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“I Saw...Seven Angels Assigned to Pour Out Seven Plagues—The Final Plagues”
1 Then I saw in the sky yet another sign, very important and remarkable: Seven angels assigned to pour out seven plagues—the final plagues, because with them the wrath of God is to be brought to a culmination.
2 I also saw what looked like a body of water made of glass, mixed with fire, and standing near it those who had won the victory and freed themselves from the beast and from its+ image and from the number of its name, holding harps given to them by God.
3 They were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, declaring,
“Great and wondrous are your deeds,
Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
King of the nations!
4 Who will not fear you, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy!
All the nations will come and worship before you,
because your righteous deeds are about to be displayed!”
5 After these things I looked, and the sanctuary in heaven, the tabernacle of the Testimony, was opened.
6 The seven angels who were assigned to pour out the seven plagues came out of the sanctuary, dressed in clean, shining linen, with golden sashes wrapped around their chests.
7 Then one of the four living creatures gave each of the seven angels a gold bowl filled with the wrath of God, who lives forever into the ages of the ages.
8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory and power of God, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues assigned to the seven angels had all been poured out.