15 Then the seventh messenger blew his trumpet, and voices in heaven shouted loudly, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our master and of his messiah, and he will reign through all the ages.”[ref] 16 The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones in front of God knelt down with their faces to the ground and worshipped God, 17 saying,

“Yahweh, God, ruler of everything, we thank you,

the one who always existed,

and who exists now.

You have taken your incredible power

and have started to reign.

18 The nations were enraged,[ref]

but your anger has arrived.

It’s the time to judge the dead

and to give a reward to your slaves, the prophets,

and to those who obey you and those who respect you,

both the lowly ones and the powerful,

and to destroy those who are destroying the earth.”

19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the wooden chest containing his agreement appeared in his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a large hailstorm.[ref]