Another sign appeared in the sky: a huge fiery red serpent with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns on its heads. Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and threw them down to earth. 

    The serpent stood in front of the woman who was going to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born. She gave birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. Her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne. 

        Then the woman fled into the wilderness where God had prepared a place for her so that she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.

A spectacular sign appeared in the sky: There was a woman who was dressed in the sun, who had the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head. She was pregnant. She cried out from labor pains and the agony of giving birth.

God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of His promise was seen inside His temple. There was lightning, noise, thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

Then the 24 leaders, who were sitting on their thrones in God’s presence, immediately bowed, worshiped God, and said,

    “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,who is and who was,because you have taken your great power and have begun ruling as king. The nations were angry, but your anger has come. The time has come for the dead to be judged:to reward your servants, the prophets, your holy people, and those who fear your name, no matter if they are important or unimportant, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
“The kingdom of the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will rule as king forever and ever.”