The Resurrection of the Dead

12 “At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.^{(A) 2} Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth^[a] shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.^{(B) 3} Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky,^[b] and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.^{(C) 4} But you, Daniel, keep the words secret and the book sealed until the time of the end. Many shall be running back and forth,^[c] and evil^[d] shall increase.”^(D)

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

8 When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.^{(A) 2} And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.^(B)

³ Another angel with a golden censer came and stood at the altar; he was given a great quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.^{(C) 4} And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.^{(D) 5} Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.^(E)

The Seven Trumpets

⁶ Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them.^[a]