Poetry

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CHAPTER 8
I

WHEN HE OPENED THE SEVENTH SEAL,
SILENCE LASTED HALF AN HOUR.
THEN SEVEN ANGELS WITH GREAT ZEAL
BLEW SEVEN TRUMPETS WITH POWER.

AN ANGEL WITH GOLDEN CENSER
CAME AND STOOD AT THE ALTAR.
HE WITH MUCH INCENSE TO OFFER
BECAME A PRAYER EXALTER.

II
THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS ROSE LIKE SMOKE
UP TO GOD WITH THE INCENSE.
HE THREW FIRE THEN TO PROVOKE
AWFUL EARTHLY VIOLENCE.

PEALS OF THUNDER, FLASHING LIGHTNING,
RUMBLINGS, AND A GREAT EARTHQUAKE.
IT WAS A SCENE TRULY FRIGHTENING;
SUCH SCENES ONLY GOD COULD MAKE.

III
THEN SEVEN ANGELS WITH TRUMPET
PREPARED TO GIVE OUT THEIR SOUND.
WHEN THE FIRST BLEW IT DID BEGET
HAIL, FIRE, BLOOD, TO EARTH THROWN DOWN.

ONE THIRD OF THE EARTH WAS BURNED UP;
ONE THIRD OF THE TREES BURNED TOO.
ALL GREEN GRASS WAS ALSO BURNED UP
AFTER THIS FIRST ANGEL BLEW.

IV
THEN THE SECOND ANGEL SOUNDED;
A HUGE MOUNTAIN ALL ABLAZE
INTO THE SEA IT WAS POUNDED;
THE CONSEQUENCES AMAZE.

BLOOD BECAME ONE THIRD OF THE SEA;
ONE THIRD OF ALL CREATURES DIED.
ONE THIRD OF SHIPS BECAME DEBRIS;
DESTRUCTION WAS FAR AND WIDE.



V
THEN THE THIRD SOUNDED HIS TRUMPET;
BLAZING STAR FELL FROM THE SKY.
IT POISONED SO MANY WATERS
CAUSING THOSE TO DRINK IT, DIE.

WHEN THE FOURTH BLEW, THE SUN WAS STRUCK;
MOON AND STARS WERE TOO STRUCK DARK.
ONE THIRD OF ALL LIGHT HE DID CHUCK;
ONE THIRD OF LIGHT LOST ITS SPARK.

VI
AS I WATCHED I HEARD AN EAGLE
FLYING IN MID AIR CALL OUT
NEWS MEN WISH WAS ILLEGAL,
IT WAS A BLOOD-CURD-LING SHOUT.

WOE! WOE! WOE! TO THOSE ON THE EARTH,
THE WORST IS STILL YET TO COME.
THOSE WHO HAVE NOT THE SECOND BIRTH
HAVE GOOD REASON TO BE GLUM.



CHAPTER 9


THE FIFTH ANGLE BLEW HIS TRUMPET;
THEN I SAW A STAR THAT FELL.
A KEY IT WAS ALLOWED TO GET
TO AN ABYSS SO LIKE HELL.

SMOKE ROSE FROM IT LIKE A FURNACE;
IT DARKENED THE SUN AND SKY.
LOCUSTS CAME OUT, AND IN EARNEST
BEGAN EARTH TO OCCUPY.

II
FOR FIVE MONTHS THEY HAD THE POWER,
NOT TO KILL, BUT TO TORTURE
THOSE NOT SEALED FOR THIS HOUR;
SO JUDGEMENT THEY MUST ENDURE.

IT WAS LIKE A SCORPION STING;
IT PRODUCED GREAT AGONY.
MEN LONG FOR WHAT DEATH CAN THEN BRING,
BUT THIS RELIEF WILL NOT BE.

III
LIKE HORSES PREPARED FOR BATTLE
THESE LOCUSTS WORE CROWNS OF GOLD.
THEY WERE NOT BEASTS OR CATTLE;
THEIR FACE WAS OF HUMAN MOLD.

THEIR HAIR WAS LIKE A WOMAN'S HAIR;
TEETH WERE LIKE A LION'S TEETH.
THE SOUND OF THEIR WINGS COULD MEN SCARE;
BREAST PLATES WRAPPED ABOUT LIKE WREATHS.

