<h3>The Woman and the Dragon</h3>12 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. 6 The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. 7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:<poetry>“Now have come the salvation and the power <indent>and the kingdom of our God,</indent> <indent>and the authority of his Messiah.</indent> For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, <indent>who accuses them before our God day and night,</indent> <indent>has been hurled down.</indent> 11 <poetry>They triumphed over him <indent>by the blood of the Lamb </indent> <indent>and by the word of their testimony; </indent> they did not love their lives so much <indent>as to shrink from death. </indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry>Therefore rejoice, you heavens <indent>and you who dwell in them!</indent> But woe to the earth and the sea, <indent>because the devil has gone down to you!</indent> He is filled with fury, <indent>because he knows that his time is short.”</indent></poetry> 13 When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach. 15 Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. 16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring —those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. <h3>The Beast out of the Sea</h3>13 The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. 4 People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?” 5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. 7 It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. 8 All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear. <poetry> 10 <poetry>“If anyone is to go into captivity, <indent>into captivity they will go.</indent> If anyone is to be killed with the sword, <indent>with the sword they will be killed.” </indent>This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people. </poetry> <h3>The Beast out of the Earth</h3> 11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666. <h3>The Lamb and the 144,000</h3>14 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5 No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless. <h3>The Three Angels</h3> 6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth —to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7 He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.” 8 A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’ which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.” 9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” 12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus. 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.” <h3>Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress</h3> 14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. 17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. 20 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia. <h3>Seven Angels With Seven Plagues</h3>15 I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues —last, because with them God’s wrath is completed. 2 And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God 3 and sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: <poetry>“Great and marvelous are your deeds, <indent>Lord God Almighty. </indent> Just and true are your ways, <indent>King of the nations. </indent> 4 <poetry>Who will not fear you, Lord, <indent>and bring glory to your name? </indent> For you alone are holy. All nations will come <indent>and worship before you, </indent> for your righteous acts have been revealed.” </poetry> 5 After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple —that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law —and it was opened. 6 Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen and wore golden sashes around their chests. 7 Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

Revelation 12:1

A great sign<cr>1</cr> appeared in heaven:<cr>2</cr> a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars<cr>3</cr> on her head.

She was pregnant and cried out in pain<cr>1</cr> as she was about to give birth.

Revelation 12:2

Then another sign appeared in heaven:<cr>1</cr> an enormous red dragon<cr>2</cr> with seven heads<cr>3</cr> and ten horns<cr>4</cr> and seven crowns<cr>5</cr> on its heads.

Revelation 12:3

Its tail swept a third<cr>1</cr> of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.<cr>2</cr> The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child<cr>3</cr> the moment he was born.

Revelation 12:4

She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”<ft>1</ft><cr>1</cr> And her child was snatched up<cr>2</cr> to God and to his throne.

Revelation 12:5

The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.<cr>1</cr>

Revelation 12:6

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael<cr>1</cr> and his angels fought against the dragon,<cr>2</cr> and the dragon and his angels<cr>3</cr> fought back.

Revelation 12:7

But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.

Revelation 12:8

The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent<cr>1</cr> called the devil,<cr>2</cr> or Satan,<cr>3</cr> who leads the whole world astray.<cr>4</cr> He was hurled to the earth,<cr>5</cr> and his angels with him.

Revelation 12:9

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven<cr>1</cr> say:<pb/><poetry>“Now have come the salvation<cr>2</cr> and the power <indent>and the kingdom of our God,</indent> <indent>and the authority of his Messiah.</indent> For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,<cr>3</cr> <indent>who accuses them before our God day and night,</indent> <indent>has been hurled down.</indent>

Revelation 12:10

They triumphed over<cr>1</cr> him <indent>by the blood of the Lamb<cr>2</cr> </indent> <indent>and by the word of their testimony;<cr>3</cr> </indent> they did not love their lives so much <indent>as to shrink from death.<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Revelation 12:11

Therefore rejoice, you heavens<cr>1</cr> <indent>and you who dwell in them!</indent> But woe<cr>2</cr> to the earth and the sea,<cr>3</cr> <indent>because the devil has gone down to you!</indent> He is filled with fury, <indent>because he knows that his time is short.”</indent>

Revelation 12:12

When the dragon<cr>1</cr> saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.<cr>2</cr>

Revelation 12:13

The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,<cr>1</cr> so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,<cr>2</cr> out of the serpent’s reach.

