People in Heaven Praise God
1After this I heard what sounded like many, many people in heaven. The people were saying: “Hallelujah (Praise God)!Victory, glory, and powerbelong to our God.
2His judgments are true and right. Our God has punished the prostitute.
3Those people in heaven also said: “Hallelujah (Praise God)! {She is burning and} her smoke will rise forever and ever.”
4Then the 24 elders
5Then a voice came from the throne. The voice said: “Praise our God, all you people that serve him! Praise our God, all you people small and great that honor him!”
6Then I heard something that sounded like many, many people. It sounded like the noise of flooding water and like loud thunder. The people were saying: “Hallelujah (Praise God)! Our Lord God rules. He is the All-Powerful.
7Let us rejoice and be happy and give God glory! Give God glory, because the wedding of the Lamb (Jesus) has come. And the Lamb’s bride (the church) has made herself ready.
8Fine linen was given to the bride for her to wear. The linen was bright and clean.” (The fine linen means the good things that God’s holy people
9Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Those people who are invited to the wedding meal of the Lamb are blessed (happy)!” Then the angel said, “These are the true words of God.”
10Then I bowed down before the angel’s feet to worship him. But the angel said to me, “Don’t {worship me}! I am a servant like you and your brothers who have the truth of Jesus. So worship God! Because the truth of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
The Rider on the White Horse
11Then I saw heaven open. There before me was a white horse. The rider on the horse is called Faithful and True. He is right in his judging and in making war.
12His eyes are like burning fire. He has many crowns on his head. He has a name written on him, but he is the only one who knows the name. No other person knows the name.
13He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood. His name is the Word of God.
14The armies of heaven were following him. They were riding white horses. They were dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
15A sharp sword comes out of the rider’s mouth. He will use this sword to defeat the nations. He will rule the nations with a rod of iron. He will squeeze {the grapes} in the winepress of the terrible anger of God the All-Powerful.
16On his robe and on his leg was written this name: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS
17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun. The angel said with a loud voice to all the birds flying in the sky, “Come together for the great supper of God.
18Come together so that you can eat the bodies of rulers and army commanders and famous men. Come to eat the bodies of the horses and their riders and the bodies of all people—free, slave, small, and great.”
19Then I saw the animal and the rulers of the earth. Their armies were gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army.
20But the animal was captured. Also the false prophet
21Their armies were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse. All the birds ate these bodies until the birds were full.
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