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And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people.

And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."

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

I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues—last, because with them God's wrath is completed.

After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple—that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law—and it was opened.

and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.

After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "‘Come out of her, my people,' so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;

for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.

After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,

I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.

The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.

They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.