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I turned to see whose voice it was that was speaking to me, and when I turned I saw seven gold lampstands,

Verse ConceptsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureSeven LightsTurning Round

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.

Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandLampsRight Hand Of GodSymbolsNames And Titles For The ChurchAngels, Nt AppearancesSeven PeopleSeven SpiritsSeven LightsAngels Interacting With People

I know what you have done; your hard work and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, and that you have tested those who claimed to be apostles when they were not, and have found them to be impostors.

Verse ConceptsClaimsLiesToleranceChurch DisciplineFalse Teachers, Examples OfChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversBad CompanyEvil AssociationsChrist Knowing About PeopleFalse WaysFalse ApostlesThe Fact Of ToilOne's DeedsFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersEnduranceHard Work And Perseverance

But it is in your favor that you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, as I do.

Verse ConceptsHatredGod Hating ThingsHating Evil

Yet I hold it somewhat against you that you have among you some adherents of the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entrap the children of Israel into eating meat that had been sacrificed to idols, and into immoral practices.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyFreedom, Abuse Of ChristianFoodAdultery, SpiritualChastityToleranceAbuse, Of Christian FreedomFalse Teachers, Examples OfStumbling BlocksMisteachingFood For Other godsFood Offered To IdolsThey Committed ImmoralitysexSexual Immorality

But I hold it against you that you tolerate that Jezebel of a woman who claims to be inspired and who is misleading my slaves and teaching them to practice immorality and to eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols.

Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsOpposition, To Sin And EvilPeople Of God, In NtFalse Prophets, Examples OfSexual Sin, Nature OfProphetessSeducersBeing MisleadMisteachingFood For Other godsFood Offered To IdolsThey Committed Immoralityjezebel

To him who is victorious and continues to the end to do the things that please me, I will give authority over the heathen??27 just such authority as I received from my Father; he will shepherd them with an iron staff and shatter them like earthen jars!??28 and I will give him the morning star.

Verse ConceptsGoalsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesOvercomersTo The EndAuthority Of DisciplesDoing God's WorksOvercoming Through ChristOvercomingLucifer

I will make some who belong to that synagogue of Satan and claim to be Jews when they are not so, but are lying?? will make them come and bow down at your feet, and learn that I loved you.

Verse ConceptsFeetSatan, As DeceiverSatanticKnowing About God's KingdomSatanJews

I know what you are doing, and that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot!

Verse ConceptsInstabilityChrist Knowing About PeopleOne's DeedsSelf Worthlukewarm

Afterward I had another vision: There was a door standing open in the heavens and the first voice like a trumpet that I had heard speak to me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place."

Verse ConceptsNecessityHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenGoing Up To HeavenTrumpets For SignallingPredicting The FutureGod's VoiceSpecial RevelationGoing To HeavenRainbowPurgatoryThe Rapturerevelation

But one of the elders said to me, "Do not cry! See! The lion who is of the tribe of Judah, of the line of David, has been victorious so that he can open the roll and break its seals."

Verse ConceptsdefeatLions, Figurative Use OfLionsRootsSealsNames And Titles For ChristJesus As Son Of DavidPromised VictorySeven ThingsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsChrist OvercomingDo Not MournPeople Of JudahLion Of The Tribe Of Judah

When he took the roll, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each with a harp and gold bowls full of incense, that is, of the prayers of God's people.

Verse ConceptsSweet Odoursequipping, physicalMusical Instruments, types ofPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansFour CreaturesHarpsTwenty SomeBowing Before MessiahElders In HeavenTwenty Four Elders

Then I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, underneath the earth, and on the sea, and all that they contain, say, "Blessing, honor, glory, and power to him who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever!"

Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of ChristEarth, God's GloryGod, Present EverywhereHonorUnceasing PraiseChrist's Exalted GloryEternal PraiseGod Sitting In GloryAngels SingingWorship In Heaven During TribulationPetsThe Seaadorationdominionhonour

After that I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind should blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

Verse ConceptsStandingBeing CalmFour AngelsFour CornersFour WindsNo WindsFour SidesAngels Doing God's WorkHarming TreesThe Sea StilledWeather In The Last DaysweatherFlat Earth

I heard that the number of those that were marked with the seal was 144,000. They were from every tribe of the children of Israel:

Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And MoreTwelve TribesMany In Israel144,000Abrahamic Covenant

12,000 from the tribe of Judah that were marked; 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben; 12,000 from the tribe of Gad;

Verse ConceptsTwelve Tribes144,000

Then another angel with a gold censer came and stood at the altar, and he was given a great quantity of incense so that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the saints on the altar of gold that stood before the throne.

Verse ConceptsThroneTypes Of ChristAltars, In HeavenAltar Of IncenseCensersAngels Doing God's Work

The star is called Apsinthus, that is, Wormwood. Then one third of the waters turned to wormwood, and numbers of people died of the waters, for they had turned bitter.

Verse ConceptsBad WaterBitter WaterDeath Of Other GroupsBitternessEclipseSigns Of The End TimesEnd Times

Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and one third of the sun was blasted, and one third of the moon and one third of the stars, so that one third of them were darkened, and there was no light for one third of the day and of the night.

Verse ConceptsAstronomyEclipsesOne ThirdFractions, One FourthSeven TrumpetsFourthAffecting Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndCosmic DisturbancesEclipseSolar EclipseThe Moon

Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen on the earth from the sky. He was given the key to the pit of the abyss,

Verse ConceptsAbyssKeysFractions, One FifthFalling From HeavenSeven TrumpetsFifthAffecting Sun Moon And StarsLucifer

They were not allowed to kill anyone, but only to torture them for five months, and the torture they inflicted was like that caused by a scorpion when it stings a man.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyPoisonTortureFive Months And MoreScorpionsSnakebitesTroubling Groups Of Peoplebugs

They had tails and stings like scorpions; it was in their tails that their power lay to harm men for five months.

Verse ConceptsFive Months And MoreTailsScorpionsSnakebitesPeople Possibly Doing EvilHurtEnd TimesThe Rapturebugshurtingwomanhood

Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the corners of the altar of gold that was before God

Verse ConceptsHornsAltars, In HeavenFour HornsFractions, One SixthSeven TrumpetsSixth

say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates."

Verse ConceptsFour AngelsFractions, One SixthSixthEvil AngelsRiver Euphrates

Then the four angels who were held in readiness for that hour and day and month and year were let loose to kill one third of mankind.

Verse ConceptsThe Right TimeFractions, One ThirdOne ThirdFour AngelsPreparing For ActionAngels Activities Among Unbelievers

One third of mankind were killed by these three plagues??he fire, smoke, and sulphur that poured from their mouths.

Verse ConceptsBrimstoneFractions, One ThirdOne ThirdSulphurDeath Of Other GroupsOther References To Mouthssmokinghumanity

and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, that there should be no more delay,

Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfGod, Living And Self sustainingHeaven, Nature OfNatureCreation Of The Physical HeavensImminenceCreation Of The SeasGod Not DelayingSwearing ByRainbow

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."

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening Documents

but leave out the court outside the temple; do not measure that, for it has been given up to the heathen, and for forty-two months they will trample on it.

Verse ConceptsThree And A Half YearsForeigners In The Holy PlacesTrampling Placesprepping

They are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Verse ConceptsTwo Plant ProductsTwo Other ThingsOlive Trees

If anyone tries to hurt them fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone tries to hurt them, he will certainly be killed in that way.

Verse ConceptsFire Of JudgementKilling Will HappenPeople Possibly Doing EvilThe Two WitnessesHurt

They have the power to shut up the sky, so that no rain will fall during the days when they are prophesying, and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to smite the earth with any plague whenever they please.

Verse ConceptsBlood, Miracles Connected WithPlaguesRainSkyTurned To BloodLack Of RainAuthority Of DisciplesThe Two WitnessesWeather In The Last DaysweatherempowermentGod Controlling The Rain

and their bodies will lie in the street of the great city that is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt??here their Lord also was crucified.

