In his right hand he held seven stars; from his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword, and his face shone like the sun at noonday.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. But he laid his right hand upon me, and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last,

The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the guardian angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: " 'He who holds the seven stars in his right hand and goes about among the seven gold lampstands speaks thus:

Then I saw lying in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a roll with writing on both sides, sealed with seven seals.

He came and took the roll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.

When he broke the third seal, I heard the third animal say, "Come!" And there I saw a black horse, and its rider had a pair of scales in his hand,

So the smoke of the incense went up before God from the angel's hand for the prayers of his people.

and he had a little scroll open in his hand. He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,

Then the angel, whom I had seen standing on the sea and on the land, raised his right hand to heaven,

Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said, "Go and take the little scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."

So I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it, and it did taste as sweet as honey, but when I had eaten it, it made my stomach bitter.

A third angel followed them, saying in a loud voice, "Whoever worships the animal and its statue and lets its mark be put on his forehead or on his hand

Then I saw a white cloud, and seated on it a being like a man, with a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and glittered with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She had in her hand a gold cup full of accursed things, and the impurities of her immorality.

Then I saw an angel come down from heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.