¹A spectacular sign appeared in the sky: There was a woman who was dressed in the sun, who had the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head. ²She was pregnant. She cried out from labor pains and the agony of giving birth.

³Another sign appeared in the sky: a huge fiery red serpent with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns on its heads. ⁴Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and threw them down to earth. The serpent stood in front of the woman who was going to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born. ⁵She gave birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. Her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne. ⁶Then the woman fled into the wilderness where God had prepared a place for her so that she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.

⁷Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels had to fight a war with the serpent. The serpent and its angels fought. ⁸But it was not strong enough, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ⁹The huge serpent was thrown down. That ancient snake, named Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was thrown down to earth. Its angels were thrown down with it.

¹⁰Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the salvation, power, kingdom of our God,

and the authority of his Messiah have come.

The one accusing our brothers and sisters,

the one accusing them day and night in the presence of our God,

has been thrown out.

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