Then the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

and took a vow in the name of God, who lives forever and ever, who created heaven, earth, and the sea, and everything in them. The angel said, "There will be no more delay!

And I saw a mighty angel, who announced in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds so that no wind should blow on the earth or the sea or against any tree.

And I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels to whom God had given the power to damage the earth and the sea.

Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.

The smoke of the burning incense went up with the prayers of God's people from the hands of the angel standing before God.

Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice coming from the four corners of the gold altar standing before God.

The voice said to the sixth angel, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River!"

Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was what looked like a human being, with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Then another angel came out from the temple and cried out in a loud voice to the one who was sitting on the cloud, "Use your sickle and reap the harvest, because the time has come; the earth is ripe for the harvest!"

Look, he is coming on the clouds! Everyone will see him, including those who pierced him. All peoples on earth will mourn over him. So shall it be!

As Aaron spoke to the whole community, they turned toward the desert, and suddenly the dazzling light of the LORD appeared in a cloud.

He said, "Tell your brother Aaron that only at the proper time is he to go behind the curtain into the Most Holy Place, because that is where I appear in a cloud above the lid on the Covenant Box. If he disobeys, he will be killed.

Clouds and darkness surround him; he rules with righteousness and justice.

and built your home on the waters above. You use the clouds as your chariot and ride on the wings of the wind.

This is a message about Egypt. The LORD is coming to Egypt, riding swiftly on a cloud. The Egyptian idols tremble before him, and the people of Egypt lose their courage.

By a cloud of fury too thick for our prayers to get through.

During this vision in the night, I saw what looked like a human being. He was approaching me, surrounded by clouds, and he went to the one who had been living forever and was presented to him.

Then the Son of Man will appear, coming in a cloud with great power and glory.

His face gleamed like such precious stones as jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne there was a rainbow the color of an emerald.

With these words I make my covenant with you: I promise that never again will all living beings be destroyed by a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.

I am putting my bow in the clouds. It will be the sign of my covenant with the world.

I will remember my promise to you and to all the animals that a flood will never again destroy all living beings.

That is the sign of the promise which I am making to all living beings."

"In the time of Noah I promised never again to flood the earth. Now I promise not to be angry with you again; I will not reprimand or punish you.

that had in it all the colors of the rainbow. This was the dazzling light which shows the presence of the LORD. When I saw this, I fell face downward on the ground. Then I heard a voice

He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. His face was as bright as the midday sun.

His body shone like a jewel. His face was as bright as a flash of lightning, and his eyes blazed like fire. His arms and legs shone like polished bronze, and his voice sounded like the roar of a great crowd.

As they looked on, a change came over Jesus: his face was shining like the sun, and his clothes were dazzling white.

It was on the road at midday, Your Majesty, that I saw a light much brighter than the sun, coming from the sky and shining around me and the men traveling with me.

his feet shone like brass that has been refined and polished, and his voice sounded like a roaring waterfall.

His thighs are columns of alabaster set in sockets of gold. He is majestic, like the Lebanon Mountains with their towering cedars.