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Revelation 8

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1When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ✦ 2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. ✦ 3Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. ✦ 4And the smoke of the incense ascended from the angel’s hand with the prayers of the saints before God. ✦ 5Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder and sounds, and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. ✦ 6And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them. ✦ 7The first sounded, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. ✦ 8The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was hurled into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood, ✦ 9and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed. ✦ 10The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters. ✦ 11The star is named Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they were made bitter. ✦ 12The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way. ✦ 13Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those who live on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!” ✦

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Revelation ends the story with the slain-yet-standing Lamb who is worthy, the Lion of Judah, the Alpha and Omega, the returning King who makes all things new and dwells with his people forever.

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