Book of Common Prayer

¹⁴ The second woe passed-away. Behold— the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet, The Third Woe

¹⁵ And the seventh angel trumpeted. And there came loud voices in heaven, saying “The kingdom of the world became^[a] the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. And He will reign forever and ever”. ¹⁶ And the twenty four elders sitting on their thrones in the presence of God fell on their faces and gave-worship to God, ¹⁷ saying “We give-thanks to You, Lord God Almighty, the One Who is and Who was^[b], because You have taken Your great power, and You began to reign^[c]. ¹⁸ And the nations became-angry. And Your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to Your slaves the prophets, and the saints, and^[d] the ones fearing Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy the ones destroying^[e] the earth”.

Vision 3: The Three Signs In Heaven

¹⁹ And the temple of God in heaven was opened. And the ark of ^[f] His covenant appeared in His temple. And there came lightnings^[g] and voices and thunders and an earthquake and a great hail.

Blessed Are Those Hearing And Keeping The Word of God

²⁷ And it came about during His saying these things that a certain woman from the crowd, having raised her voice, said to Him, “Blessed is the womb having carried You, and the breasts which You sucked”. ²⁸ But He said, “More-than-that, blessed are the ones hearing the word of God and keeping it”.

This Is an Evil Generation. No Sign Will Be Given Except The Sign of Jonah

²⁹ And while the crowds were assembling-more, He began to say “This generation is an evil generation. It is seeking a sign. And a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah. ³⁰ For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man also will be to this generation. ³¹ The Queen of the South will be raised at the judgment with the men of this generation, and she will condemn them. Because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold— a greater thing than Solomon is here. ³² Ninevite men will rise-up at the judgment with this generation, and they will condemn it. Because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold— a greater thing than Jonah is here.

The Lamp Shines So People Can See. Watch Out That Your Eye Can Receive The Light

³³ “No one having lit a lamp puts it in a crypt^[a], nor under the basket, but on the lampstand, in order that the ones coming in may see the light. ³⁴ The lamp^[b] of the body is your eye. When your eye is single^[c], your whole body is also full-of-light. But when it is bad, your body is also full-of-darkness. ³⁵ So be watching-out that the light in^[d] you is not darkness! ³⁶ Therefore if your whole body is full-of-light, not having any part full-of-darkness, [then] the whole body will be full-of-light as when the lamp gives-light-to you with its bright-light”.