IV

IN THEIR TAILS THEY CARRIED TORMENT,
JUST LIKE SCORPIONS THEIR STING.
FOR FIVE MONTHS THEY'D MAKE MEN LAMENT
WITH APOLLYON THEIR KING.

HE THE ANGEL OF THE ABYSS;
IN HEBREW IT'S ABADDON.
NOW TWO WOES MUST COME AFTER THIS;
THE FIRST WOE IS PAST AND GONE.

V
THE SIXTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET;
I HEARD A VOICE FROM THE HORNS;
IT SAID TO HIM WITH THAT TRUMPET
LET THEM TO FREEDOM BE BORN.

THE FOUR ANGELS AT EUPHRATES
BY THIS GREAT RIVER ARE BOUND.
SET THEM FREE TO DO AS THEY PLEASE
WITH DEADLY TROOPS THEY ABOUND.

VI
TWO HUNDRED MILLION THEIR NUMBER;
TO KILL ONE THIRD OF MANKIND;
HORSES, RIDERS BREATHING SULPHUR
WITH COLORS TO BLOW THE MIND.

LION-HEADED HORSES I SAW,
AND FROM THEIR MOUTH CAME OUT FIRE.
ONE THIRD OF MANKIND TO DEATH DRAW
BY PLAGUES, FIRE, SMOKE AND SULPHUR.

VII
BY THEIR MOUTH AND BY THEIR TAILS
THEY INFLICTED INJURY.
BUT EVEN SUCH HORROR FAILS
TO STOP MAN'S IDOLATRY.

IDOLS CANNOT HEAR,WALK OR SEE
THEY ARE THE WORK OF MAN'S HANDS
PERSISTENT IMMORALITY
IS WHAT REBEL MAN DEMANDS.




CHAPTER TEN

THEN I SAW A MIGHTY ANGEL
FROM THE HEAVENS COMING DOWN.
SUCH BEAUTY HAD NO PARALLEL;
CLEARLY HE HAD GREAT RENOWN.

WITH A RAINBOW ABOVE HIS HEAD;
HIS BODY ROBED IN A CLOUD.
FACE LIKE SUN AND LEGS FIRY RED,
WITH A LION VOICE SO LOUD.

II
A LITTLE SCROLL LAID IN HIS HAND;
RIGHT FOOT PLANTED ON THE SEA.
HIS LEFT FOOT WAS PLANTED ON LAND,
BUT NONE IN THAT SCROLL COULD SEE.

THE VOICE OF SEVEN THUNDERS SPOKE,
BUT JOHN COULD NOT WRITE IT DOWN.
A VOICE FROM HEAVEN DID REVOKE;
SEAL THOSE WORDS DON'T WRITE A NOUN.

III
THEN THE ANGEL RAISED HIS RIGHT HAND,
AND HE SWORE BY HIM WHO LIVES.
HE WHO CREATED SEA AND LAND,
AND LIFE TO ALL CREATURES GIVES.

THERE WILL NOW BE NO MORE DELAY,
BUT THE DAYS WILL NOW ARRIVE.
GOD'S MYSTERIES HE WILL CONVEY;
WHAT PROPHETS SEEN WILL REVIVE.

IV
THEN THE VOICE SPOKE TO ME ONCE MORE;
GO AND TAKE THE OPEN SCROLL.
THEN THE ANGEL DID ME IMPLORE,
TAKE THE SCROLL AND EAT IT WHOLE.

IT WILL TURN YOUR STOMACH SOUR;
IN YOUR MOUTH IT WILL BE SWEET.
SO I ATE, AND GOD GAVE POWER
TO HIS PROPHECY REPEAT.





CHAPTER 11

I WAS GIVEN A REED MEASURE,
AND TO GOD'S TEMPLE TO GO.
COUNTING THOSE WHOM GOD DID TREASURE,
FOR THEY IN HIS WORSHIP GLOW.

THE TEMPLE AND ALSO ALTAR
MEASURE, BUT THIS DO EXCLUDE.
THE GENTILE COURT THAT IS OUTER;
THEY FOR MONTHS WILL TREAT IT RUDE.

II
MY TWO WITNESSES HAVE POWER
TO PROPHESY MANY DAYS.
THEY STOOD LIKE TWO TREES FOR HOURS,
LIKE TWO LAMPS ON GOD THEY GAZE.

