Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Three Angels Proclaim God’s Message To The Earth

⁶ And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven^[a], having eternal good-news to announce-as-good-news to^[b] the ones sitting on the earth— indeed, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, ⁷ saying with a loud voice “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment came^[c]. And give-worship to the One having made the heaven and the land and sea and springs of waters”. ⁸ And another angel, a second, followed, saying “Babylon the great fell^[d], it fell— she who has given-a-drink-to all the nations from the wine of the passion^[e] of her sexual-immorality”. ⁹ And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰ he himself will also drink from the wine of the fury of God having been mixed undiluted in the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. And they do not have a rest by day and by night^[f]— the ones worshiping the beast and his image, and if anyone receives the mark of his name. ¹² Here^[g] is the endurance of the saints, the ones keeping the commandments of God and the faith of ^[h] Jesus. ¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write— ‘Blessed^[i] are the dead dying in the Lord from-now-on! Yes, says the Spirit, so that they will rest from their labors, for their works are following with them”.