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© 1991, Jack W. Hayford. Published by Living Way Ministries.

Studies in the Book of Revelation Study Guide

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AN OUTLINE OF THE BOOK

From the onset of this book (1:1) we note that this “Revelation” is of Jesus Christ Himself (v.1). Theevents are “shown” (Gk. deiknumi) to us as John writes what was shown to him. (This verb occurseight times in the book.) However, “Revelation” (Gk. apocalupsis: “apocalypse” is an Englishtransliteration) only occurs once, and it establishes both the title and the focus of the book: JesusChrist is unveiled as Lord of History.

Accordingly, this outline notes how “The Revelation” reveals (1) His Person–glorified, ascended,worshiped, and confident of victory; (2) His Purpose–to administrate and to lead His church, andfor us to partner with Him in victory; (3) His People–disciplined, worshiping, beleaguered, pro-tected, smitten, delivered, and exalted with Him as His Bride; (4) His Primary Opponent–the spiritof the world–called “the dragon,” seen in “Babylon” and epitomized in the Beast–the Devil; (5) HisProphesied Triumph, “conquering” throughout history and “to conquer” at its climax; Christ theConqueror above and beyond all history.

Chapter Content The Revelation of…________________1 The Introduction Christ’s Person, Authority, and Presence

2, 3 The Epistles to the Churches Christ’s Administrating of His Church

4, 5 The Throne of God in Heaven Christ’s Right and Claim to Earth (The Lamb receives title to this planet.)

6 The Breaking Open of Seals 1-6 Christ’s Ministry as Savior and Judge (Savior, “going forth”; Judge, “great wrath”)

7 The 144,000–The Redeemed Host Christ’s Own: Sealed and Delivered (Both arethe Church; on earth/in heaven)

8, 9 The 7th Seal–the first 6 trumpets Christ’s People Precipitating release Through (The 7th Trumpet–The Last Trump Prayer1Cor. 15:52; 1Thess.4:16–appears as (Opening a mighty concept)Revelation 11:15-19.

10 The Mighty Angel Announcing Christ as Consummator of History and as the End Commissioner of the End Times’ Message

11, 13 Two Witnesses Christ’s Church in Confrontation with EvilThe Wonder Woman (In persecution, in spiritual warfare, and in The Beast conflict with the world-system)



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Chapter Content The Revelation of…_____________________ 14 The 144,000 and Six Angelic Actions Christ’s Own Redeemed in Triumph (Each angelic action indicating victory)

15, 16 The 7 Vials of God’s Wrath Christ’s Commission Unto Final Judgment (Set in an atmosphere of worship)

17, 18 The Destruction of Babylon Christ’s Sovereign Triumph Over Evil’s Spiritual and Economic Control of Mankind

19, 20 The Two Last Battles Christ’s Final Triumph Over and Banishment of All Evil (Pre- and post-millennial)

21, 22 The New Heaven and New Earth Christ’s Ultimate and Eternal Union With His Own Bride

From the date of the giving of this Revelation, the simplest outline is in the words of Revelation 1:19:(1) the things you have seen, Chapter 1, being those things John had just beheld in his initial encounterwith the glorified Christ; (2) the things which are, Chapters 2 and 3, being those things which werepresent (and throughout history) in the Church; and (3) the things which shall be hereafter, Chapters4-22, being those things forthcoming from that time, through the present and into the future of thisworld and unto eternity.



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REVELATION CHRIST’S PERSON CHRIST’S ACCUSATION CHRIST’S CALL CHRIST’S THREAT

Chapters 2, 3 AND PERCEPTION AND APPROVAL AND COMMAND AND PROMISE

Sardis He that has the seven Works that remain Remember what you Sudden visitation3:1-6 spirits of God; about to die have received; heard Overcomer will be and seven stars Some have walked Repent clothed; have an I know your works, in purity Watch; strengthen abiding name reputation for life what remains (but dead)

Philadelphia He that is holy and No accusation Hold what you have Vindication v. 93:7-13 true; has the keys of You kept the Deliverance v. 10 David controlling “word of My patience” Overcomer will be access and egress a pillar with I know your works heavenly identification

Laodicea He that is the Amen, Self-satisfied, Rebuking love, Spew from His mouth3:14-22 faithful and true materialistic, Repent by getting If repent, I will witness; beginning wretched, blind, pure gold, getting return within of creation of God miserable, naked, pure clothing; Overcomer will rule I know your works, poor anoint eyes with salve with Me uncommitted No approval Open the door

A BRIEF ON CHRIST’S LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES

REVELATION CHRIST’S PERSON CHRIST’S ACCUSATION CHRIST’S CALL CHRIST’S THREAT

Chapters 2, 3 AND PERCEPTION AND APPROVAL AND COMMAND AND PROMISE

Ephesus He that holds the Lost first Love Remember your fall Will remove candlestick2:1-7 seven stars Tenacity for truth Repent, do first works Overcomer will eat of tree I know your works, and work,Hate of life labor, patience Nicolaitans deeds

