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And I
beheld, and heard an angel flying through
the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice,
Woe,
woe,
woe, to
the inhabiters of
the earth by reason of
the other voices of
the trumpet of
the three angels, which are yet to sound!
And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “
Woe!
Woe!
Woe to those who dwell on
the earth, because of
the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by
the remaining three angels!”
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Then the fifth angel sounded his
trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given
the key to
the pit of
the Abyss.
And he opened
the bottomless pit; and
there arose a smoke out of
the pit, as
the smoke of a great furnace; and
the sun and
the air were
darkened by reason of
the smoke of
the pit.
The star opened
the pit of
the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like
the smoke of a great furnace, and
the sun and
the air were
darkened by
the smoke from
the pit.
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
And it was commanded
them that
they should not
hurt the grass of
the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not
the seal of God in
their foreheads.
They were told not to
harm the grass of
the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have
the seal of God on
their foreheads.
And to
them it was given that
they should not kill
them, but that
they should be
tormented five months: and
their torment was as
the torment of a
scorpion, when he striketh a man.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall
flee from
them.
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.
And
they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and
the sound of
their wings was as
the sound of
chariots of many horses running to battle.
They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and
the sound of
their wings was like
the roar of many horses and
chariots rushing into battle.
And
they had tails like unto scorpions, and
there were stings in
their tails: and
their power was to
hurt men five months.
They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had
the power to
injure people for five months.
And
they had a king over
them, which is
the angel of
the bottomless pit, whose name in
the Hebrew tongue is
Abaddon, but in
the Greek tongue hath his name
Apollyon.
They were ruled by a king,
the angel of
the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is
Abaddon, and in Greek it is
Apollyon.
One
woe is past; and, behold,
there come two woes more
hereafter.
The first
woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Then the sixth angel sounded his
trumpet, and I heard a voice from
the four horns of
the golden altar before God
Saying to
the sixth angel which had
the trumpet, Loose
the four angels which are bound in
the great river Euphrates.
saying to
the sixth angel with
the trumpet, “Release
the four angels who are bound at
the great river Euphrates.”
And
the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to
slay the third part of men.
So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
And
the number of
the army of
the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard
the number of
them.
And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.
And thus I saw
the horses in
the vision, and
them that sat on
them, having breastplates of fire, and of
jacinth, and
brimstone: and
the heads of
the horses were as
the heads of lions; and out of
their mouths issued fire and smoke and
brimstone.
Now
the horses and riders in my vision looked like this:
The riders had breastplates
the colors of fire,
sapphire, and sulfur.
The heads of
the horses were like
the heads of lions, and out of
their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
By
these three was
the third part of men killed, by
the fire, and by
the smoke, and by
the brimstone, which issued out of
their mouths.
A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
For
their power is in
their mouth, and in
their tails: for
their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with
them they do
hurt.
For
the power of
the horses was in
their mouths and in
their tails; indeed,
their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to
inflict harm.
And
the rest of
the men which were not killed by
these plagues yet
repented not of
the works of
their hands, that
they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Now
the rest of mankind who were not killed by
these plagues still did not
repent of
the works of
their hands.
They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a
rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were
the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven,
wrapped in a cloud, with a
rainbow above his head. His face was like
the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
He held in his hand a small
scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on
the sea and his left foot on
the land.
And
cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had
cried, seven thunders uttered
their voices.
Then he
cried out in a loud voice like
the roar of a lion. And when he
cried out,
the seven thunders sounded
their voices.
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.
And
sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and
the things that
therein are, and
the earth, and
the things that
therein are, and
the sea, and
the things which are
therein, that
there should be time no longer:
And he
swore by Him who lives
forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it,
the earth and everything in it, and
the sea and everything in it: “
There will be no more delay!
But in
the days of
the voice of
the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound,
the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants
the prophets.
But in
the days of
the voice of
the seventh angel, when he is about to sound his
trumpet,
the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants
the prophets.”
And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take
the small
scroll that lies open in
the hand of
the angel standing on
the sea and on
the land.”
And I went unto
the angel, and said unto him, Give me
the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy
belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
And I went to
the angel and said, “Give me
the small
scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
And I took
the little book out of
the angel’s hand, and
ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my
belly was bitter.
So I took
the small
scroll from
the angel’s hand and
ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.
And he said unto me, Thou must
prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
And
they told me, “You must
prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.
But
the court which is without
the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto
the Gentiles: and
the holy city shall
they tread under foot forty and two months.
But
exclude the courtyard outside
the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to
the nations, and
they will
trample the holy city for 42 months.
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
And if any man will
hurt them, fire proceedeth out of
their mouth, and devoureth
their enemies: and if any man will
hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
If
anyone wants to
harm them, fire proceeds from
their mouths and devours
their enemies. In this way,
anyone who wants to
harm them must be killed.
