December 24. REVELATION, XV, XVI. December 28.
loud voice to him that sat| had the sharp sickle, saying, on the cloud, Thrust in thy Thrust in thy sharp sickle, sickle, and reap: for the time and gather the clusters of the is come for thee to reap; for vine of the earth; for her the harvest of the earth is grapes are fully ripe. And ripe. And he that sat on the angel thrust in his sickle the cloud thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered on the earth; and the earth the vine of the earth, and cast was reaped. And another it into the great winepress of angel came out of the tem- the wrath of God. And the ple which is in heaven, he winepress was trodden withalso having a sharp sickle. out the city, and blood came And another angel came out out of the winepress, even from the altar, which had unto the horse bridles, by the power over fire; and cried space of a thousand and six with a loud cry to him that hundred furlongs.
CHAPTER XV. December 24, Evening.
AND I saw another sign for all nations shall come and
in before thee; for thy
marvellous, seven angels hav- judgments are made maníing the seven last plagues; fest. And after that I looked, for in them is filled up the and, behold, the temple of the wrath of God. And I saw as tabernacle of the testimony it were a sea of glass mingled in heaven was opened: and with fire: and them that had the seven angels came out of gotten the victory over the the temple, having the seven beast, and over his image, plagues, clothed in pure and and over his mark, and over white linen, and having their the number of his name, breasts girded with golden stand on the sea of glass, girdles. And one of the four having the harps of God. beasts gave unto the seven And they sing the song of angels seven golden vials full Moses the servant of God, of the wrath of God, who and the song of the Lamb, liveth for ever and ever. saying, Great and marvel- And the temple was filled lous are thy works, Lord with smoke from the glory of God Almighty; just and God, and from his power; true are thy ways, thou King and no man was able to enter of saints. Who shall not fear into the temple, till the seven thee, O Lord, and glorify thy plagues of the seven angels name? for thou only art holy: were fulfilled.
CHAPTER XVI.
December 28, Morning. fell a noisome and out of the temple saying sore upon the men which had to the seven angels, Go your the mark of the beast, and ways, and pour out the vials upon them which worshipof the wrath of God upon ped his image. the earth. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead