See! He is coming on the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even the men who pierced Him, and all the tribes of the earth will lament over Him. Even so. Amen.

To him who conquers and continues to the very end to do the works that please me, I will give authority over the heathen;

and have made them a kingdom of priests for our God; and they will rule over the earth."

I looked, and a pale horse appeared, and its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. Power was given to them over one quarter of the earth, to kill the people with sword, famine, death, and the wild animals of the earth.

They had over them as king the angel of the abyss; in Hebrew he is called Abaddon, in Greek, Apollyon.

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was clothed in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, his legs were like pillars of fire,

but leave off the court outside the temple; do not measure it, because it has been given over to the heathen, and for forty-two months they will trample the city underfoot.

They have the power to shut up the sky, so that no rain will fall upon the earth as long as they prophesy, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with any plague as often as they please.

The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and celebrate with feasts and the sending of gifts to one another, because these two prophets had tormented the inhabitants of the earth.

Permission was given to him to make war on God's people and to conquer them; authority was given to him over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

So He who was seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

And another angel came from the altar, who had power over the fire, and he called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put forth your sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are fully ripe."

So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth's vine, and flung them into the wine press of God's wrath,

so that men were severely scorched, but they only cursed the name of God who had authority over these plagues, and would not repent and give Him glory.

And the woman whom you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth."

The kings of the earth who have joined her in her immorality and luxury will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke from her burning.

The businessmen of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one can buy their cargoes anymore --

Celebrate over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets too, because God has taken vengeance on her for you."

Then he hurled him into the abyss, closed it, and sealed it over him, to keep him from leading the nations astray anymore, until the thousand years are at an end; after that he must be let loose a little while.

Blessed and holy is the man who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death will have no power, but they will be priests of God and Christ, and reign with Him the thousand years.