Revelation 12:1–14:20

The Woman, Israel

1 A 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;

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

The Red Dragon, Satan

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

4 And 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

5 And 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.

6 Then 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

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

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

9 And 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.

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

“Now the bsalvation, and the power, and the akingdom 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.”

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

14 But 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.

15 And 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.

16 1But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon 2poured out of his mouth.

17 So 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

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

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

2 And 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.

3 I 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;

4 they worshiped the adragon because he agave 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?”

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

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

7 It 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.

8 All 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.

9 aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear.

10 aIf 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

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

12 He 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.

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

14 And 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.

15 And 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.

16 And 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,

17 and 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.

18 aHere 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

1 Then 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 dname of His Father written eon their foreheads.

2 And 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.

3 And 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 apurchased from the earth.

4 aThese 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.

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

Vision of the Angel with the Gospel

6 And 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;

7 and 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.”

8 And 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

9 Then 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,

10 he 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 cimage, and 1whoever receives the dmark of his name.”

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

13 And 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

14 Then 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.

15 And 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.”

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

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

18 Then 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.”

19 So 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.

20 And 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.