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The new heaven and new earth
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John receives a vision of the glorified Christ walking among seven golden lampstands, His appearance radiating divine majesty and authority as the Living One who holds the keys of death and Hades.
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Christ addresses four of the seven churches—Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira—with specific commendations, rebukes, and promises for those who overcome and remain faithful.
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Christ completes His messages to the seven churches—Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea—calling them to repentance, faithfulness, and spiritual fervor while promising eternal rewards to overcomers.
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John is taken up to heaven and sees God's throne surrounded by twenty-four elders and four living creatures who continually worship the Holy One who created all things for His pleasure.
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A sealed scroll appears in God's right hand, and only the Lamb who was slain is worthy to open it, receiving worship from all creation as the One who redeemed people from every tribe and nation.
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The Lamb opens the first six seals, unleashing conquest, war, famine, death, martyrs crying for justice, and cosmic upheaval as God's judgment begins upon the earth.
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Before the seventh seal, 144,000 servants of God are sealed from the twelve tribes of Israel, and John sees a great multitude from every nation worshiping before the throne having come out of great tribulation.
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The seventh seal brings silence in heaven, then seven angels with trumpets begin God's judgments on earth through hail, fire, a burning mountain, a fallen star, and darkness covering a third of creation.
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The fifth and sixth trumpets release demonic locusts from the abyss to torment unrepentant humanity, followed by a massive army of 200 million horsemen killing a third of mankind, yet people still refuse to repent.
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A mighty angel holding a little scroll declares that in the days of the seventh trumpet, God's mystery will be completed, and John is commanded to eat the scroll which is sweet in his mouth but bitter in his stomach.
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John measures the temple while two witnesses prophesy for 1,260 days with great power until they are killed and resurrected; the seventh trumpet sounds, announcing Christ's eternal kingdom and God's wrath.
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A woman clothed with the sun gives birth to a male child who will rule the nations, while a great red dragon seeks to devour the child; war breaks out in heaven, and Satan is cast down to earth with great fury.
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Two beasts emerge—one from the sea with authority over all nations, and one from the earth performing signs to deceive people into worshiping the first beast and receiving its mark, 666.
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The Lamb stands with 144,000 on Mount Zion singing a new song; three angels proclaim the eternal gospel, announce Babylon's fall, and warn against receiving the beast's mark before the harvest of the earth.
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Seven angels prepare to pour out the seven last plagues containing God's completed wrath, while those who conquered the beast sing the song of Moses and the Lamb beside a sea of glass mixed with fire.
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The seven bowls of God's wrath are poured out, bringing painful sores, death in the seas and rivers, scorching heat, darkness on the beast's kingdom, and the great earthquake at Armageddon.
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John sees the judgment of the great prostitute Babylon who sits on many waters, drunk with the blood of saints, riding a scarlet beast with seven heads representing kings and kingdoms.
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Babylon the great falls suddenly and completely, bringing mourning to kings, merchants, and sailors who profited from her luxury, while heaven rejoices over God's righteous judgment of her corruption.
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Heaven celebrates with hallelujah choruses for God's judgment and the marriage supper of the Lamb; Christ returns as King of Kings and Lord of Lords to defeat the beast and false prophet at Armageddon.
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Satan is bound for 1,000 years while martyrs reign with Christ; after his release and final rebellion, Satan is cast into the lake of fire, and all the dead face the great white throne judgment.
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God creates new heavens and a new earth with the New Jerusalem descending as a bride; He dwells with His people, wiping away all tears, pain, and death in the eternal city of perfect glory.
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The angel shows John the river of life and tree of life in the New Jerusalem; Jesus declares His soon coming and invites all who thirst to take the water of life freely as the Spirit and bride say 'Come.'
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