IF ANYONE TRIES TO HARM THEM,
SUCH ENEMIES MUST THEN DIE..
OUT FROM THEIR MOUTH COMES NOT WET PHLEGM,
BUT FIRE TO MAKE THEM FRY.

III
THESE HAVE POWER TO SHUT THE SKY
SO THAT IT WILL CEASE TO RAIN.
ALL THE LAWS OF NATURE DEFY;
FILLING EARTH WITH EVERY PAIN.

THEN WITH THEIR TESTIMONY DONE,
THERE COMES UP FROM THE ABYSS
THE BEAST WHO HAS CARE FOR NO ONE
KILLING THEM WITHOUT REMISS.

IV
THERE BODIES LIE IN THAT CITY
SODOM, EGYPT, WHERE CHRIST DIED.
NO ONE IN THE WORLD TOOK PITY
THEY REJOICED IN HOMICIDE.

BUT AFTER THREE AND ONE HALF DAYS
GOD GAVE THEM THE BREATH OF LIFE.
STANDING UP THEY DID ALL AMAZE;
TERROR STRUCK THEM LIKE A KNIFE.


V
THEN FROM HEAVEN CAME A LOUD VOICE,
FORSAKE EARTH AND COME UP HERE.
THEY WERE HAPPY THIS WAS GOD'S CHOICE,
AS IN CLOUDS THEY DISAPPEAR.

AT THAT VERY HOUR AN EARTHQUAKE
CREATED SCENES SO GORY.
SEVEN THOUSAND LIVES IT DID TAKE,
BUT GOD DID RECEIVE GLORY.

VI
THE SEVENTH ANGEL THEN SOUNDED;
LOUD VOICES IN HEAVEN SAID,
THE KINGDOM BY THIS WORLD FOUNDED
IS NOW CHRIST'S KINGDOM INSTEAD.

HE WILL REIGN EVER AND EVER;
ALL THE ELDERS WORSHIPPED HIM.
THANKING YOU WE CAN CEASE NEVER;
YOUR POWER WILL NEVER DIM.

VII
YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR GREAT POWER;
AND YOU HAVE BEGUN TO REIGN.
NATIONS IN ANGER TURN SOUR;
JUDGMENT DAY IS SUCH A PAIN.

IT'S TIME FOR JUDGING ALL THE DEAD,
AND TO REWARD ALL YOUR SAINTS.
THOSE WHO WERE DESTROYERS NOW DREAD,
FOR YOUR WRATH HAS NO RESTRAINTS.

VIII
THEN GOD'S TEMPLE THERE IN HEAVEN
OPENED TO REVEAL THE ARK.
GOD MADE A COVENANT WITH MEN
GOING BACK TO PATRIARCH.

THEN THERE CAME FLASHES OF LIGHTNING,
RUMBLINGS, AND PEALS OF THUNDER.
EARTHQUAKE AND HAIL STORM FRIGHTENING
LEFT ME IN AWE AND WONDER.





CHAPTER TWELVE

THEN IN HEAVEN APPEARED A SIGN;
WONDROUS IT WAS TO BEHOLD.
A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUNSHINE;
ALL AROUND IT LOOKED LIKE GOLD.

SHE HAD THE MOON UNDER HER FEET;
CROWN OF TWELVE STARS ON HER HEAD.
HER TIME TO GIVE BIRTH WAS COMPLETE,
BUT ONE WANTED HER CHILD DEAD.

II
IT WAS AN ENORMOUS DRAGON
WITH SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS.
DRAGGING HIS TAIL LIKE A WAGON
HE DESTROYED WHAT HEAV'N ADORNS.

ON HIS SEVEN HEADS SEVEN CROWNS;
HE FLUNG THE STARS FROM THE SKY.
IN WICKEDNESS BEYOND ALL BOUNDS
HE WANTED THIS CHILD TO DIE.

III
THE WOMAN GAVE BIRTH TO A SON;
A MALE CHILD TO ONE DAY RULE
EVERY NATION UNDER THE SUN,
WITH AN IRON SCEPTER TOOL.

HER CHILD WAS SNACHED UP TO GOD'S THRONE,
BUT SHE TO THE DESERT FLED.
GOD WOULD THERE TAKE CARE OF HIS OWN,
AS THE DAYS TO GOD'S GOAL SPED.

