bwe - Revelation:15-17

bwe@Revelation:15:1 @ I saw another big and wonderful thing in the sky. I saw seven angels who carried the seven big troubles. They are the last troubles. When these troubles have come, Gods anger is ended. 2I saw something that looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire. And I saw those people who had won the fight against the beast, and its idol, and its mark, and the number of its name. They were standing on the sea of glass and they had the harps of God in their hands.

bwe@Revelation:15:2 @ They sing the song of Moses who is the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. They say, Lord God who has all power, the things you do are great and wonderful! King for ever, your ways are right and true!

bwe@Revelation:15:3 @ Who will not respect and honour you and praise your name, Lord? You are the only one who is holy. People from all countries will come and worship you because they have seen that you are right and fair.

bwe@Revelation:15:4 @ After this I looked. The temple in heaven was open. It was the place where Gods agreement was kept.

bwe@Revelation:15:5 @ The seven angels who carried the seven troubles came out of the temple. They were wearing linen clothes, clean and shining. Around their chests they wore gold belts.

bwe@Revelation:15:6 @ One of the four living beings gave the angels seven gold bowls. The bowls were full of the anger of God who lives for ever and ever.

bwe@Revelation:15:7 @ The temple was full of smoke because God is so great and has so much power. No one could go into the temple until the seven troubles, which the seven angels had, were ended.

bwe@Revelation:15:8 @ missing fehlt/missing

bwe@Revelation:16:1 @ I heard a loud voice coming from the temple. It said to the seven angels, Go and pour the seven bowls of Gods anger on the earth.

bwe@Revelation:16:2 @ So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth. Then a bad, dirty sore came on the people who had the mark of the animal on them, and who worshipped its idol.

bwe@Revelation:16:3 @ The second angel poured his bowl on the sea. It turned into blood like that of a person who has been killed. Everything in the sea that had life died.

bwe@Revelation:16:4 @ The third angel poured his bowl on the rivers and the places where there was water. They turned into blood.

bwe@Revelation:16:5 @ And I heard the angel of the water say, Holy One, you who live now and who always have lived, and will live for ever; you are right because you have punished them this way.

bwe@Revelation:16:6 @ They killed Gods people and the prophets. Now you have given them blood to drink. This is what they should get!

bwe@Revelation:16:7 @ I heard the people under the altar say, Yes, Lord God, you have all power! The way you punish is true and right!

bwe@Revelation:16:8 @ The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun. Then the sun was given the power to burn people with fire.

bwe@Revelation:16:9 @ People were burned because the sun was so hot. And they spoke wrongly about the name of God, cursing him because he had the power to send these troubles. But they would not stop the wrong things they were doing. They would not respect and honour God.

bwe@Revelation:16:10 @ The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast. The place where he ruled became dark. People bit their tongues because of the pain they had.

bwe@Revelation:16:11 @ They cursed God in heaven because of their pain and sores. But they did not stop the wrong things they were doing. They would not turn back to God.

bwe@Revelation:16:12 @ The sixth angel poured his bowl on the big river Euphrates. Its water dried up so that a road was made ready for the kings to come from the east.

bwe@Revelation:16:13 @ I saw three bad spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the prophet who is not true.

bwe@Revelation:16:14 @ They are the spirits of gods who are not true, and they do wonderful things. They go to the kings of the whole world and gather them to fight on the great day of God who has all power.

bwe@Revelation:16:15 @ Look! I will come like a thief. The person who stays awake and dressed will be glad he did! He will not be without clothes and he will not be ashamed.

bwe@Revelation:16:16 @ They gathered at the place called Armageddon in the Hebrew language.

bwe@Revelation:16:17 @ Then the seventh angel poured his bowl into the air. A loud voice came from the temple and the chair. It said, It is finished!

bwe@Revelation:16:18 @ There were lightnings, loud noises, and thunder. The earth shook very much. It shook more than it had ever shaken since people have been on earth.

bwe@Revelation:16:19 @ The big city was broken into three parts. And the cities of the nations fell down. God remembered Babylon, the big city. He made it feel all of his great anger.

bwe@Revelation:16:20 @ The islands all went away, and the mountains could not be seen.

bwe@Revelation:16:21 @ Rain like big stones fell from the sky on men. Each stone weighed about a hundred pounds. Men cursed God because the big rain of stones fell on them. The trouble was very bad.

bwe@Revelation:17:1 @ One of the seven angels who had carried the seven bowls came and talked to me. He said, Come, and I will show you the woman who has given herself over to wrong ways of using sex. She is sitting over many waters. I will show you how she will be punished.

bwe@Revelation:17:2 @ The kings on earth have been with her and copied her. And the people on earth gladly copy her wrong ways.

bwe@Revelation:17:3 @ Then the angel took me away in the Spirit to a wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a red beast that had names against God written all over it. It had seven heads and ten horns.

bwe@Revelation:17:4 @ The woman was wearing blue and red clothes. She was shining with gold, fine stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup. It was full of the wrong things she did and of her dirty ways of using sex.

bwe@Revelation:17:5 @ A name was written on her forehead. It has a secret meaning. The name is Great Babylon, the mother of all people who give their bodies for wrong ways of using sex. The mother of all things done on earth too bad to talk about.

bwe@Revelation:17:6 @ And I saw the woman was drunk because of the blood she drank. It was the blood of Gods people, and the blood of people who had been killed because they belonged to Jesus. When I saw her, I was very much surprised.

bwe@Revelation:17:7 @ The angel asked me, Why are you surprised? I will tell you the secret meaning of the woman and the beast with seven heads and horns that carries her.

bwe@Revelation:17:8 @ The beast that you saw was alive at one time, then it was dead. It will come up from the big hole that has no bottom and it will be killed. The people on earth will be surprised when they see the beast, because it was alive and then it was dead, and it comes alive again. These are the people who do not have their names written in the book of life from the time the world was made.

bwe@Revelation:17:9 @ To understand this, one must be wise. The seven heads are the seven hills on which the woman is sitting.

bwe@Revelation:17:10 @ They are also seven kings. Five have already lost their power. One is ruling now, and the other one has not yet come. When he comes he will rule for a short time.

bwe@Revelation:17:11 @ The beast that was alive at the one time, and then was dead, is the eighth king. He is really one of the seven. He will be killed.

bwe@Revelation:17:12 @ The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet ruled. They will have power for one hour to rule with the animal.

bwe@Revelation:17:13 @ These ten all think the same way, and they give to the beast their power and right to rule.

bwe@Revelation:17:14 @ They will fight against the Lamb, but the Lamb will win the fight against them. He will win because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those who are with the Lamb will also win. God has called them and chosen them, and they believe in him.

bwe@Revelation:17:15 @ And the angel said to me, You saw the water on which the bad woman is sitting. The water is the many nations, many people, many countries, and many languages.

bwe@Revelation:17:16 @ You saw the ten horns and the animal. They will hate the bad woman. They will take away everything she has and her fine clothes. They will eat her body and burn her up in a fire.

bwe@Revelation:17:17 @ God has put it into their hearts to do what he wants done to her. They will all agree. They will give to the beast their power to rule until what God has said comes true.

bwe@Revelation:17:18 @ The woman whom you saw is the big city that rules over the kings on earth.

bwe@Revelation:18:1 @ After that I saw another angel coming down from the sky. He had much power. The bright light that shone from him lit up the earth.