Verse ConceptsBabylonCondemnation Of BabylonChrist Was KilledCorpses Of Other PeopleSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionHoly CityThe Two Witnesses

At that moment there was a great earthquake, and one tenth of the city was destroyed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were filled with awe, and acknowledged the glory of the God of heaven.

Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodDanger, PhysicalearthquakesHourSuffering, Nature OfFear, Of NaturalSeven ThousandDestruction Of BabylonTerror Of GodA Tenth Of ThingsThe Rapture

Therefore, rejoice, you heavens and you who live in them! But alas for the earth and the sea, for the devil has descended upon you in a great rage, for he knows that he has only a short time left."

Verse ConceptsSatan, Kingdom OfSatan, Resistance ToWoeSatan, Limitations OfThe Shortness Of TimeA Short TimeShort Time Till The EndRejoicing In SuccessSatan

When the dragon saw that he had been hurled down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male child.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfJudgment Of DemonsJudgment Of Fallen AngelsPersecution

But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to her place in the desert, where she is to be taken care of for a time, times, and a half-time, on account of the serpent.

Verse ConceptsWingsThree And A Half YearsWings Of BirdsEaglesTwo Of Body PartsThose FlyingBeing A Woman Of GodRainbowTaking Care Of The Earthflying

It opened its mouth in blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling-place, that is, those who live in heaven.

Verse ConceptsSatan, As The Enemy Of GodHeaven, God's HabitationProfaning God's NameBlasphemy

It leads the inhabitants of the earth astray by the wonders it is allowed to do on behalf of the animal, telling the inhabitants of the earth to erect a statue to the animal that bears the mark of the sword-thrust and yet lives.

Verse ConceptsLiesFalse Miracles, Nature OfIdol WorshipThe False Prophetimage

It is also allowed to impart life to the animal's statue so that the animal's statue can speak, and to have all who do not worship the animal's statue killed.

Verse ConceptsArmageddonMartyrdom, Reasons ForSpirit, Nature OfPowers Of SpeechNot Worshipping IdolsThe False ProphetImage Of The BeastSelf Imagetechnologybreathingempowermentbreathstatuesimage

and permits no one to buy or sell anything unless he bears the mark, that is, the animal's name or the number corresponding to its name.

Verse ConceptsThe False ProphetMark Of The Beast On ForeheadMark Of The BeastSaving Money

And I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of great waters, and loud peals of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

Verse ConceptsThunderThings Like WaterInstrumentalistsHarpsGod Speaks From HeavenLike WaterwaterfallsThunder Showing God's Presence

The grapes were trodden in the winepress outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress in a stream so deep that for 200 miles it came up to the horses' bridles.

Verse ConceptsArmageddonBridlesBeverages, FigurativeHorsesOutside The CityCovered With Blooddistanceprepping

And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and standing upon the sea of glass those who had come off victorious from the animal and its statue and the number corresponding to its name. They had harps that God had given them,

Verse ConceptsGlassequipping, physicaldefeatSeaPromised VictoryBeastsSea Of GlassGod Appearing In FireHarpsTransparencyOvercoming Through Christ

Afterward I saw the temple, that is, the tent of the testimony, thrown open in heaven,

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening The TempleThe Temple In Heaven

but the angel said to me, "Why are you amazed? I will explain to you what the woman and the animal with seven heads and ten horns that carries her symbolize.

Verse ConceptsSeven Body PartsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryCosmic CreaturesWomen In Prophecy

The animal that you saw was, and is no more; it is going to come up out of the abyss, but it is to go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth, whose names from the foundation of the world have not been written in the book of life, will be amazed when they see that the animal was, and is no more, and yet is to come.

Verse ConceptsAbyssBottomless PitBook of lifeHell, As An ExperiencePredestined PeopleSatan, Agents OfWhat Heaven Will Be LikeBeing ForeordainedPerditionThings Passing AwayDestruction Of Satan's WorksCosmic CreaturesFrom The BeginningCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going Up

So must it be with the animal that was, and is no more. It is also an eighth king, although it is one of the seven, and it is to go to destruction.