IV
THEN IN HEAVEN THERE WAS A WAR;
THE DRAGON WAS THE GREAT FOE.
MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS GALORE
CAME FORTH WITH A MIGHTY BLOW.

THE GREAT DRAGON WAS HURLED DOWN;
HE IN HEAVEN LOST HIS PLACE.
SATAN TO THE EARTH WAS CAST DOWN
AND HIS ANGELS SHARED DISGRACE.


V
THEN FROM HEAVEN CAME A LOUD VOICE;
WHAT A MAGNIFICENT HOUR.
LET ALL GOD'S PEOPLE NOW REJOICE
GOD'S KINGDOM COMES NOW IN POW'R.

FOR BY CHRIST'S GREAT AUTHORITY
THEIR ACCUSER IS CAST OUT.
IT IS TIME FOR A JUBILEE;
IT IS TIME PRAISES TO SHOUT.

VI
BY THE BLOOD OF LAMB THEY WON;
THEY WOULD GIVE THEIR LIVES IN DEATH.
BUT NOW THEIR BATTLE IS ALL DONE;
LET ALL PRAISE CHRIST WHO HAVE BREATH.

BUT WOE TO THE EARTH AND THE SEA;
THE DEVIL COMES DOWN TO YOU.
AND HE IS FILLED WITH GREAT FURY;
HE KNOWS HE IS ALMOST THROUGH.

VII
THE DRAGON SAW HE WAS ON EARTH,
AND SO HE THEN DID PURSUE
THE WOMAN WHO HAD GIVEN BIRTH,
BUT WITH EAGLE WINGS SHE FLEW.

SHE FLEW OUT OF THE SERPENT'S REACH;
SO IT SPEWED FORTH FROM IT'S MOUTH
A RAGING RIVER WITHOUT BEACH;
NOT DESIGNED TO SOLVE THE DROUTH.

VIII
HIS INTENT WAS TO DESTROY HER,
BUT EARTH CAME TO HER DEFENSE.
IT SWALLOWED UP SATAN'S RIVER,
AND SAVED HER FROM VIOLENCE.

THIS MADE THE DRAGON SO ENRAGED,
HER OFFSPRING BECAME HIS FOES.
THEY MUST NOW IN WAR BE ENGAGED,
AS HIS EVIL THEY OPPOSE.





CHAPTER THIRTEEN

THE DRAGON STOOD ON THE SEASHORE;
A BEAST CAME OUT OF THE SEA,
WITH TEN HORNS, AND ON EACH HE BORE
TEN CROWNS, AND MUCH BLASPHEMY.

ON HIS SEVEN HEADS WAS A NAME
BLASPHEMOUS, IT DID NOT CARE.
LEOPARD-LIKE WITH MOUTH OF LION,
BUT WITH FEET JUST LIKE A BEAR.

II
THE DRAGON GAVE HIM HIS OWN THRONE
POWER AND AUTHORITY.
ONE OF HIS HEADS HAD A GREAT WOUND,
BUT IT SEEMED TO HEALED BE.

THE WHOLE WORLD FOLLOWED THE BEAST
ASTONISHED, THEY WORSHIPPED IT.
FOR THEIR AWE WAS GREATLY INCREASED;
NONE IN WAR WOULD DARE HIM HIT.

III
FORTY-TWO MONTHS IT WAS GIVEN
A MOUTH TO SPEAK BLASPHEMIES.
TO SLANDER THE GOD OF HEAVEN,
AND THOSE WITH WHOM GOD WAS PLEASED.

HE MADE WAR WITH ALL GOD'S PEOPLE,
AND HE ALSO CONQUERED THEM.
IN EVERY NATION THE PEOPLE
CAME UNDER HIS DIADEM.

IV
THOSE WITH NAMES THAT ARE NOT WRITTEN
IN THAT HOLY BOOK OF LIFE;
OF THE LAMB BOTH SLAIN AND SMITTEN
BEFORE THE BIRTH OF ALL STRIFE.

HE WHO HAS AN EAR LET HIM HEAR;
TO BE CAPTIVES SOME MUST GO.
BE PATIENT AND DO NOT DEATH FEAR;
BE FAITHFUL THOUGH BLOOD MUST FLOW.


V
THEN ANOTHER BEAST CAME FROM EARTH;
HE HAD TWO HORNS LIKE A LAMB.
HE MADE THE PEOPLE ON THE EARTH
JOIN IN WORSHIP OF A SHAM.