Smyrna He that was dead, No accusation Fear not No threat2:8-11 now alive–first and last Endurance against the Be faithful unto death, Will not be hurt by I know your works, Synagogue of Satan through tribulation second death; Overcomer tribulation, poverty, will receive crown of life (true wealth) Pergamos He that has the sharp Received doctrine of Repent Will fight with Sword2:12-17 two-edged sword Balaam; doctrine of Retribution, I know your conflict Nicolaitans Steadfastness Overcomer will receive against satanic manna; white stone opponents

Thyatira He that is the Son Received doctrine of Submit to heart searching Will kill Jezebel’s offspring2:18-29 of God; eyes aflame, Jezebel v. 24, Moral Hold fast to what you Retribution brazen feet, I know your rebellion, Carnal have ‘til I come Overcomer will rule works, charity, service, indulgence, Unrepentant nations; in heavenlies faith, patience after warning



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A STANCE ALLOWING A GLIMPSE OF THE ULTIMATE

REVELATION CHAPTERS 4 AND 5Revelation 4 presents an entry into “the heavenlies.” John is invited to a place (the Throne Room ofthe Universe) where successive visions will be unfolded to him; visions which he has been instructedto record (Rev. 1:9/compare with 4:1).

DIFFERENT VIEWS EXIST OF JOHN’S MOVEMENT “IN THE SPIRIT” (4:2).1. Some think it portrays the rapture of the Church, and that John’s call to “come up here”

(4:1) depicts the Church’s movement to heaven at Christ’s coming.

2. Others see this as a straightforward description of John’s own experience, as he is captivated by this heavenly vision so thoroughly that he is “there” in the Spirit of God.

In any case, we are presented with the one stance that allows us a glimpse of the ultimate tomorrow;the unfolding of events which culminate in the coming of Christ, the vanquishing of Satan, and theunveiling of the New Heaven and Earth.

Chapters 4 and 5 are one vision. Do not let the chapter change confuse you. This vision “sets up”everything which follows, showing us (1) the Scroll which becoming unsealed “reveals” the unfoldingjudgments of The Revelation; and (2) the Savior, Who being the One unsealing the Scroll is “revealed as the Lord and King of The Revelation.” There are four primary features:

I. THE PERSPECTIVE

“Behold, a throne in heaven” (4:2). John is seeing something very much the same as Daniel did inhis vision (Dan. 7:9, 10). Our viewpoint is one at the center of “all power.” The Sovereign God,Who “has the whole world in His hands,” is seen with the document determining earth’s destiny.Perspective on this world’s affairs is never gained apart from seeing things from “on high” (Eph. 2:6).

II. THE PERSONNEL

Verse 4:3: Here is God the Father

Verse 4:5: Here is God the Spirit

Verse 5:6: Here is God the Son

III.THE PURPOSE

Central to this whole scene is The Scroll. Its contents are not specifically stated, but its significance isclear. We will refer to this document as The Title Deed to Planet Earth. The purpose of the vision isto show that Jesus Christ is being given the right to overthrow all hostile rule alien to God’s purposeshere. It is as “the Lamb who was slain” that this authority has been given to Him. All Christ’s judgmentsare following through the accomplishing of what His consummate victory at the Cross secured.

Verse 4:4: The 24 elders probably represent the complete “believing communities” of both the OT and NT.Verse 4:6: The 4 living creatures are of the cherub order; angels who direct and sustain worship at God’s Throne.



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A STANCE ALLOWING A GLIMPSE OF THE ULTIMATE

Seal Revealing Message Matthew Mark LukeFirst White horse Depicts the advance 24:14 13:10 21:246:1, 2 of the Church “Gospel will be “times of nations” “times of nations” during the age preached…” Second Red horse Depicts the ongoing 24:6 13:7 21:106:3, 4 conflict between “Wars and rumors kingdoms–War. of wars…”

Third Black horse Depicts the endlessness 24:7 13:8 21:116:5, 6 of poverty and famine “famines” amid plenty.

Fourth Pale horse Depicts the spreading 24:7 13:8 21:116:7, 8 scourge of death “pestilences/ and hell’s power. earthquakes…”

Fifth Martyrs/altar Declares the righteous 24:9, 10 13:9 21:126:9-11 cry for justice and “they shall… heaven’s patience and kill you…” promise.Sixth 6:12-17 Wrath of God Describes the culminating 24:29 13:19, 20 21:25, 26 outpouring of judgment “sun darkened/ from the throne of God. stars fall…”

IV. THE PRAYERS

The place of worship, praise, and prayer must be perceived if we are to grasp the deeper message contained in this passage. Worship (4:8), Praise (4:11; 5:9-10, 12-13), and Prayer (5:8) are the keysto the release of The Purpose. Throughout this book at crucial turning points, worship, praise, andprayer appear in conjunction with each new “step” of redemption’s advance in delivering earth from evil. “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done,” is our assigned prayer of this genre. Note: 5:8–no prayer is forgotten!!



