And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.

Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.

Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

‘And I will grant wonders in the sky above
And signs on the earth below,
Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

A woman

But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
And the Lord has forgotten me.”

“For your husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the God of all the earth.

“Arise, shine; for your light has come,
And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

“I will betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion,

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

Clothed

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord gives grace and glory;

No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

“No longer will you have the sun for light by day,
Nor for brightness will the moon give you light;
But you will have the Lord for an everlasting light,
And your God for your glory.

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will exult in my God;
For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

And the

But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

For the grace of God has appeared,

bringing salvation to all men,

Crown

As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

And the Lord their God will save them in that day
As the flock of His people;
For they are as the stones of a crown,

Sparkling in His land.

General references

“Before she travailed, she brought forth;
Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.

Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.