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in
the days of
their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn
them to blood, and to
smite the earth with all plagues, as often as
they will.
These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
When
the two witnesses have finished
their testimony,
the beast that comes up from
the Abyss will
wage war with
them, and will overpower and kill
them.
And
their dead bodies shall lie in
the street of
the great city, which spiritually is called
Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was
crucified.
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
And
they that dwell upon
the earth shall
rejoice over
them, and make
merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because
these two prophets
tormented them that dwelt on
the earth.
And those who dwell on
the earth will
gloat over
them, and will
celebrate and send one another gifts, because
these two prophets had
tormented them.
And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
And
they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto
them, Come up
hither. And
they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and
their enemies
beheld them.
And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.
And
the same hour was
there a great
earthquake, and
the tenth part of
the city fell, and in
the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and
the remnant were
affrighted, and gave glory to
the God of heaven.
And in that hour
there was a great
earthquake, and a tenth of
the city
collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in
the quake, and
the rest were
terrified and gave glory to
the God of heaven.
The second
woe is past; and, behold,
the third
woe cometh quickly.
The second
woe has passed. Behold,
the third
woe is coming shortly.
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Then the seventh angel sounded his
trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “
The kingdom of
the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign
forever and ever.”
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
Saying, We give
thee thanks, O Lord God
Almighty, which art, and
wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to
thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
saying: “We give
thanks to You, O Lord God
Almighty,
the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.
And
the nations were
angry, and thy wrath is come, and
the time of
the dead, that
they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants
the prophets, and to
the saints, and
them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy
them which destroy
the earth.
The nations were
enraged, and Your wrath has come.
The time has come to judge
the dead and to reward Your servants
the prophets, as well as
the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great— and to destroy those who destroy
the earth.”
And
the temple of God was opened in heaven, and
there was seen in his temple
the ark of his testament: and
there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an
earthquake, and great
hail.
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and
the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And
there were
flashes of
lightning, and rumblings, and peals of
thunder, and an
earthquake, and a great
hailstorm.
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
And she being with child
cried,
travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
She was
pregnant and crying out in
the pain and
agony of giving birth.
And
there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red
dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red
dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
And his tail drew
the third part of
the stars of heaven, and did cast
them to
the earth: and
the dragon stood before
the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to
devour her child as soon as it was born.
His tail swept a third of
the stars from
the sky,
tossing them to
the earth. And
the dragon stood before
the woman who was about to give birth, ready to
devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all
the nations with an iron
scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
And
the woman fled into
the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that
they should feed her
there a thousand two hundred and
threescore days.
And
the woman fled into
the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be
nourished for 1,260 days.
And
there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon; and
the dragon fought and his angels,
Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon, and
the dragon and his angels fought back.
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
But
the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.
And
the great
dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called
the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth
the whole world: he was cast out into
the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
And
the great
dragon was
hurled down—that ancient serpent called
the devil and
Satan,
the deceiver of
the whole world. He was
hurled to
the earth, and his angels with him.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and
the kingdom of our God, and
the power of his Christ: for
the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused
them before our God day and night.
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come
the salvation and
the power and
the kingdom of our God, and
the authority of His Christ. For
the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses
them day and night before our God.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
They have conquered him by
the blood of
the Lamb and by
the word of
their testimony. And
they did not love
their lives so as to
shy away from death.
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in
them.
Woe to
the inhabiters of
the earth and of
the sea! for
the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in
them! But
woe to
the earth and
the sea; with great
fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
And when
the dragon saw that he was cast unto
the earth, he
persecuted the woman which brought forth
the man child.
And when
the dragon saw that he had been thrown to
the earth, he pursued
the woman who had given birth to
the male child.
And to
the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into
the wilderness, into her place, where she is
nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from
the face of
the serpent.
But
the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from
the presence of
the serpent to her place in
the wilderness, where she was
nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Then from
the mouth of
the serpent
spewed water like a river to overtake
the woman and
sweep her away in
the torrent.
And
the earth helped
the woman, and
the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed up
the flood which
the dragon cast out of his mouth.
But
the earth helped
the woman and opened its mouth to
swallow up
the river that had poured from
the dragon’s mouth.
And
the dragon was
wroth with
the woman, and went to make war with
the remnant of her seed, which keep
the commandments of God, and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ.
And
the dragon was
enraged at
the woman, and went to make war with
the rest of her children, who keep
the commandments of God and hold to
the testimony of Jesus. And
the dragon stood on
the shore of
the sea.
And I stood upon
the sand of
the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of
the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads
the name of
blasphemy.
Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of
the sea.
There were ten royal crowns on its horns and
blasphemous names on its heads.
