The Seven Messages to the Seven Churches
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Revelation 2: 1-7
Title of Christ: King of Heaven and Earth | Him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
Words to these People: I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear evil men but have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and found them to be false; I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary.
Injunction: But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love they had at first. Remember then from what you have fallen, repent and do the works you did at first.
Punishment: If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Saving Grace: Yet this you have, you hate the works of the Nicola′itans, which I also hate.
He Who Conquers: To him who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is the paradise of God.
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Revelation 2: 18- 29
Title of Christ: Son of God | The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
Words to these People: I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
Injunction: But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jez′ebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and beguiling my servants to practice immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her immorality.
Punishment: Behold, I will throw her on a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her doings; and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.
Comfort: But to the rest of you in Thyati′ra, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay upon you any other burden; only hold fast what you have, until I come.
He Who Conquers: He who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will give him power over the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received power from my Father; and I will give him the morning star.
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Revelation 2: 8-11
Title of Christ: Alpha and Omega | The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
Words to these people: I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Injunction: Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation.
Reward: Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
He Who Conquers: He who conquers shall not be hurt by the second death.
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Revelation 3: 1-6
Title of Christ: Anointed One | The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.
Words to these People: I know your works; you have the name of being alive, and you are dead.
Injunction: Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. Remember then what you received and heard; keep that, and repent.
Punishment: If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.
Comfort: Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
He Who Conquers: He who conquers shall be clad thus in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life; I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
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Revelation 2: 12-17
Title of Christ: Prince of Peace | The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.
Words to these people: I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; you hold fast my name and you did not deny my faith even in the days of An′tipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
Injunction: But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice immorality. So you also have some who hold the teaching of the Nicola′itans. Repent then.
Punishment: If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
He Who Conquers: To him who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone which no one knows except him who receives it.
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Revelation 3: 7-13
Title of Christ: Son of David | The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, who shuts and no one opens.
Words to these People: I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.
Injunction: I am coming soon; hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
He Who Conquers: He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
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Revelation 3: 14-22
Title of Christ: Creator of the New Heaven and the New Earth | The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.
Words to these People: I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot!
Punishment: So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
Injunction: Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may be rich, and white garments to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
He who Conquers: He who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
The Seven Seals:
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Revelation 6:1-2 RSV
“Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say, as with a voice of thunder, “Come!” And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and its rider had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.”
THE FIRST ERA
The first of the creatures, which is Luke the Lion, says “Come!” The white horse represents Christendom, and its rider is Charlemagne. The Lion is kingship, might, and power. His natural virtue is pride.
Evangelist: St. Luke
The Spirit of the Age: The White Horse
Horse Represents: Christendom
Rider/Figurehead: Charlemagne
Rider Represents: The Age of Kings
Economic System: Feudalism
Beast: Lion
The Lion Represents: Kingship, might, and power
Beast’s Natural Virtue: Pride
The Path of Holiness for This Age: Eradicating mortal sins, then venial sins; reliance on sacrifice, penance, and self-renunciation. Even when attaining the full level of intimacy with the Lord, it is beneficial to contemplate one’s sins, and practice self-mortification, if not for oneself, then for the sake of others
Corresponding Mansions of St. Teresa of Avila: 1st Mansion
The Individuals to Whom This Path of Holiness Appeals: The noble man who loves lofty things and stories of great import and grandeur; laid back and circumspect, narrowly examines life; makes unexpected and true connections throughout reality
Examples of Saints from this Era: St. Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena
World Influencers from this Era: Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, Constantine
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Revelation 6: 7-8
“When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him; and they were given power over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.”
THE FOURTH ERA
John the Eagle says “Come!” The pale horse represents the Apocalypse, and its rider, who is named Death, is the Anti-Christ. Behind him, follows Hades, or Satan. The Eagle represents hope, rising above, far-sight. His natural virtue is love.
Evangelist: St. John
The Spirit of the Age: The Pale Horse
Horse Represents: Economy of Transaction
Rider/Figurehead: The Anti-Christ
Rider Represents: The Age of Love (twisted into Heresy of Religious Nationalism)
Beast: Eagle
The Beast Represents: Hope, rising above, far sight
Beast’s Natural Virtue: Love
The Path of Holiness for This Age: The path of holiness is indifference to the things of this earth - freedom to encounter anything in the world, and not love it; reliance on pure surrender. 6th and 7th Mansions
The Individuals to Whom This Path of Holiness Appeals: The mystics who fly high in the heavens with the sun clothing their backs; full of upward swiftness and light bouyancy, eager to find the one their soul loves.