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UNLOCKING REVELATION

Chapter 6

The Lamb begins to unseal The Scroll; i.e., to unleash the processes of judgment and deliverance whichwill eventuate in the restoration of earth’s rule under the Son of Man. (This is Jesus’ title as the SecondAdam, the divinely appointed “Representative Man,” God incarnated as “the Son of Man,” in order torestore and secure for redeemed mankind what we could never obtain by our own hand or merit.)

6:1-17 The Unsealing of Six of the Seven Seals

Seal Seven is at 8:1 and “releases” the Seven Trumpets.

Seal Agency Text Implications

One Whitehorse 6:1-2

The commissioned spread of the Gospel(Matt. 24:14)

Two Red horse 6:3-4The increasing curse of war and bloodshed. (Matt. 24:6, 7a)

ThreeBlackhorse 6:5-6

The age-long bane of famine and hunger.(Matt. 24:7b, 8)

Four Pale horse 6:7-8The unrelenting assault on human life andwell-being. (Luke 21:11, 25)

FiveMartyrs’prayers 6:9-11

The timeless viciousness against the godly;the promised time of exacting divine jus-tice. (Matt. 24:9)

Six God’swrath

6:12-17The beginning of The End; noting thegreat earthquake as the correlating feature. (Matt. 24:30; Rev. 11:15-19; seealso 8:5 and 15:1-8)



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Chapter 7:9-17

Revelation and “The Rapture”

Although the term “The Rapture” is not in the Bible, the idea it represents is clearly present. By “The Rapture” we refer to the literal, imminent (any moment) appearing of Jesus Christ fromheaven, to take His redeemed Church–the “translated” living and the resurrected dead–to be with Him.

Key Texts:1. Christ’s promise to return for us–John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11.

2. The fact that this “return” shall be literal/physical–Acts 1:9-11.

3. The miraculous “change” we shall experience at his coming–1Cor. 15:52. 4. The concept of “rapture” in the New Testament–I Thess. 4:13-18 (v. 17, harpadzo means “to seize, steal, catch, or snatch up”).

The Timing1. Jesus indicated the time of His coming would be “as in Noah’s time,” when the righteous were kept from the judgment on the earth. Matthew 24:42; Luke 17:26; Mark 13:33.

2. The Thessalonian epistles both note our promised deliverance from God’s visitation of His wrath on the earth. II Thess.1:6, 7, 9, 10; I Thess. 5:9.

3. The Revelation may be easily seen to unfold this (a) as a promise to the faithful (3:10); and (b) as an event accentuatedly “pre-wrath.” See 7:9-17, as it follows 6:12-17; and 15:1-4, as it precedes 16:1-21. (This may also be seen depending upon one’s view of the Two Witnesses, noting 1:15-19 as it follows the event of 11:11-14, which some see as symbolic of the Raptured Church.)



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Chapter 7: 1-8

Revelation and “The 144,000”

John relates two visions of a multitude described as “The 144,000” in this prophecy. In the firstvision (7:1-8), they are on earth and are being “sealed” to insure their preservation from the judg-ments due to the opening of the Seals and sounding of the Trumpets. In the second vision they are in heaven, and worshipping the Lamb with a song which is only theirs to sing.

Three different views exist as to who the 144,000 may be.

• The first is that they are a select group of Jewish converts to the Messiah who, in the wake of “Tribulation” judgements (7 year concept), turn to Jesus as Lord. They are then “sealed” to preach the Gospel to the world during this period after the Church has been raptured.

• The second is that they are are a symbolic representation of the whole Church, including Jews and Gentiles (Rom. 2:28, 29); a preserved people kept throughout the age-long era of the tribulation (classical concept) as witnesses to Christ.

• The third is that they represent the full measure of God’s fulfilling His commitment to His chosen people, the Jews. The Word of God clearly states that He has not left Israel derelict from His purposes (Romans 9-11). Though they were “broken off” (Rom. 11:17), there shall come a “resurrection” of His purposed will for national Israel (11:18) and a full complement of Jews shall be among the redeemed of all nations (11:26). (The author holds view #3; that the 144,000 are a symbolic representation of all redeemed Jewry, as God draws them unto His fulfilled purposes throughout this age.)



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Chapter 8, 9

Essentially, the Trumpets are a different order of judgment than the Seals. They result from a release of satanic viciousness, as compared with the Seals which result from man’s disobedience and just recompense. The Seals are judgments due to “the flesh” seeking its own way; the Trumpets, due to “the devil” being given his own way.

