Revelation 7:1-3

7:1-3After

this I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth,

holding back the [a]four winds of the earth so that no wind would

blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. 2Then

I saw another angel coming up from the rising of the sun, holding

the seal of the living God; and with a loud voice he called out to

the four angels to whom it was granted [to have authority and

power] to harm the earth and the sea, 3saying,

“Do not harm the earth nor the sea nor the trees until we [b]seal

(mark) the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”