Mansion for this Era: 4th Mansion
Examples of Saints from this Era: John Paul II, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Bl Miguel Pro, Mother Teresa, Mother Angelica, Luisa Picarretta, Padre Pio, St. Faustina, Maximilian Kolbe, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Josephine Bakhita, Katherine Drexel, Josemaria Escriva, Paul VI
World Influencers from this Era: Albert Einstein, Gandhi, Roosevelt, Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Wright Brothers, Mao Tse-tung, Henry Ford, Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Fidel Castro, Margaret Sanger, Ronald Reagan, Vladimir Lenin, Martin Luther King Jr., Mikhail Garbachev, Sigmund Freud, James Joyce, Picasso, Beatles, T.S. Eliot, Bill Gates, Walt Disney, John Rockefeller, Dale Carnegie, J.P. Morgan
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Revelation 6:3-4 RSV
“When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” And out came another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that men should slay one another; and he was given a great sword.”
THE SECOND ERA
The second of the creatures, which is Mark the Ox, says “Come!” The red horse represents Communism, and its rider is Stalin. The Ox is work, drudgery, and faithful service. His natural virtue is diligence.
Evangelist: St. Mark
The Spirit of the Age: The Red Horse
Horse Represents: Communism
Rider/Figurehead: Stalin
Rider Represents: The Age of Labor
Economic System: Socialism
Prevailing Philosophy: Protestantism
Beast: Ox
The Beast Represents: work, drudgery, and faithful service
Beast’s Natural Virtue: Diligence
The Path of Holiness for This Age: Embracing the practice of virtue. Reliance on good deeds, focus on living external acts of goodness
Corresponding Mansion of St. Teresa of Avila: 2nd Mansion
The Individuals to Whom This Path of Holiness Appeals: The simple man who enjoys working and is faithfully diligent in his duties; active, never still; things that were only ideas before become fully realized realities; don’t stop to ponder, move on and accompish
Examples of Saints from this Era: Thomas More, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Francis de Sales, Martin de Porres, Isaac Jogues, Joseph of Cupertino
World Influencers from this Era: Martin Luther, John Calvin, Henry VIII, John Knox, Philip II of Spain, King James I, Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, Michael I of Russia, John of Austria
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Revelation 6: 9-11
“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne; they cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?” Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.”
Breakdown
This is referring, mainly, to a white martyrdom. The ‘deaths’ are from torment which the souls who love God experience for His sake while on earth, especially in regard to the growing sacrileges perpetrated against the Trinity. Those who might also be known as burden-bearers.
They are like Mary Magdalene and John the Beloved Disciple: spared a martyr’s death because they experienced the passion of Christ first-hand.
They cry out to God with heart-wrenching voices, begging Him to come with His beloved Justice. They receive white robes (white martyrdom), and are told to ‘Rest’ a little longer, “until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves should have been.” They will not die, because Christ has chosen them, and Mary has marked their foreheads. Though they shall experience an event or illness which ought to kill them, they shall be kept alive by the Lord’s intervention.
The fifth seal does not pertain to all the faithful. Or rather, the white martyrdom does not affect all the faithful to the same degree: some personify this time more than others, and some experience a red martyrdom of death.
Therefore, not all are miraculously saved from death, but many have been.
The fifth seal is a calling, not an indication of the degree of personal sanctity.
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Revelation 6: 5-6
“When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come!’ And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a balance in his hand; and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, ‘A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm oil and wine!
THE THIRD ERA
The third of the creatures, which is Matthew the Man, says “Come!” The black horse represents Economy, and its rider is Klaus Schwab, the current leader and founder of the World Economic Forum. I did not know of him before the Lord told me this. What I have come to understand from the Lord is that the WEF is behind/heavily involved in globalization, population management, GMO (and other corruption of food and world resources for monetary profit), human trafficking, the medical industry, and the global stock market. Basically, every evil in which our world is currently participating. The winged man represents humanity, human dignity, and the sexes. His natural virtue is life.