THE FIRST BEAST WHOSE WOUND HAD BEEN HEALED
PERFORMED MIRACULOUS SIGNS.
BY MEANS OF FIRE HE APPEALED,
AND HE CAPTURED ALL MEN'S MINDS.

VI
BY HIS SIGNS HE DID MEN DECEIVE,
AND TO HONOR THE FIRST BEAST.
THE ONE WOUNDED, AND YET DID LIVE,
HAD HONOR THAT MEN INCREASED.

THE IMAGE OF THIS BEAST DID BREATHE,
AND WITH POWER IT DID SPEAK.
ALL TO IT MUST WORSHIP BEQUEATH,
OR DEATH ON THEM HE WOULD WREAK.

VII
HE FORCED EVERYONE, GREAT AND SMALL,
RICH AND POOR, AND SLAVE OR FREE.
TO ALLOW HIM HIS MARK INSTALL
WHERE ALL MEN COULD CLEARLY SEE.

ON THE RIGHT HAND AND THE FOREHEAD
WAS THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST.
NONE COULD SELL OR BUY ANY BREAD
WITHOUT THIS NUMBER RELEASED.

VIII
THIS NUMBER IS A MYSTERY,
BUT THERE ARE THOSE WITH INSIGHT.
THEY STUDY INTO HISTORY,
AND CALCULATE WHAT IS RIGHT.

THIS IS CLEARLY A MAN'S NUMBER
BY WISDOM SOME GET A FIX.
SOME GIVE UP BOTH FOOD AND SLUMBER
TO DISCERN THIS SIX, SIX, SIX.






CHAPTER FOURTEEN

THEN I LOOKED AND THERE BEFORE ME
WAS THE LAMB ON MT. ZION.
ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND
WERE WITH TWO NAMES WRITTEN ON.

THE LAMB AND HIS FATHER'S NAME TOO
WERE WRITTEN ON THEIR FOREHEADS.
THESE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TO GOD, TRUE;
THEY ARE THOSE WHOM SATAN DREADS.

II
THEN I HEARD A SOUND FROM HEAVEN
LIKE RUSHING WATERS IT ROARED.
LIKE A PEAL OF THUNDER EVEN
AS THEY SANG, AND CHRIST ADORED.

LIKE THE SOUND OF HARPISTS PLAYING
BEFORE THE LORD'S THRONE THEY SANG.
NO ONE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE SAYING,
AS FROM THEM GREAT PRAISES RANG.

III
NO ONE ELSE COULD LEARN THEIR GREAT SONG,
BUT THOSE WHO HAD BEEN REDEEMED.
THEY IN SEX HAD NEVER DONE WRONG;
ALL WOMEN THEY HAD ESTEEMED.

THEY WERE PURCHASED FROM AMONG MEN;
OFFERED TO GOD AS FIRST FRUITS.
NO LIES EVER FROM THEM BEGIN;
THEY ARE BLAMELESS TO THEIR ROOTS.

IV
THEN I SAW AN ANGEL FLYING;
PROCLAIMING TO ALL ON EARTH.
IN CONTRAST TO OTHERS LYING
HE ANNOUNCED ETERNAL WORTH.

EVERY TRIBE AND EVERY NATION
HEARD HIM PROCLAIM IN LOUD VOICE.
FEAR GOD, GIVE HIM ADORATION,
TIME HAS COME TO MAKE A CHOICE.


V
WORSHIP HIM WHO MADE CREATION;
HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND SEA.
FILL YOUR HEARTS WITH JUBILATION;
JUDGMENT IS ABOUT TO BE.

THEN A SECOND ANGEL FOLLOWED;
FALLEN HE CRIED IS THE GREAT.
BABYLON THE GREAT IS HOLLOWED;
NO MORE LIFE CAN GENERATE.

VI
SHE MADE NATIONS BE IMMORAL
DRINKING HER MADDENING WINE.
HEARTS WERE HARDENED JUST LIKE CORAL
MAKING THIS CITY DECLINE.

A THIRD ANGEL THEN DID PROCLAIM
THOSE WHO DO WORSHIP THE BEAST.
WILL GOD'S WRATH UPON THEM INFLAME,
AND HIS FURY THEY INCREASE.

