3. As I watched, the wind brought with it out of the sea what looked like a man, and he was flying on the clouds. When he turned his face, everything he looked at began to tremble,
4. and when he spoke, everyone who heard his voice melted like wax in a fire.
5. I looked again and saw a crowd too large to count. They were people gathered together from all parts of the world to fight against the man who had come up out of the sea.
6. Then I watched the man carve out a high mountain and fly up onto it.
7. I tried to see the place or the region from which the mountain was carved, but I couldn't.
8. Then I saw that all the people who had come together to make war against him were terrified, but they still prepared to fight him.
9. When the man saw the great crowd advancing to attack him, he did not take up any weapons.
10. The only thing I saw was what looked like a stream of fire coming out of his mouth. He sent a flaming wind from his lips and a storm of sparks from his tongue. The stream of fire, the flaming wind, and the great storm combined
11. and swept down on the crowd that was coming to attack him, and burnt them all up. In a single moment, that crowd too large to count vanished, and there was nothing left but powdery ashes and the smell of smoke. I was shocked when I saw what had happened.
12. Then I saw the man come down from the mountain and call another large crowd to come to him — this was a peace-loving crowd.
13. All sorts of people came: some were happy, some were sad, some had their hands and feet tied, and some brought others as a gift to the Lord.I was so frightened that I woke up. I prayed to God Most High and said,
14. “Lord, you have been showing me all these marvellous things. You have considered me worthy and have heard my prayers.
15. Now please show me the meaning of this dream also.
16. I have been thinking how terrible it will be for the people who will be living in those days, but how much worse for those who do not survive.
17. They will be in great sorrow
18. because they will not enjoy any of the pleasures reserved for the last days.