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Bible Reading for December 27

Revelation 7
[1] And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners
of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not
blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. [2] And I saw another
angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he
cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt
the earth and the sea, [3] Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor
the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
[4] And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed
an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of
Israel.
[5] Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve
thousand.
[6] Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed
twelve thousand.
[7] Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed
twelve thousand.
[8] Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed
twelve thousand.
[9] After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could
number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before
the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in
their hands;
[10] And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. [11] And all the angels stood
round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell
before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
[12] Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. [13]
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are
arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? [14] And I said unto him,
Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of
great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb. [15] Therefore are they before the throne of God, and
serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne
shall dwell among them.
[16] They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the
sun light on them, nor any heat.
[17] For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and
shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes.

Revelation 8
[1] And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven
about the space of half an hour.
[2] And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were
given seven trumpets.
[3] And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer;
and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the
prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
[4] And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the
saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. [5] And the angel
took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the
earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an
earthquake.
[6] And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
[7] The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with
blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was
burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. [8] And the second angel
sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into
the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; [9] And the third part
of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third
part of the ships were destroyed. [10] And the third angel sounded, and
there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell
upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
[11] And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the
waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were
made bitter.
[12] And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was
smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars;
so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a
third part of it, and the night likewise. [13] And I beheld, and heard an
angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe,
woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of
the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

Revelation 9
[1] And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the
earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. [2] And he
opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the
smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason
of the smoke of the pit.
[3] And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them
was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. [4] And it was
commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither
any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the
seal of God in their foreheads. [5] And to them it was given that they
should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and
their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
[6] And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and
shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. [7] And the shapes of
the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads
were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
[8] And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the
teeth of lions.
[9] And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the
sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to
battle.
[10] And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their
tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. [11] And they had a
king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the
Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
[12] One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. [13]
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the
golden altar which is before God, [14] Saying to the sixth angel which had
the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river
Euphrates. [15] And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an
hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of
men. [16] And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred
thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. [17] And thus I saw the
horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of
fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as
the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and
brimstone.
[18] By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by
the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. [19] For
their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were
like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. [20] And the
rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of
the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of
gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see,
nor hear, nor walk: [21] Neither repented they of their murders, nor of
their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.


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