VII
THEY IN JUDGMENT ARE TORMENTED
WHEN GOD'S CUP OF WRATH IS FULL.
THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER REPENTED,
THEY GOD'S WRATH CANNOT ANNUL.

THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENT RISES;
THERE IS NO REST DAY OR NIGHT.
HIM WHO THE BEAST IDOLIZES
GOD AND HIS SWIFT WRATH WILL SMITE.

VIII
THIS CALLS FOR PATIENT ENDURANCE
ON THE PART OF GOD'S OWN SAINTS.
THEY HAVE GOD'S SPECIAL ASSURANCE
HE HAS OF THEM NO COMPLAINTS.

THEY OBEY ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS;
ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO JESUS.
HE TOOK FOR THEM ALL THE TORMENTS;
HIS GRACE IS SO FABULOUS.


IX
THEN I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN
WRITE BLESSED NOW ARE THE DEAD
WHO DIE IN THE LORD FROM NOW ON
YES IS WHAT THE SPIRIT SAID.

YES THEY WILL FROM THEIR LABOR REST
FOR THEIR DEEDS WILL FOLLOW THEM.
THEY WILL NOW FOREVER BE BLEST
IN GOD'S CROWN THEY'LL BE A GEM.

X
BEFORE ME THERE WAS A WHITE CLOUD
ON WHICH SAT THE SON OF MAN.
CROWN OF GOLD HIS HEAD DID ENSHROUD,
SHARP SICKLE WAS IN HIS HAND.

ANGEL FROM THE TEMPLE CALLED HIM,
TAKE YOUR SICKLE, TIME TO REAP.
THE HARVEST IS FILLED TO THE BRIM,
SO THE WHOLE EARTH HE DID SWEEP.

XI
THEN AN ANGEL WITH SHARP SICKLE,
ANOTHER IN CHARGE OF FIRE.
SAID HARVEST WITH YOUR SHARP SICKLE,
SO HE REAPED EARTH'S VINES ENTIRE.

HE THREW THE GRAPES IN THE WINEPRESS
OF THE LORD GOD'S HOLY WRATH.
THEY WERE TRAMPLED IN THE WINEPRESS;
IN BLOOD THE EARTH TOOK A BATH.






CHAPTER FIFTEEN

THEN I SAW AGAIN IN HEAVEN
A GREAT AND MARVELOUS SIGN.
SEVEN ANGELS WITH PLAGUES SEVEN
WHICH WOULD BE THE LAST IN LINE.

WITH THEM GOD'S WRATH WAS COMPLETED;
THEN I SAW A SEA LIKE GLASS.
AROUND IT, STANDING, NOT SEATED
WAS ONE OF GOD'S FAVORITE CLASS.

II
AROUND THIS SEA MIXED WITH FIRE
WERE THESE VICTORIOUS ONES.
THEY HELD HARPS AND SANG IN CHOIR
THIS SONG OF THE LAMB, THAT RUNS.

GREAT AND MARVELOUS ARE YOUR DEEDS
OUR GREAT LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.
JUST AND TRUE YOUR WAY ALWAYS LEADS,
KING OF THE AGES YOU BE.

III
WHO WILL NOT FEAR YOU OH MY LORD,
AND BRING GLORY TO YOUR NAME.
YOU ALONE ARE HOLY, ADORED
ALL NATIONS BEFORE YOU CAME.

THEY COME TO WORSHIP BEFORE YOU
FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS REVEALED.
THEY GIVE YOU THE WORSHIP YOUR DUE;
THEIR LIPS OF PRAISE CAN'T BE SEALED.

IV
THEN I SAW THE TEMPLE OPEN;
ANGELS CAME WITH SEVEN PLAGUES.
THEY WERE DRESSED IN SHINING LINEN;
GOLD SASHES THEIR CHEST ENGAGE.

ONE OF THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES
GAVE THEM BOWLS FILLED WITH GOD'S WRATH.
GOD'S GLORY TOOK ON SUCH FEATURES;
NO ONE COULD ENTER HIS PATH.



V
GOD LIVES FOREVER AND EVER;
HIS POW'R FILLED THE ROOM WITH SMOKE.
IT WAS GOD'S WAY TO ENDEAVOR
TO FROM SOME HIS WRATH TO CLOAK.

