Revelation 12–22

Chapter 12

The Woman, Israel

¹A great ^asign appeared ^bin heaven: ^ca woman ^dclothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;

²and she was with child; and she ^acried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

The Red Dragon, Satan

³Then ^aanother sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red ^bdragon having ^cseven heads and ^dten horns, and on his heads were ^eseven diadems.

⁴And his tail ^*swept away a ^athird of the stars of heaven and ^bthrew them to the earth. And the ^cdragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth ^dhe might devour her child.

The Male Child, Christ

⁵And ^ashe gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to ^1brule all the ²nations with a rod of iron; and her child was ^ccaught up to God and to His throne.

⁶Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she ^*had a place prepared by God, so that there ¹she would be nourished for ^aone thousand two hundred and sixty days.

The Angel, Michael

⁷And there was war in heaven, ^aMichael and his angels waging war with the ^bdragon. The dragon and ^chis angels waged war,

⁸and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.

⁹And the great ^adragon was thrown down, the ^bserpent of old who is called the devil and ^cSatan, who ^ddeceives the whole ¹world; he was ^ethrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

¹⁰Then I heard ^aa loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the ^bsalvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^caccuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.

¹¹“And they ^aovercame him because of ^bthe blood of the Lamb and because of ^cthe word of their testimony, and they ^ddid not love their life even ¹when faced with death.

¹²“For this reason, ^arejoice, O heavens and ^byou who ¹dwell in them. ^cWoe to the earth and the sea, because ^dthe devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only ^ea short time.”

¹³And when the ^adragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted ^bthe woman who gave birth to the male child.

¹⁴But the ^atwo wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly ^binto the wilderness to her place, where she ^*was nourished for ^ca time and times and half a time, from the ¹presence of the serpent.

¹⁵And the ^aserpent ¹poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

¹⁶¹But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon ²poured out of his mouth.

¹⁷So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to ^amake war with the rest of her ^1bchildren, who ^ckeep the commandments of God and ^dhold to the testimony of Jesus.

Chapter 13

The Beast from the Sea

¹And the dragon stood on the sand of the ¹seashore.

Then I saw a ^abeast coming up out of the sea, having ^bten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ^cten diadems, and on his heads were ^dblasphemous names.

²And the beast which I saw was ^alike a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^ba bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^ca lion. And the ^ddragon gave him his power and his ^ethrone and great authority.

³I saw one of his heads as if it had been ¹slain, and his ^afatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^bwas amazed and followed after the beast;

⁴they worshiped the ^adragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^bWho is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?”

⁵There was given to him a mouth ^aspeaking ¹arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^bforty-two months was given to him.

⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^athose who ¹dwell in heaven.

⁷It was also given to him to ^amake war with the ¹saints and to overcome them, and authority over ^bevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

⁸All who ^adwell on the earth will worship him, everyone ^bwhose name has not been ¹written ^cfrom the foundation of the world in the ^dbook of life of ^ethe Lamb who has been slain.

^9aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear.

^10aIf anyone ¹is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^bif anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^cthe ²perseverance and the faith of the ³saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then ^aI saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had ^btwo horns like a lamb and he spoke as a ^cdragon.

¹²He ^aexercises all the authority of the first beast ^1bin his presence. And he makes ^cthe earth and those who dwell in it to ^dworship the first beast, whose ^efatal wound was healed.

¹³He ^aperforms great signs, so that he even makes ^bfire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.

¹⁴And he ^adeceives ^bthose who dwell on the earth because of ^cthe signs which it was given him to perform ^1din the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who ^*had the ^ewound of the sword and has come to life.

¹⁵And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ¹speak and cause ^aas many as do not ^bworship the image of the beast to be killed.

¹⁶And he causes all, ^athe small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, ¹to be given a ^bmark on their right hand or on their forehead,

¹⁷and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^amark, either ^bthe name of the beast or ^cthe number of his name.

^18aHere is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that ^bof a man; and his number is ¹six hundred and sixty-six.

Chapter 14

The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion

¹Then I looked, and behold, ^athe Lamb was standing on ^bMount Zion, and with Him ^cone hundred and forty-four thousand, having ^dHis name and the name of His Father written ^eon their foreheads.

²And I heard a voice from heaven, like ^athe sound of many waters and like the ^bsound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of ^charpists playing on their harps.

³And they ¹sang ^aa new song before the throne and before the ^bfour living creatures and the ^celders; and ^dno one could learn the song except the ^eone hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth.

^4aThese are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they ¹have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who ^bfollow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been ^cpurchased from among men ^das first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

⁵And ^ano lie was found in their mouth; they are ^bblameless.

Vision of the Angel with the Gospel

⁶And I saw another angel flying in ^amidheaven, having ^ban eternal gospel to preach to ^cthose who ¹live on the earth, and to ^devery nation and tribe and tongue and people;

⁷and he said with a loud voice, “^aFear God, and ^bgive Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who ^cmade the heaven and the earth and sea and ^dsprings of waters.”

⁸And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “^1aFallen, fallen is ^bBabylon the great, she who has ^cmade all the nations drink of the ^dwine of the ²passion of her immorality.”

Doom for Worshipers of the Beast

⁹Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone ^aworships the beast and his ^bimage, and receives a ^cmark on his forehead or on his hand,

¹⁰he also will drink of the ^awine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ¹in full strength ^bin the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with ^cfire and ²brimstone in the presence of the ^dholy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

¹¹“And the ^asmoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; ^bthey have no rest day and night, those who ^cworship the beast and his image, and ¹whoever receives the ^dmark of his name.”

¹²Here is ^athe ¹perseverance of the ²saints who ^bkeep the commandments of God and ^3ctheir faith in Jesus.

¹³And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘^aBlessed are the dead who ^bdie in the Lord from now on!’ ” “Yes,” ^csays the Spirit, “so that they may ^drest from their labors, for their ^edeeds follow with them.”

The Reapers

¹⁴Then I looked, and behold, a ^awhite cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one ^blike ¹a son of man, having a golden ^ccrown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

¹⁵And another angel ^acame out of the ¹temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “^2bPut in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the ^charvest of the earth ³is ripe.”

¹⁶Then He who sat on the cloud ¹swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷And another angel ^acame out of the ¹temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.

¹⁸Then another angel, ^athe one who has power over fire, came out from ^bthe altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “^1cPut in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters ²from the vine of the earth, ^dbecause her grapes are ripe.”

¹⁹So the angel ¹swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into ^athe great wine press of the wrath of God.

²⁰And ^athe wine press was trodden ^boutside the city, and ^cblood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, ¹for a distance of ²two hundred miles.

Chapter 15

A Scene of Heaven

¹Then I saw ^aanother sign in heaven, great and marvelous, ^bseven angels who had ^cseven plagues, which are ^dthe last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.

²And I saw something like a ^asea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had ^bbeen victorious ¹over the ^cbeast and ^dhis image and the ^enumber of his name, standing on the sea of glass, holding ^fharps of God.

³And they ^*sang the ^asong of Moses, ^bthe bond-servant of God, and the ^csong of the Lamb, saying,

“^dGreat and marvelous are Your works,

^eO Lord God, the Almighty;

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