Revelation 12:14

Then from his mouth the serpent<cr>1</cr> spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent.

Revelation 12:15

But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.

Revelation 12:16

Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war<cr>1</cr> against the rest of her offspring<cr>2</cr> —those who keep God’s commands<cr>3</cr> and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.<cr>4</cr>

Revelation 12:17

Revelation 13:1

The dragon<ft>1</ft> stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea.<cr>1</cr> It had ten horns and seven heads,<cr>2</cr> with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.<cr>3</cr>

The beast I saw resembled a leopard,<cr>1</cr> but had feet like those of a bear<cr>2</cr> and a mouth like that of a lion.<cr>3</cr> The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.<cr>4</cr>

Revelation 13:2

One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed.<cr>1</cr> The whole world was filled with wonder<cr>2</cr> and followed the beast.

Revelation 13:3

People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like<cr>1</cr> the beast? Who can wage war against it?”

Revelation 13:4

The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies<cr>1</cr> and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.<cr>2</cr>

Revelation 13:5

It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.<cr>1</cr>

Revelation 13:6

It was given power to wage war<cr>1</cr> against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.<cr>2</cr>

Revelation 13:7

All inhabitants of the earth<cr>1</cr> will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,<cr>2</cr> the Lamb<cr>3</cr> who was slain from the creation of the world.<ft>1</ft><cr>4</cr>

Revelation 13:8

Whoever has ears, let them hear.<cr>1</cr> <pb/><poetry>

Revelation 13:9

“If anyone is to go into captivity, <indent>into captivity they will go.</indent> If anyone is to be killed<ft>1</ft> with the sword, <indent>with the sword they will be killed.”<ft>2</ft><cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/>This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness<cr>2</cr> on the part of God’s people.<cr>3</cr>

Revelation 13:10

Revelation 13:11

Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth.<cr>1</cr> It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.<cr>2</cr>

It exercised all the authority<cr>1</cr> of the first beast on its behalf,<cr>2</cr> and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast,<cr>3</cr> whose fatal wound had been healed.<cr>4</cr>

Revelation 13:12

And it performed great signs,<cr>1</cr> even causing fire to come down from heaven<cr>2</cr> to the earth in full view of the people.

Revelation 13:13

Because of the signs<cr>1</cr> it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived<cr>2</cr> the inhabitants of the earth.<cr>3</cr> It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.<cr>4</cr>

Revelation 13:14

The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship<cr>1</cr> the image to be killed.<cr>2</cr>

Revelation 13:15

It also forced all people, great and small,<cr>1</cr> rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,<cr>2</cr>

Revelation 13:16

so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark,<cr>1</cr> which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.<cr>2</cr>

Revelation 13:17

This calls for wisdom.<cr>1</cr> Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.<ft>1</ft><cr>2</cr> That number is 666.

Revelation 13:18

Revelation 14:1

Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb,<cr>1</cr> standing on Mount Zion,<cr>2</cr> and with him 144,000<cr>3</cr> who had his name and his Father’s name<cr>4</cr> written on their foreheads.<cr>5</cr>

And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters<cr>1</cr> and like a loud peal of thunder.<cr>2</cr> The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.<cr>3</cr>

Revelation 14:2

And they sang a new song<cr>1</cr> before the throne and before the four living creatures<cr>2</cr> and the elders.<cr>3</cr> No one could learn the song except the 144,000<cr>4</cr> who had been redeemed from the earth.