Evangelist: Matthew
The Spirit of the Age: The Black Horse
Horse Represents: Economy
Rider/Figurehead: Klaus Schwab
Rider Represents: The Age of Man
Beast: Winged Man
The Beast Represents: Humanity, human dignity, and the sexes
Beast’s Natural Virtue: Life
The Path of Holiness for This Age: Love of virtue; carried away with the love of good works, and an unstructured, gift-of-self prayer life
The Path of Holiness for the Individual: Love of Virtue; love of Christ and meditating on His life; focuses on living acts of love; leads to a deeper love of Mary, and more intentional veneration toward her
Corresponding Mansion of St. Teresa of Avila: 3rd Mansion
The Individuals to Whom This Path of Holiness Appeals: This third age was a call for the human man who struggles with his humanity and his dignity, and who is lowly and down in the dirt with his sins. This man finds solace in learning answers to difficult, practical questions; he is quiet, keeps to himself, and seeks to help others live well in spite of not having answers
Examples of Saints from this Era: Therese the Little Flower, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Alphonsus Ligouri, Dominic Savio, John Vianney, John Newman, Anthony Mary Claret, Catherine Laboure, Bernadette Soubirous, Jeanne Jugan, John Bosco, Damien of Molokai, and the innumerable eastern martyrs
World Influencers from this Era: George Washington, King George III, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, Napoleon Bonaparte, Mozart, Beethoven, Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, Bach, John Locke, Voltaire, Lafayette, Adam Smith, Goethe, Louis XVI, Handel, Robespierre, Cornelius Vanderbilt, David Hume, William Wilberforce, Abraham Lincoln, Einstein, Tesla, van Gogh, Teddy Roosevelt, Darwin, Poe, Dickens, Queen Victoria, Karl Marx, Frederick Douglas, Freud, Tolstoy, John D. Rockefeller, Chopin, Victory Hugo, Louis Pasteur, Andrew Carnegie, Michael Faraday, Louisa May Alcott, Richard Wagner, Carl Jung, Joseph Stalin, Mahatma Gandhi, J. P. Morgan, Niels Bohr, Gregor Mendel, Dostoevsky, Bertrand Russell, Thoreau, Jenny Lind, William Randolph Hearst, Jack the Ripper
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Revelation 6: 12-17
“When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale; the sky vanished like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the generals and the rich and the strong, and every one, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand before it?”
Breakdown:
The opening of the sixth seal is a direct response to those who cry out for Justice. Yet this justice shall only be terrible to those who need a shock in order to come to Christ. To those who are already inclined to love Him, it will indeed be upsetting, but on account of Fear of the Lord - the Gift of the Holy Spirit - and not despair. Ultimately, it will be a deep dive into the sea of grace, and a day of mercy.
Some call this event of the sixth seal The Warning, some the Illumination of Conscience, and some, the Particular Judgement. This is not the Final Judgement, but rather, it is a special grace accorded to those living during the time of the sixth seal. It is an experience of the particular judgement before death, an intensely relational and personal encounter with Christ. It is a grace, because at the moment of every particular judgement, souls desire to change their lives when they face the full consequences of their sins, but they have no opportunity, because they must now move on to the afterlife.
All those alive during the sixth seal shall have the opportunity to surrender all to Christ, confess the sins of their life, work for His glory on earth, and clothe themselves with mantles of purity. They will have an opportunity to dive deeper into a spiritual life with Christ - an opportunity they already possess, but most do not take advantage of. It will be a world of saints.
For devout souls who believe falsehoods concerning the Lord, the particular judgement will be a shock. For humble and extremely holy souls, it will be saddening to see how even their minor offenses have wounded The Lord’s Heart. And for those living in sin, it will be devastating. No soul will come out of this rejoicing. For a short time, the world shall be filled with a holy sorrow. “I adore you, Oh Christ, and I praise you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.”
Aside from confession, and living each day as though it is our last (which is how we are to live no matter what), we cannot adequately prepare for this encounter. It will be one of the soul and not the body.
After the revelation to each soul, there shall be a period of time when all demons shall flee from all the hearts of humanity, for they will be frightened by this display of Christ’s power, and thus there shall be no distraction in any heart that wishes to turn to Christ. Many, many will convert. It shall be in droves!
However, this time will pass and the demons will return, and battle lines will be drawn again among humanity, for this verse shall be fulfilled at that time: “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.” (Matt 12:43-45)
When spirits are cast out, we breath freely, but that is not the whole process. We must invite the Trinity and saints of Heaven to fill our house and abide in it, so those demons find it inhabited and defended when they seek to return.
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Revelation 8: 1-5
“When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer; and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne; 4 and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth; and there were peals of thunder, voices, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.”
