw them,<n id="2" /> I threw myself down<n id="3" /> to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me.

But<n id="1" /> he said to me, &#8220;Do not do this!<n id="2" /> I am a fellow servant<n id="3" /> with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey<n id="4" /> the words of this book. Worship God!&#8221;

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!

So<n id="1" /> I threw myself down<n id="2" /> at his feet to worship him, but<n id="3" /> he said, &#8220;Do not do this!<n id="4" /> I am only<n id="5" /> a fellow servant<n id="6" /> with you and your brothers<n id="7" /> who hold to the testimony about<n id="8" /> Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.&#8221;p>