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Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, a and he will reign forever and ever."
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Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
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singing, "We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty, who are and who were, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.
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The nations raged, but your wrath has come, and the time for judging the dead, for rewarding your servants, b the prophets and saints and all who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying those who destroy the earth."
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Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard Bible Version Online)
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