Gary Gleans

Then   I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing,   seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.  And I saw   what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those   who had conquered the beast and its image and   the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass   with harps of God in their hands.    And they sing   the song of Moses,   the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,  “Great and amazing are your deeds,   O Lord God the Almighty!    Just and true are your ways,   O King of the nations!  Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name?     For you alone are   holy.     All nations will come   and worship you,   for your righteous acts have been revealed.”  After this I looked, and   the sanctuary of   the tent of witness in heaven was open...

Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one   like a son of man,   with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.    And another angel   came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud,   “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for   the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”    So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.    Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.    And another angel came out from the altar,   the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth,   for its grapes are ripe.”     So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it...

Then I saw another angel   flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to   those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.    And he said with a loud voice,   “Fear God and   give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and   worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the   springs of water.”    Another angel, a second, followed, saying,   “Fallen, fallen is   Babylon the great,   she who made all nations drink   the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.”    And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone   worships the beast and its image and receives   a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink   the wine of God's wrath,   poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and   he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in t...

Then I looked, and behold, on   Mount Zion   stood the Lamb, and with him   144,000 who   had his name and his Father's name written   on their foreheads.    And I heard a voice from heaven   like the roar of many waters and   like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of   harpists playing on their harps,   and they were singing   a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders.   No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.    It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for   they are virgins. It is these   who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as   firstfruits for God and the Lamb,   and   in their mouth no lie was found, for they are   blameless. There is a huge contrast between the description of the beasts and dragon of the...

Then   I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.    It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast,   whose mortal wound was healed.    It performs great signs, even   making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people,   and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast   it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast   that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.    And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not   worship the image of the beast   to be slain.    Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,   so ...

And the beast was given   a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for   forty-two months.    It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,   that is, those who dwell in heaven.    Also it was allowed   to make war on the saints and to conquer them .    And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,   and all   who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in   the book of life of   the Lamb   who was slain.    If anyone has an ear, let him hear:    If anyone is to be taken captive,   to captivity he goes;   if anyone is to be slain with the sword,   with the sword must he be slain.    Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints. Perhaps one of the greatest judgm...