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And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them."

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.

Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.

After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened,

and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pain and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds.

And huge hailstones, weighing about a talent each, came down from heaven upon people; and people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because the hailstone plague was extremely severe.

After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated from his glory.

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive any of her plagues;

for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her offenses.

"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her."

After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.

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

And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them.

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

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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