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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

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

The first animal was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man's, and the fourth was like an eagle flying.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One FourthEaglesCreatures Like LionsFirst ThingsLike CreaturesSecond BeingThird PersonFourthLike MenThose FlyingRainbowflying

Then I saw standing in the center of the throne and of the four animals and of the elders a Lamb which seemed to have been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes; these are the seven spirits of God, which are sent on errands to all parts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsAtonement, in NTHornsSpiritsSymbolsCherubim, At God's ThroneAnimal Sacrifices, As A Type Of ChristFour CreaturesSeven SpiritsSeven Body PartsHorns In AllegoryChrist Was KilledElders In HeavenGod Sending ProphetsHeavenLeadership Qualities

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,

Verse ConceptsDivine BalancesBlackWeighingThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsComing To GodBlack AnimalsThird PersonRight Measuresbalance

Then I saw another angel ascend from the east with the seal of the living God, and he cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had it in their power to harm the earth and the sea,

Verse ConceptsSealsHoly Spirit, Types OfFour AngelsOut Of The EastShout Of GodAngels Doing God's WorkCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going UpPeople Possibly Doing EvilMark Of The Beastempowerment

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 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 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

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

For the power of the horses lay in their mouths and their tails; their tails were like snakes, and they had heads with which they hurt people.

Verse ConceptsSnakesTailsThings Like SnakesOther References To MouthsPeople Possibly Doing EvilHurt

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,

Verse ConceptsFeetScrollsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsBooks In ProphecyOther Right PartsLeft Hand Side

When the seven thunders had spoken I was going to write it down, but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said! Do not write it down!"

Verse ConceptsSealsWithheld KnowledgeSecret ThingsSeven ThingsSealing The MessageNot Writingrevelation

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

Verse ConceptsAngels HandsLifting HandsBlessings For The Right HandThe OceanThe Seagabrielevangelising

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

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.

Verse ConceptsBitter FoodSweetnessSlaves Of GodVoice Of The Archangel

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 earth helped the woman, for the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured out of his mouth.

Verse ConceptsOther References To MouthsGod HelpsBeing Overwhelmedhelpingwoman

One of its heads seemed to have received a mortal wound, but its mortal wound had been healed. And the whole earth followed the animal in wonder,

Verse ConceptsTribulation GovernmentRecoveryscars

It exercises the full authority of the first animal on its behalf. It makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first animal, whose mortal wound had been healed.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Kingdom OfWorshipping The DevilThe False ProphetExercise

Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Verse ConceptsSharp ToolsAngels Doing God's WorkThe Temple In Heaven

And another angel came forth from the altar, who presided over the fire, and he called in a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Use your sharp sickle and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth's vine, for the grapes on it are ripe."

Verse ConceptsOpportunities, And SalvationAltars, In HeavenSharp ToolsTreading GrapesShout Of GodAngels Doing God's Work

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

and the seven angels with the seven plagues came out of the temple. They were clothed in clean, glistening linen and had gold belts around their breasts.

Verse ConceptsCleanliness, Metaphorical UseLinenSevenSeven SpiritsSeven ThingsWhite And Bright ClothesGold OrnamentsAngels Doing God's WorkThe Temple In Heavenlukewarm

and reviled the God of heaven for their sufferings and sores, but they would not repent of what they had done.

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHell, As An ExperiencePhysical PainBlasphemyPleasurablenessrevelationdeeds

So he carried me away in a trance to a desert, and I saw a woman seated on a scarlet animal all covered with blasphemous titles; it had seven heads and ten horns.

Verse ConceptsCreaturesecstasyThe BeastTranceColors, ScarletSeven Body PartsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryGod Carrying PeopleCosmic CreaturesWomen In ProphecyRed AnimalsBlasphemyLed By The SpiritColor

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.

Verse ConceptsCups, Figurative UsedirtGoldJewelsMetalsColors, PurplePearlsRed ClothesPurple ClothesGold OrnamentsThey Committed ImmoralityWearing JewelleryUnclean ThingsFalse Religious SystemColor

The dealers in these things, who had grown rich from their trade with her, for fear of her torture will stand a long way off, weeping and mourning,

Verse ConceptsStanding At A DistanceFear Of Other Thingsdistance

They threw dust on their heads and wept and mourned, crying out, 'Alas! Alas for the great city, where all who had ships on the sea grew rich through her extravagance! For in a single hour she has been destroyed!'

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UseCommerceA Short TimeDestruction Of BabylonShips For TradingDust On The HeadShort Time For ActionRegretting

Then I saw thrones with beings seated on them, who were empowered to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and the message of God, who refused to worship the animal and its statue, and would not have its mark put on their foreheads or on their hands. They were restored to life and reigned with the Christ a thousand years.

Verse ConceptsForeheads666Faithfulness, To Godevil, victory overdefianceBeheadingThe BeastJudgesJudgment SeatPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf SacrificeThe Immortal SoulMartyrdom, Methods OfSufferings RewardedRemoving HeadsCosmic CreaturesBelievers JudgingMarks On PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesAvoiding IdolatrySubsequent Witness To ChristWorshipping The DevilMark Of The BeastHow First Resurrection Is Spread OutSigns Of The Timesend times prophecyMartyrdom

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

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChurchSeven SpiritsSeven ThingsEnd Of ActionsMarriage To God

It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, which had carved upon them the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveWalled TownsCity GatesengravingTwelve BeingsTwelve TribesTwelve ThingsBenefits Of HeavenNew Jerusalemisraelrevelation

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

Verse ConceptsFoundationsThe Number TwelveFoundations Of NationsWalled TownsTwelve DisciplesTwelve ThingsNew Jerusalem

The angel who talked with me had a gold measuring rod, with which to measure the city and its gates and wall.

Verse ConceptsMeasuring RodCity Gatesmeasurement