¹⁵ So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵ Then ^(A)the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and ^(B)there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ^(C)“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(D)his Christ, and ^(E)he shall reign forever and ever.”

The Seven Trumpets

⁶ Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

⁷ The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed ^(A)hail and ^(B)fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a ^(C)third of the earth was burned up, and a third of ^(D)the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

⁸ The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like ^(E)a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea ^(F)became blood. ⁹ A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of ^(G)the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰ The third angel blew his trumpet, and ^(H)a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on ^(I)the springs of water. ¹¹ The name of the star is Wormwood.^[a] A third of the waters ^(J)became wormwood, and many people died from the water, ^(K)because it had been made bitter.

¹² The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of ^(L)the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

¹³ Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, ^(M)“Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

¹⁶ Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

⁵ for ^(A)John baptized with water, ^(B)but you will be baptized ^(C)with^[a] the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

The Ascension

⁶ So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, ^(D)will you at this time ^(E)restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ He said to them, ^(F)“It is not for you to know ^(G)times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive ^(H)power ^(I)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and ^(J)you will be ^(K)my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and ^(L)Samaria, and ^(M)to the end of the earth.” ⁹ And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, ^(N)he was lifted up, and ^(O)a cloud took him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, ^(P)two ^(Q)men stood by them in ^(R)white robes, ¹¹ and said, ^(S)“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ^(T)will ^(U)come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”