Book of Common Prayer

An Angel With a Scroll Says The Mystery Will Be Finished With The Seventh Trumpet

10 And I saw another strong angel coming down from heaven, having been clothed-with a cloud. And the rainbow^[a] was over^[b] his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire. ² And he was holding^[c] in his hand an opened little-scroll. And he placed his right foot upon the sea and the left one upon the land, ³ and he cried-out with a loud voice— as indeed a lion roars. And when he cried-out, the seven thunders spoke their voices. ⁴ And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal the things which the seven thunders spoke, and do not write them”. ⁵ And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the land lifted-up his right hand to heaven ⁶ and swore by the One living forever and ever— Who created the heaven and the things in it, and the land and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it— that there will be no more time^[d] [of delay]. ⁷ But during the days of the sound of the seventh angel, when he is about-to trumpet, the mystery of God was indeed finished^[e], as He announced-as-good-news-to His slaves, the prophets. ⁸ And the voice which I heard from heaven was again speaking with me, and saying “Go, take the opened scroll in the hand of the angel standing upon the sea and upon the land”. ⁹ And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little-scroll. And he says to me, “Take, and eat^[f] it up. And it will make your stomach bitter. But in your mouth it will be sweet like honey”. ¹⁰ And I took the little-scroll out of the hand of the angel, and I ate it up. And it was like sweet honey in my mouth. And when I ate it, my stomach was made-bitter. ¹¹ And they^[g] say to me, “You must prophesy again for^[h] many peoples and nations and tongues and kings”.

Jesus Teaches His Disciples To Pray

11 And it came about during His being in a certain place praying, that when He ceased, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples”. ² And He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say, ‘Father— let^[a] Your name be treated-as-holy. Let Your kingdom come. ³ Be giving us each day our daily bread. ⁴ And forgive us our sins, for we also are forgiving everyone being indebted to us. And do not bring us into a temptation^[b]’”.

Keep Asking And You Will Receive

⁵ And He said to them, “Which of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves-of-bread, ⁶ because my friend came to me from a journey and I do not have what I will set-before him’; ⁷ and that one, having responded from inside says ‘Do not be causing me troubles. The door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed. I am not able, having arisen, to give it to you’? ⁸ I say to you: even though he will not, having arisen, give to him because of being his friend, yet because of his shamelessness^[c] he will, having been raised^[d], give to him as much as he needs. ⁹ And I say to you: be asking, and it will be given to you. Be seeking, and you will find. Be knocking, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone asking receives. And the one seeking finds. And to the one knocking, it will be opened.

God Knows How To Give Good Answers To Your Prayers

¹¹ “And what father from-among you will his son ask-for a fish, and he will give him a snake^[e] instead of a fish? ¹² Or indeed he will ask-for an egg— will he give him a scorpion? ¹³ Therefore if you, being evil, know-how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to the ones asking Him!”