Verse ConceptsPerditionThings Passing AwaySeven PeopleEight ThingsDestruction Of Satan's WorksCosmic Creatures

The ten horns that you saw are also ten kings, who have not yet begun to reign, but for a single hour they receive authority as kings along with the animal.

Verse ConceptsHourPoliticsTen PeopleTen ThingsOne HourHorns In Allegorypotentialroyalty

"The waters that you saw," he said to me, "on which the idolatrous woman was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsLanguagesAll LanguagesAmericaFalse Religious SystemThe World Rulerwhores

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

Verse ConceptsBabylonCondemnation Of Babylon

and say, 'Alas! Alas for the great city that was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and glittered with gold, precious stones, and pearls,

Verse ConceptsCrimsonGoldLinenRed ClothesPurple ClothesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryRegretting

After that I heard what sounded like the loud shout of a great multitude in heaven saying, "Praise the Lord! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,

Verse ConceptsBabylonGod, Glory OfdoxologyCrowdsPraise, Manner And Methods OfShoutingMany In The ChurchGroups ShoutingPraise The Lord!Taken To HeavengaysGay Marriage

I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."

Verse ConceptsBabylonChristiansNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritBrotherhoodTestimoniesBowing To False GodsAngelsAngels Looking After PeopleProphesying In The ChurchSubsequent Witness To ChristWorship God!ProphecyGay Marriagetestimonygabriel

Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and shouting in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in midair, "Come! Gather for God's great banquet,

Verse ConceptsBirds Of PreyShout Of GodAngels Doing God's WorkControlling Sun Moon And Stars

The rest were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of him who sat on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves upon their bodies.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleDispensations

and hurled him into the abyss and he closed it and sealed it over him, to keep him from leading the heathen astray any longer, until the thousand years are over; after that he has to be released for a little while.

Verse ConceptsSatan, As DeceiverSatan, Kingdom OfSatan, Resistance ToSealsSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InAbyssA Short TimeSealing ThingsEvil And FreedomShort Time Till The EndSeasons Changing

Then I saw a great white throne with a being seated on it from whose presence earth and sky fled so far that they could not be found.

Verse ConceptsColors, WhiteGod, Sovereignty OfEarth, Destruction OfSkyTheophanyWhiteHeaven, God's ThroneThe Universe DestroyedFleeing From GodNo RoomAutomobiles

The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and the underworld gave up the dead that were in them, and they were all judged by what they had done.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Of UnbelieversFutureRetributionOvercoming DeathThe Final JudgementRepaid For DeedsThe Dead Are RaisedThe OceanJudgement DayNever Giving UpThe Rapturelakes

in all the glory of God. It shone with a radiance like that of some very precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal.

Verse ConceptsCrystalsRadiancyGlory Of GodPrecious StonesRadiant LivesTransparencyJewellery And GodRainbow

See! I am coming very soon! Blessed is he who heeds the words of prophecy that are in this book."

Verse ConceptsGospel, Essence OfGod Not DelayingBlessed In ServiceThe Timing Of His ComingBooks Of Prophecy

But he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers the prophets and the men who heed the words of this book. Worship God!

Verse Conceptsethics, personalBrotherhoodAngelsAngels Looking After PeopleBooks Of ProphecyWorship God!Worshiping Godbridgesadvertisingrevelation

"Do not seal up the words of prophecy that are in this book," he said to me, "for the time of their fulfilment is very near.

Verse ConceptsSealsImminenceSealing The MessageDisclosuresNear The Time GenerallyBooks Of Prophecyend times prophecyEnd Of Days

I warn everyone who hears the message of prophecy in this book read, that if anyone adds anything to it, God will inflict upon him the plagues that are described in this book;

Verse ConceptsPlaguesWatchfulness, Of LeadersAdding To GodBooks Of ProphecyProphecyPunishmentPunishmentsProphecies concerning