As surely as I am the living God, I raise my hand and I vow

Then the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

But when the seventh angel blows his trumpet, then God will accomplish his secret plan, as he announced to his servants, the prophets."

"When the seven years had passed," said the king, "I looked up at the sky, and my sanity returned. I praised the Supreme God and gave honor and glory to the one who lives forever. "He will rule forever, and his kingdom will last for all time.

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it will be right for you to swear by my name. Then all the nations will ask me to bless them, and they will praise me."

"From the time the daily sacrifices are stopped, that is, from the time of The Awful Horror, 1,290 days will pass.

Happy are those who remain faithful until 1,335 days are over!

He will speak against the Supreme God and oppress God's people. He will try to change their religious laws and festivals, and God's people will be under his power for three and a half years.

I heard the other angel answer, "It will continue for 2,300 evenings and mornings, during which sacrifices will not be offered. Then the Temple will be restored."

"The king of Syria will go back and gather a larger army than he had before. When the proper time comes, he will return with a large, well-equipped army.

But do not measure the outer courts, because they have been given to the heathen, who will trample on the Holy City for forty-two months.

I will send my two witnesses dressed in sackcloth, and they will proclaim God's message during those 1, 260 days."

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The power to rule over the world belongs now to our Lord and his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever!"

The woman fled to the desert, to a place God had prepared for her, where she will be taken care of for 1, 260 days.

She was given the two wings of a large eagle in order to fly to her place in the desert, where she will be taken care of for three and a half years, safe from the dragon's attack.

The beast was allowed to make proud claims which were insulting to God, and it was permitted to have authority for forty-two months.

Make up your minds ahead of time not to worry about how you will defend yourselves,

But when the seventh angel blows his trumpet, then God will accomplish his secret plan, as he announced to his servants, the prophets."

When they finish proclaiming their message, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will fight against them. He will defeat them and kill them,

People from all nations, tribes, languages, and races will look at their bodies for three and a half days and will not allow them to be buried.

After three and a half days a life-giving breath came from God and entered them, and they stood up; and all who saw them were terrified.

At that very moment there was a violent earthquake; a tenth of the city was destroyed, and seven thousand people were killed. The rest of the people were terrified and praised the greatness of the God of heaven.

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The power to rule over the world belongs now to our Lord and his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever!"

He will grow strong---but not by his own power. He will cause terrible destruction and be successful in everything he does. He will bring destruction on powerful men and on God's own people.

Do this because you belong to the LORD your God. From all the peoples on earth he chose you to be his own special people.

He will make you greater than any other nation that he has created, and you will bring praise and honor to his name. You will be his own people, as he promised."

You will be called "God's Holy People," "The People the LORD Has Saved." Jerusalem will be called "The City That God Loves," "The City That God Did Not Forsake."

But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.