Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to
those who live on the earth - to every nation, tribe, language and people. He said in a
loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come.
Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."
A second angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made
all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries."
A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the
beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will
drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his
wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of
the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or
night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark
of his name." This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey
God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.
