The Lord’s Reign in Zion^(A)

³ “Thus says the Lord:

Seventh Trumpet: The Kingdom Proclaimed

¹⁵ Then ^(A)the seventh angel sounded: ^(B)And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ^(C)“The ^[a]kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, ^(D)and He shall reign forever and ever!”

³ knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, ^(A)walking according to their own lusts,

Perilous Times and Perilous Men

3 But know this, that ^(A)in the last days ^[a]perilous times will come:

¹⁰ And he carried me away ^(A)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^(B)the ^[a]great city, the ^[b]holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, ^11 (C)having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. ¹² Also she had a great and high wall with ^(D)twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: ^13 (E)three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.

¹⁴ Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and ^(F)on them were the ^[c]names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. ¹⁵ And he who talked with me ^(G)had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. ¹⁶ The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand ^[d]furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. ¹⁷ Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. ¹⁸ The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. ^19 (H)The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, ²⁰ the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. ²¹ The twelve gates were twelve ^(I)pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. ^(J)And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

The Glory of the New Jerusalem

^22 (K)But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. ^23 (L)The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine ^[e]in it, for the ^[f]glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. ^24 (M)And the nations ^[g]of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor ^[h]into it. ^25 (N)Its gates shall not be shut at all by day ^(O)(there shall be no night there). ^26 (P)And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into ^[i]it. ²⁷ But ^(Q)there shall by no means enter it anything ^[j]that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s ^(R)Book of Life.