After this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd in heaven shouting,
“Praise The Lord! Revelation 19
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.
His judgments are true and just.
He has punished the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her immorality.
And again their voices rang out:
“Praise the Lord!
The smoke from that city ascends forever and ever!”
Then
the twenty-four elders and the four living beings fell down and
worshiped God, who was sitting on the throne. They cried out, “Amen!
Praise the Lord!”
And from the throne came a voice that said,
“Praise our God,
all his servants,
all who fear him,
from the least to the greatest.”
Then I heard again what sounded like the shout of a vast crowd or the roar of mighty ocean waves or the crash of loud thunder:
“Praise the Lord!
For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.
Let us be glad and rejoice,
and let us give honor to him.
For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb,
and his bride has prepared herself.
She has been given the finest of pure white linen to wear.”
For the fine linen represents the good deeds of God’s holy people.
And
the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to
the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And he added, “These are true words
that come from God.”
Then
I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “No, don’t worship
me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers and sisters who testify about their faith in Jesus. Worship only God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus.”
The Rider on the White Horse
Then
I saw heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. Its rider
was named Faithful and True, for he judges fairly and wages a righteous
war. His
eyes were like flames of fire, and on his head were many crowns. A name
was written on him that no one understood except himself. He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God. The armies of heaven, dressed in the finest of pure white linen, followed him on white horses. From
his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule
them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the
Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress. On his robe at his thigh was written this title: King of all kings and Lord of all lords.
Then
I saw an angel standing in the sun, shouting to the vultures flying
high in the sky: “Come! Gather together for the great banquet God has
prepared. Come
and eat the flesh of kings, generals, and strong warriors; of horses
and their riders; and of all humanity, both free and slave, small and
great.”
Then
I saw the beast and the kings of the world and their armies gathered
together to fight against the one sitting on the horse and his army. And
the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty
miracles on behalf of the beast—miracles that deceived all who had
accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the
beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of
burning sulfur. Their
entire army was killed by the sharp sword that came from the mouth of
the one riding the white horse. And the vultures all gorged themselves
on the dead bodies.
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