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Giovedi, 25 aprile 2024 - San Marco ( Letture di oggi)

Revelation 15


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1And I saw in heaven another sign, great and wonderful: seven angels were bringing the seven plaguesthat are the last of al , because they exhaust the anger of God.2I seemed to be looking at a sea of crystal suffused with fire, and standing by the lake of glass, thosewho had fought against the beast and won, and against his statue and the number which is his name. They alhad harps from God,3and they were singing the hymn of Moses, the servant of God, and the hymn of the Lamb: How greatand wonderful are al your works, Lord God Almighty; upright and true are al your ways, King of nations.4Who does not revere and glorify your name, O Lord? For you alone are holy, and al nations will comeand adore you for the many acts of saving justice you have shown.5After this, in my vision, the sanctuary, the tent of the Testimony, opened in heaven,6and out came the seven angels with the seven plagues, wearing pure white linen, fastened round theirwaists with belts of gold.7One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the anger of Godwho lives for ever and ever.8The smoke from the glory and the power of God fil ed the temple so that no one could go into it untilthe seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.