UNTIL SEVEN PLAGUES ARE OVER
NO ONE CAN THE TEMPLE SEE.
THE GREAT JUDGMENT MUST NOW OCCUR;
THE WORST THAT WILL EVER BE.





CHAPTER SIXTEEN


THEN A LOUD VOICE FROM THE TEMPLE
TOLD SEVEN ANGELS TO GO.
DO THIS TASK WHICH IS QUITE SIMPLE,
LET GOD'S WRATH FROM BOWLS FLOW.

THE FIRST ANGEL OF THE SEVEN
POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE LAND.
UGLY AND PAINFUL SORES WERE THEN
BREAKING OUT TO BEAT THE BAND.

II
THE SECOND ANGEL POURED HIS BOWL,
AND IT TURNED THE SEA TO BLOOD.
KILLING ALL LIFE WAS IT'S GOAL,
JUST AS IT WAS IN THE FLOOD.

THE THIRD ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL
ON RIVERS AND WATER SPRINGS.
BLOOD THEY ALL BECAME IN WHOLE,
THEN THE ANGEL SAID THESE THINGS.

III
IN THESE JUDGMENTS YOU ARE JUST,
HOLY ONE WHO ARE AND WERE.
YOU HAVE DONE JUST WHAT YOU MUST,
THESE ARE THINGS THAT MUST OCCUR.

THEY HAVE SHED THE BLOOD OF YOUR SAINTS,
AND YOUR PROPHETS THEY HAVE KILLED.
THESE REBELS HAVE NO COMPLAINTS
WHEN THEIR CUP WITH BLOOD IS FILLED.

IV
THEN I SAW THREE EVIL SPIRITS;
THEY LOOKED JUST LIKE FROGS TO ME .
THEY WERE CLEARLY DEMON SPIRITS
PLOTTING THEIR EVIL WITH GLEE.

FROM THE MOUTHS OF BEAST AND PROPHET;
FROM THE DRAGONS MOUTH ALSO,
THEY COME FORTH TO MAKE A GREAT THREAT
SHOWING SIGNS TO KINGS BELOW.



V
THEY GATHER KINGS FOR A BATTLE
ON THE GREAT DAY OF OUR GOD.
BUT HE WILL THEIR WHOLE PLAN RATTLE
WHEN HE COMES TO RULE WITH ROD.

BEHOLD I COME JUST LIKE A THIEF;
BLESSED THOSE WHO STAY AWAKE.
CLOTHED, NOT NAKED, SUCH RELIEF;
WE NEED NOT IN FEAR TO SHAKE.

VI
THEN THEY GATHERED KINGS IN A PLACE;
IN HEBREW, ARMAGEDDON.
GOOD AND EVIL MEET FACE TO FACE;
THE FINAL PHENOMENON.

THE SEVENTH ANGEL POURED HIS BOWL;
FROM THE TEMPLE CAME A VOICE.
IT IS DONE, FINISHED IN WHOLE
GOD HAS MADE HIS FINAL CHOICE.

VII
THEN THERE CAME THE LIGHTNING FLASHES;
RUMBLINGS AND THUNDER PEALS.
AND A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE CRASHES;
IT GOD'S GREAT FURY REVEALS.

NEVER BEFORE IN HISTORY
SINCE LIFE ON THIS EARTH BEGAN.
WAS THERE SUCH AN EARTHQUAKE STORY
THAT DID SUCH DAMAGE TO MAN.

VIII
THE GREAT CITY SPLIT IN THREE PARTS
CITIES OF THE WORLD COLLAPSED.
TO BABYLON GOD NOW IMPARTS
WRATH AS HIS FURY UNWRAPS.

EVERY ISLAND THEN FLED AWAY;
THE MOUNTAINS COULD NOT BE FOUND.
FROM THE SKY HUGE HAIL STONES GAVE WAY;
WEIGHT NEARING A HUNDRED POUNDS.

IX
FALLING UPON MEN WHO CURSED GOD
THEY WERE REBELS TO THE END..
THEY WOULD CLING TO THEIR EARTHLY SOD,
AND IN PRIDE REFUSE TO BEND.

THE PLAGUE WAS SO TERRIBLE, YET
IN CHANGING HEARTS IT DID FAIL.
THEY DESERVED JUST WHAT THEY DID GET,
THIS AWFUL PLAGUE OF THE HAIL.

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