Revelation 14:3

These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.<cr>1</cr> They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.<cr>2</cr> They were purchased from among mankind<cr>3</cr> and offered as firstfruits<cr>4</cr> to God and the Lamb.

Revelation 14:4

No lie was found in their mouths;<cr>1</cr> they are blameless.<cr>2</cr>

Revelation 14:5

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying in midair,<cr>1</cr> and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth<cr>2</cr> —to every nation, tribe, language and people.<cr>3</cr>

He said in a loud voice, “Fear God<cr>1</cr> and give him glory,<cr>2</cr> because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made<cr>3</cr> the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”<cr>4</cr>

Revelation 14:7

A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’<ft>1</ft><cr>1</cr> which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”<cr>2</cr>

Revelation 14:8

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast<cr>1</cr> and its image<cr>2</cr> and receives its mark on their forehead<cr>3</cr> or on their hand,

Revelation 14:9

they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury,<cr>1</cr> which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.<cr>2</cr> They will be tormented with burning sulfur<cr>3</cr> in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

Revelation 14:10

And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.<cr>1</cr> There will be no rest day or night<cr>2</cr> for those who worship the beast and its image,<cr>3</cr> or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”<cr>4</cr>

Revelation 14:11

This calls for patient endurance<cr>1</cr> on the part of the people of God<cr>2</cr> who keep his commands<cr>3</cr> and remain faithful to Jesus.

Revelation 14:12

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord<cr>1</cr> from now on.”<pb/>“Yes,” says the Spirit,<cr>2</cr> “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

Revelation 14:13

Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress

Revelation 14:14

I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,<cr>1</cr> and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man<ft>1</ft><cr>2</cr> with a crown<cr>3</cr> of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Then another angel came out of the temple<cr>1</cr> and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle<cr>2</cr> and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest<cr>3</cr> of the earth is ripe.”

Revelation 14:15

So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

Revelation 14:16

Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.<cr>1</cr>

Revelation 14:17

Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar<cr>1</cr> and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle<cr>2</cr> and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.”

Revelation 14:18

The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.<cr>1</cr>

Revelation 14:19

They were trampled in the winepress<cr>1</cr> outside the city,<cr>2</cr> and blood<cr>3</cr> flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.<ft>1</ft>

Revelation 14:20

Revelation 15:1

I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign:<cr>1</cr> seven angels<cr>2</cr> with the seven last plagues<cr>3</cr> —last, because with them God’s wrath is completed.

And I saw what looked like a sea of glass<cr>1</cr> glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious<cr>2</cr> over the beast<cr>3</cr> and its image<cr>4</cr> and over the number of its name.<cr>5</cr> They held harps<cr>6</cr> given them by God

Revelation 15:2

and sang the song of God’s servant<cr>1</cr> Moses<cr>2</cr> and of the Lamb:<cr>3</cr> <pb/><poetry>“Great and marvelous are your deeds,<cr>4</cr> <indent>Lord God Almighty.<cr>5</cr> </indent> Just and true are your ways,<cr>6</cr> <indent>King of the nations.<ft>1</ft></indent>

Revelation 15:3

Who will not fear you, Lord,<cr>1</cr> <indent>and bring glory to your name?<cr>2</cr> </indent> For you alone are holy. All nations will come <indent>and worship before you,<cr>3</cr> </indent> for your righteous acts<cr>4</cr> have been revealed.”<ft>1</ft>

Revelation 15:4

After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple<cr>1</cr> —that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law<cr>2</cr> —and it was opened.<cr>3</cr>

Revelation 15:5

Out of the temple<cr>1</cr> came the seven angels with the seven plagues.<cr>2</cr> They were dressed in clean, shining linen<cr>3</cr> and wore golden sashes around their chests.<cr>4</cr>

Revelation 15:6

Then one of the four living creatures<cr>1</cr> gave to the seven angels<cr>2</cr> seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.<cr>3</cr>