Breakdown
From now until chapter 20, all that transpires does so during the blowing of the seven trumpets. The seven trumpets fill the time of the seventh seal, and it is during this seal that we see the main figures of the drama unfold: The Two Witnesses, The Woman, The Dragon, St. Michael, The Woman’s Offspring, The Beast from the Sea, The Beast from the Earth, The Lamb and the 144,000, The Great Whore, Babylon, and finally, The Rider on the White Horse.
The silence that falls at the opening of the seventh seal shall signal a calm in the storm. There shall be a breathing space for a time, a reverence for what is about to unfold, for no longer shall the events of these happenings appear to be either manmade or natural phenomena. All mankind shall know that something has shifted on the spiritual and physical plane. The ‘golden censor’ shall fall.
It shall be like the fire of the Lord descending upon a soul: to those who love Him, this burning is welcome, but to those who deny Him, it is a frightening and confusing experience - even deadly. Think of the angel of the Lord in Exodus, who brought death in the night to all the first born sons. It is no longer to the sons, but to all mankind that this ‘angel’ comes.
The Angel of Peace shall make his public appearance at this time, a man, a ‘new Moses’, who shall lead the Holy Remnant of the Faithful of God, and usher in the Trumpets and Plagues of the End Times. His prayer shall rise before the Throne of God, accompanied by the prayers of all the faithful.
The Blowing of the Seven Trumpets
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Revelation 8:7
“The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, which fell on the earth; and a third of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.”
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Revelation 8:12
The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.
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Revelation 8: 8-9
The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
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Revelation 9: 1-11
And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit; he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth; they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those of mankind who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads; they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man. And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them.
In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails. They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abad′don, and in Greek he is called Apol′lyon.
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Revelation 8: 10-11
The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died of the water, because it was made bitter.
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Revelation 9: 13-19
Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphra′tes.” So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of mankind. The number of the troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulphur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur issued from their mouths. By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulphur issuing from their mouths. For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and by means of them they wound.
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Revelation 11: 15-19
“Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.’ And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying,
‘We give thanks to thee, Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast,
that thou hast taken thy great power and begun to reign.
The nations raged, but thy wrath came,
and the time for the dead to be judged,
for rewarding thy servants, the prophets and saints,
and those who fear thy name, both small and great,
and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.’
Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.”
The Pouring Out of the Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath
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Revelation 16:2
“So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth, and foul and evil sores came upon the men who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.”
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Revelation 16: 8-9
“The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch men with fire; men were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.”
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Revelation 16:3
“The second angel poured his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a dead man, and every living thing died that was in the sea.”
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Revelation 16: 10-11
“The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was in darkness; men gnawed their tongues in anguish and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores, and did not repent of their deeds.”
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Revelation 16: 4-7
The third angel poured his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of water, and they became blood. And I heard the angel of water say,
‘Just art thou in these thy judgments,
thou who art and wast, O Holy One.
For men have shed the blood of saints and prophets,
and thou hast given them blood to drink.
It is their due!’
And I heard the altar cry,
‘Yea, Lord God the Almighty,
true and just are thy judgments!’”
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Revelation 16: 12-16
“The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great river Euphra′tes, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. And I saw, issuing from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet, three foul spirits like frogs; for they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. (‘Lo, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who is awake, keeping his garments that he may not go naked and be seen exposed!’) And they assembled them at the place which is called in Hebrew Armaged′don.”
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Revelation 16: 17-21
The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” And there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as had never been since men were on the earth, so great was that earthquake. The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered great Babylon, to make her drain the cup of the fury of his wrath. And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found; and great hailstones, heavy as a hundredweight, dropped on men from heaven, till men cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that plague.“
The Seven Last Events of the Apocalypse
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Revelation 19: 11-16
“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed which no one knows but himself. He is clad in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, followed him on white horses. From his mouth issues a sharp sword with which to smite the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron; he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, King of kings and Lord of lords.”
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Revelation 20: 4
“Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment was committed.”
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Revelation 19: 19-21
“And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who sits upon the horse and against his army. And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had worked the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur. And the rest were slain by the sword of him who sits upon the horse, the sword that issues from his mouth; and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.”
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Revelation 20: 4-6
“Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.”
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Revelation 20: 1-3
“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were ended. After that he must be loosed for a little while.”
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Revelation 20: 7-9
“And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, that is, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. And they marched up over the broad earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city.”
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Revelation 20: 9-10
“But fire came down from heaven and consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”