And
the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard, and his feet were as
the feet of a bear, and his mouth as
the mouth of a lion: and
the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
The beast I saw was like a
leopard, with
the feet of a bear and
the mouth of a lion. And
the dragon gave
the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was
healed: and all
the world wondered after
the beast.
One of
the heads of
the beast appeared to be
mortally wounded. But
the mortal wound was
healed, and
the whole world
marveled and followed
the beast.
And
they worshipped
the dragon which gave power unto
the beast: and
they worshipped
the beast, saying, Who is like unto
the beast? who is able to make war with him?
They worshiped
the dragon who had given authority to
the beast, and
they worshiped
the beast, saying, “Who is like
the beast, and who can
wage war against it?”
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
The beast was given a mouth to speak
arrogant and
blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
And he opened his mouth in
blasphemy against God, to
blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and
them that dwell in heaven.
And
the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to
slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Then the beast was permitted to
wage war against
the saints and to
conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with
the sword must be killed with
the sword. Here is
the patience and
the faith of
the saints.
“If
anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if
anyone is to die by
the sword, by
the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for
the perseverance and faith of
the saints.
And I
beheld another beast coming up out of
the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a
dragon.
Then I saw another beast rising out of
the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a
dragon.
And he exerciseth all
the power of
the first beast before him, and causeth
the earth and
them which dwell
therein to worship
the first beast, whose deadly wound was
healed.
And this beast exercised all
the authority of
the first beast and caused
the earth and those who dwell in it to worship
the first beast, whose
mortal wound had been
healed.
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Because of
the signs it was given to perform on behalf of
the first beast, it
deceived those who dwell on
the earth, telling
them to make an image to
the beast that had been wounded by
the sword and yet had lived.
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And
the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on
their right hand or on
their forehead,
And that no man might
buy or sell, save he that had
the mark, or
the name of
the beast, or
the number of his name.
so that no one could
buy or sell unless he had
the mark—
the name of
the beast or
the number of its name.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count
the number of
the beast: for it is
the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.
Here is a call for wisdom: Let
the one who has insight
calculate the number of
the beast, for it is
the number of a man, and that number is 666.
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on
the mount
Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in
their foreheads.
Then I looked and saw
the Lamb standing on Mount
Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on
their foreheads.
And I heard a voice from heaven, as
the voice of many waters, and as
the voice of a great
thunder: and I heard
the voice of harpers
harping with
their harps:
And I heard a sound from heaven like
the roar of many waters and
the loud
rumbling of
thunder. And
the sound I heard was like harpists
strumming their harps.
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
And
they sang a new song before
the throne and before
the four living creatures and
the elders. And no one could learn
the song except
the 144,000 who had been redeemed from
the earth.
These are
they which were not
defiled with women; for
they are virgins.
These are
they which follow
the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth.
These were redeemed from among men, being
the firstfruits unto God and to
the Lamb.
These are
the ones who have not been
defiled with women, for
they are virgins.
They follow
the Lamb wherever He goes.
They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to
the Lamb.
And in
their mouth was found no
guile: for
they are without fault before
the throne of God.
And no lie was found in
their mouths;
they are
blameless.
And I saw another angel fly in
the midst of heaven, having
the everlasting gospel to
preach unto
them that dwell on
the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with
the eternal gospel to
proclaim to those who dwell on
the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
And
there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of
the wine of
the wrath of her
fornication.
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
And
the third angel followed
them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship
the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his
forehead, or in his hand,
And a third angel followed
them, calling out in a loud voice, “If
anyone worships
the beast and its image, and receives its mark on his
forehead or on his hand,
The same shall drink of
the wine of
the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into
the cup of his
indignation; and he shall be
tormented with fire and
brimstone in
the presence of
the holy angels, and in
the presence of
the Lamb:
he too will drink
the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into
the cup of His wrath. And he will be
tormented in fire and sulfur in
the presence of
the holy angels and of
the Lamb.
And
the smoke of
their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and
they have no rest day nor night, who worship
the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth
the mark of his name.
And
the smoke of
their torment rises
forever and ever. Day and night
there is no rest for those who worship
the beast and its image, or for
anyone who receives
the mark of its name.”
Here is
the patience of
the saints: here are
they that keep
the commandments of God, and
the faith of Jesus.
Here is a call for
the perseverance of
the saints who keep
the commandments of God and
the faith of Jesus.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are
the dead which die in
the Lord from henceforth:
Yea, saith
the Spirit, that
they may rest from
their labours; and
their works do follow
them.
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are
the dead—those who die in
the Lord from this moment on.” “
Yes,” says
the Spirit, “
they will rest from
their labors, for
their deeds will follow
them.”
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon
the cloud one sat like unto
the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp
sickle.
And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on
the cloud was One like
the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp
sickle in His hand.