Still another angel, who was in charge of the fire on the altar, came out and called out in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle. “Take your sharp sickle,” he said, “and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth’s vine, because they’re ripe.”
Then another angel came out of the temple and called out in a loud voice to the one who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and cut the grain. The time has come to do that, because the earth is ready to be harvested.”
Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and inside the temple the wooden chest called the ark of his covenant could be seen. There were flashes of lightning, loud noises, thunder, an earthquake, and a severe hailstorm.