Revelation 15:7

And the temple was filled with smoke<cr>1</cr> from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple<cr>2</cr> until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

Revelation 15:8

 1 A great sign   appeared in heaven:   a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars   on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain   as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven:   an enormous red dragon   with seven heads   and ten horns   and seven crowns   on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a third   of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.   The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child   the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”    And her child was snatched up   to God and to his throne. 6 The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.   7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael   and his angels fought against the dragon,   and the dragon and his angels   fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent   called the devil,   or Satan,   who leads the whole world astray.   He was hurled to the earth,   and his angels with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven   say: “Now have come the salvation   and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,   who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.  11 They triumphed over   him by the blood of the Lamb   and by the word of their testimony;   they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.    12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens   and you who dwell in them! But woe   to the earth and the sea,   because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.” 13 When the dragon   saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.   14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,   so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,   out of the serpent’s reach. 15 Then from his mouth the serpent   spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. 16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war   against the rest of her offspring  —those who keep God’s commands   and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.   1 The dragon  stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea.   It had ten horns and seven heads,   with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.   2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard,   but had feet like those of a bear   and a mouth like that of a lion.   The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.   3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed.   The whole world was filled with wonder   and followed the beast. 4 People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like   the beast? Who can wage war against it?” 5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies   and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.   6 It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.   7 It was given power to wage war   against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.   8 All inhabitants of the earth   will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,   the Lamb   who was slain from the creation of the world.    9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.    10 “If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed  with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.”    This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness   on the part of God’s people.   11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth.   It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.   12 It exercised all the authority   of the first beast on its behalf,   and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast,   whose fatal wound had been healed.   13 And it performed great signs,   even causing fire to come down from heaven   to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs   it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived   the inhabitants of the earth.   It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.   15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship   the image to be killed.   16 It also forced all people, great and small,   rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,   17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark,   which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.   18 This calls for wisdom.   Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.    That number is 666. 1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb,   standing on Mount Zion,   and with him 144,000   who had his name and his Father’s name   written on their foreheads.   2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters   and like a loud peal of thunder.   The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.   3 And they sang a new song   before the throne and before the four living creatures   and the elders.   No one could learn the song except the 144,000   who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.   They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.   They were purchased from among mankind   and offered as firstfruits   to God and the Lamb. 5 No lie was found in their mouths;   they are blameless.   6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair,   and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth  —to every nation, tribe, language and people.   7 He said in a loud voice, “Fear God   and give him glory,   because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made   the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”   8 A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’    which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”   9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast   and its image   and receives its mark on their forehead   or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury,   which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.   They will be tormented with burning sulfur   in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.   There will be no rest day or night   for those who worship the beast and its image,   or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”   12 This calls for patient endurance   on the part of the people of God   who keep his commands   and remain faithful to Jesus. 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord   from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit,   “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.” 14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,   and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man    with a crown   of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple   and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle   and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest   of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. 17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.   18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar   and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle   and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.   20 They were trampled in the winepress   outside the city,   and blood   flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.  1 I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign:   seven angels   with the seven last plagues  —last, because with them God’s wrath is completed. 2 And I saw what looked like a sea of glass   glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious   over the beast   and its image   and over the number of its name.   They held harps   given them by God 3 and sang the song of God’s servant   Moses   and of the Lamb:   “Great and marvelous are your deeds,   Lord God Almighty.   Just and true are your ways,   King of the nations.   4 Who will not fear you, Lord,   and bring glory to your name?   For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you,   for your righteous acts   have been revealed.”  5 After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple  —that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law  —and it was opened.   6 Out of the temple   came the seven angels with the seven plagues.   They were dressed in clean, shining linen   and wore golden sashes around their chests.   7 Then one of the four living creatures   gave to the seven angels   seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.   8 And the temple was filled with smoke   from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple   until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

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