"But you walked away from yourfirst love-why? - P1492
23 "But why do you let that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet mislead my dear servantsinto Cross-denying, self-indulging religion? I gave her a chance to change her ways, butshe has no intention of giving up a career in the god-business. I‘m about to lay her low,
along with her partners, as they play their sex-and-religion games. - P1493
When he ripped off the fifth seal, I saw the souls of those killed because they hadheld firm in their witness to the Word of God. They were gathered under the Altar, andcried out in loud prayers, "How long, Strong God, Holy and True? How long before youstep in and avenge our murders?" Then each martyr was given a white robe and told tosit back and wait until the full number of martyrs was filled from among their servantcompanions and friends in the faith. - P1496
Then out of the smoke crawled locusts with the venom of scorpions. They weregiven their orders: "Don‘t hurt the grass, don‘t hurt anything green, don‘t hurt a singletree-only men and women, and then only those who lack the seal of God on theirforeheads." - P1498
They were ordered to torture but not kill, torture them for five months,
the pain like a scorpion sting. When this happens, people are going to prefer death totorture, look for ways to kill themselves. But they won‘t find a way-death will havegone into hiding.
- P1498
The remaining men and women who weren‘t killed by these weapons went on theirmerry way-didn‘t change their way of life, didn‘t quit worshiping demons, didn‘t quitcentering their lives around lumps of gold and silver and brass, hunks of stone and woodthat couldn‘t see or hear or move. There wasn‘t a sign of a change of heart. They plungedright on in their murderous, occult, promiscuous, and thieving ways. - P1498
The voice out of Heaven spoke to me again: "Go, take the book held open in the handof the Angel astride sea and earth." I went up to the Angel and said, "Give me the littlebook." He said, "Take it, then eat it. It will taste sweet like honey, but turn sour in yourstomach." - P1498
I took the little book from the Angel‘s hand and it was sweet honey in mymouth, but when I swallowed, my stomach curdled. Then I was told, "You must go backand prophesy again over many peoples and nations and languages and kings." - P1498
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