Rev 13:8 UDB ISSUE 533.

Shortened and simplified and clarified Rev 13:8.

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 \v 1 Then the Lamb opened the seventh seal, and there was no sound at all in heaven for a short time.
 \v 2 I saw the seven angels who stand in front of God. He gave each of them a trumpet.
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 \v 5 Then the angel took the golden bowl and filled it with coals of fire from the altar. He threw it all onto the earth. Thunder crashed and rumbled, lightning flashed, and the earth shook.
 
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 \v 6 Then the seven angels, each of which had one of the seven trumpets, got ready to blow them.
 \v 7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood poured down onto the earth. As a result, one-third of everything on the surface of the land was burned up: one-third of the trees burned up, and one-third of all the green grass was burned up.
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 \v 13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying high in the sky shouting in a loud voice, "Terrible things will happen to the people who live on the earth when the three remaining angels blow their trumpets! They are about to blow them!"
 
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 \v 1 In the vision I saw another mighty angel come down out of heaven. A cloud surrounded him. There was a rainbow over his head. His face shone like the sun. His legs looked like columns of fire.
 \v 2 He had in his hand a small scroll that was open. He set his right foot on the ocean and his left foot on the land.
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 \v 1 Then I saw a beast come up out of the ocean. It had ten horns and seven heads. On each of its horns there was a royal crown. On each of its heads there was a name that insulted God.
 \v 2 This beast was like a leopard. But its feet were like the feet of a bear, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon made the beast very powerful. He gave him the authority to rule over people as king.
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 \v 7 God also allowed the beast to fight against his people and conquer them. It had authority to rule over every tribe, over every nation, over the speakers of every language, and over every people group.
-\v 8 All the people living on earth will worship it. They are the people whose names are not written in the Book of Life that was written before the creation of the world—that book that belongs to the Lamb who had been killed, and who was slain  before the creation of the world. 
+\v 8 All the people living on earth will worship it. Those who worship it are the ones whose names are not written in the Book of Life. That was the book that was written before the creation of the world, and it belongs to the Lamb who was killed. 
 
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 \v 9 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to this message from God.
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 \v 1 But then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. With him were 144,000 people. His name and his Father's name had been written on their foreheads.
 \v 2 I heard a sound from heaven, which was as loud as the sound of a huge waterfall or mighty thunder. It also sounded like many people playing on harps.