²For true and just are his judgments, who hath judged the great harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication and hath revenged the blood of his servants, at her hands.

³And again they said: Alleluia. And her smoke ascendeth for ever and ever.

⁴And the four and twenty ancients and the four living creatures fell down and adored God that sitteth upon the throne, saying: Amen. Alleluia.

⁵And a voice came out from the throne, saying: Give praise to our God, all ye his servants: and you that fear him, little and great.

⁶And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of great thunders, saying: Alleluia: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, hath reigned.

⁷Let us be glad and rejoice and give glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb is come: and his wife hath prepared herself.

⁸And it is granted to her that she should clothe herself with fine linen, glittering and white. For the fine linen are the justifications of saints.

⁹And he said to me: Write: Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me: These words of God are true.

¹⁰And I fell down before his feet, to adore him. And he saith to me: See thou do it not. I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Adore God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

¹¹And I saw heaven opened: and behold a white horse. And he that sat upon him was called faithful and true: and with justice doth he judge and fight.

¹²And his eyes were as a flame of fire: and on his head were many diadems. And he had a name written, which no man knoweth but himself.

¹³And he was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood. And his name is called: THE WORD OF GOD.

¹⁴And the armies that are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

¹⁵And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp two-edged sword, that with it he may strike the nations. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God the Almighty.

¹⁶And he hath on his garment and on his thigh written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

¹⁷And I saw an angel standing in the sun: and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that did fly through the midst of heaven: Come, gather yourselves together to the great supper of God:

¹⁸That you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of tribunes and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on them: and the flesh of all freemen and bondmen and of little and of great.

¹⁹And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to make war with him that sat upon the horse and with his army.

²⁰And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the character of the beast and who adored his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone.

²¹And the rest were slain by the sword of him that sitteth upon the horse, which proceedeth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Chapter 20

And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

²And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

³And he cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set a seal upon him, that he should no more seduce the nations till the thousand years be finished. And after that, he must be loosed a little time.

⁴And I saw seats. And they sat upon them: and judgment was given unto them. And the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God and who had not adored the beast nor his image nor received his character on their foreheads or in their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

⁵The rest of the dead lived not, till the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

⁶Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. In these the second death hath no power. But they shall be priests of God and of Christ: and shall reign with him a thousand years.

⁷And when the thousand years shall be finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison and shall go forth and seduce the nations which are over the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog: and shall gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

⁸And they came upon the breadth of the earth and encompassed the camp of the saints and the beloved city.

⁹And there came down fire from God out of heaven and devoured them: and the devil, who seduced them, was cast into the pool of fire and brimstone, where both the beast

¹⁰And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

¹¹And I saw a great white throne and one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away: and there was no place found for them

¹²And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of the throne. And the books were opened: and another book was opened, which was the book of life. And the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

¹³And the sea gave up the dead that were in it: and death and hell gave up their dead that were in them. And they were judged, every one according to their works.

¹⁴And hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the second death.

¹⁵And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the pool of fire.

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