The Angels With the Seven Last Plagues

¹ Then I saw another great and remarkable sign in heaven: seven angels with seven plagues—the last plagues, because in them God’s wrath is completed.

² And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire. I also saw those who had won the victory over the beast and his image ^[1] and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass. They held the harps of God, ³ and they were singing the song of Moses, God’s servant, and the song of the Lamb. They said:

⁵ After these things I looked, and the sanctuary of the Tent of the Testimony was opened in heaven. ⁶ The seven angels who hold the seven plagues came out of the sanctuary. They were clothed with clean bright linen, and they wore gold sashes around their chests.

⁷ One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels the seven gold bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. ⁸ And the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power. No one was able to enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

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The Harvest

¹⁴ Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man. He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵ Another angel came out of the temple and cried with a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud, “Swing your sickle and begin reaping, for the time to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is very ripe.” ¹⁶ And the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

¹⁷ Another angel, who also had a sharp sickle, came out of the temple, which is in heaven. ¹⁸ And another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and cried with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and harvest the grape clusters from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹ Then the angel swung his sickle over the earth, and he harvested the earth’s vine and threw it into the great winepress of God’s wrath. ²⁰ The winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia. ^[1]

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The Three Angels

⁶ Then I saw another angel flying in the middle of the sky. He had the everlasting gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth, to every nation, tribe, language, and people. ⁷ He said with a loud voice:

⁸ Another angel, a second, ^[1] followed. He said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great, ^[2] who made every nation drink from the wine of her adulterous desire.”

⁹ Another angel, a third one, followed them. He said with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰ he will also drink from the wine of God’s wrath, which has been poured undiluted ^[3] into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment is going to rise forever and ever. Those who worship the beast and his image, and anyone who receives the mark of his name, are going to have no rest day and night.”

¹² Here patient endurance is needed by the saints, who hold on to the commands of God and their faith in Jesus. ¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven say, ^[4] “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “because they will rest from their labors, for their works follow them.”