8:1-9:21 The Sounding of Six of the Seven Trumpets

The Seventh Trumpet (“the last trump”)is (a) announced at Revelation 11:15 and (b) described at 16:1-21

Trumpet Agency Text Implications

FirstHail, fire and

blood “thrown”8:7

Foliage, grass, grainare ruined.

Second“a great mountain

thrown” into the sea8:8, 9

Sea “dies” (blood); loss of food supply/commerce.

Third“a great star”(9:1,2)named Wormwood

8:10, 11

Earth’s water supply embittered; toxic deaths.

FourthAtmosphere is

“struck”8:12

All natural light reducedby one-third.

FifthFallen angel with

key to“The Abyss”9:1-11

Last days intensification ofdemonic assault.

SixthFour angels “bound”unto appointed time

9:12-21

End times proliferation ofSatan’s killing and harming

of humanity.



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Chapter 10

Christ’s Declaration: “Delay No Longer”

I. The “Angel” (Messenger) of the Lord. Resolving the question of “another mighty angel.”

A. The term: Acts 7:30; Isa. 63:9; Exo. 14:19; Mal. 3:1b are sufficient evidence to affirm this is Jesus Himself. The description makes clear we are to understand this. Note: “cloud” (1:7); “rainbow” (4:16); “face” (1:16); “feet” (1:15); “a little book” (5:1-9); “open” (8:1); “lion” (5:5).

B. John’s perspective: We can hardly imagine the stunning appearance of these heavenly beings in the untainted atmosphere of heaven’s own Throne room. Grant space for John’s

terminology (1) on biblical terms, as noted; but also (2) allowing for his human bewilder- ment (see Rev. 19:10; 22:8, 9).

II. The “Message” of the “Angel” (Messenger)

A. Its Scope: (1) spanning all of earth (10:2); (2) summing up all “mysteries” (10:3-5); (3) standing as the Representative Man (10:5, 6); and (4) setting loose the consummating

events (10:6).

B. The prophetic implications: (1) In light of Daniel’s prophecy (Dan. 12:6-9; 10:5). (2) In light of “the mystery of God” (see Isa. 11:12, 2:6; 60:3; Jer. 16:19; Amos 9:11,

12/Acts 11:18; see especially Romans 11:22.25).

C. This “message” gives context to the commission John receives, v. 8-11 (see also Ezek. 2:10- 3:3 for a parallel). The scope of John’s commission (v. 11) provides a frame of reference for defining the “Two Witnesses” (11:6 “the earth” and 11:6, 10 and 11:8 “spiritually.” The author sees “the city” as synonymous with 18:10).



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Chapter 11

“The Two Witnesses”

I. Compare John’s commission (v. 1) with Ezekiel’s (Eezk. 40:3-5, plus chapters 40-48). This helps us understand the “Israel Factor” in unlocking Revelation; as noted (7:1-8; 14:1-5). This Book carefully affirms God’s intent to come full circle in His dealings with national “Israel” (i.e., the Jews–His people of ancient covenant and promise).

II. Interpretations re: “Who are the two witnesses?”

A. Two men, somewhat like Moses and Elijah, who are divinely appointed for a short-term miraculous ministry–especially in Israel–during a season of “the great tribulation.”

B. Symbolic of a renewal of the office ministries of the apostle and prophet in the last times.

C. Symbolic of the Church’s age-long witness (11:3) including Gentiles and Jews anointed throughout the Church age to minister (1) prophetically and miraculously–11:5, 6; (2) facing constant persecution and martyrdom (11:7-10); and finally being raptured at Christ’s coming (11:11-13).

D. They bespeak an age-long continuance of God’s prophetic word being witnessed to by His dealing through both Gentile and Jewish believers; finally focusing in a special last-times demonstration of His power which will give rise to demonic assault, persecution unto death, and ultimate reward (essentially the same as “C” but progressing toward a consummation possibly as literal as “A but not timed” in the same way).

(Revelation 11:15-19 is one of our earlier discussed “Rapture” passages, viewed from the heaven sideof the event; compared with 11:11, 12, from the earth side.)



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Chapter 12

The Age-Long Struggle

I. The Roots of the Struggle: Three principals–12:1-5a

A. The Woman: Israel (v. 1/Gen. 37:9, v. 2/Rom. 9:5b; v. 6a/ Rev. 1:1-8; v. 6b/11:1-3; v. 114a? Ex. 19:4; v. 17/Dan. 7:21-27)

B. The Child: Jesus (v. 5a/Ps. 2:7-9; 5b/Acts 2:33; neg. v. 17)

C. The Dragon: Satan (v. 9; ; v.3/Rev. 13:1; v.4/Isa 14:12,13 and Ps. 82; v.4b/Matt. 2:16; v.13; Dan. 12:1-2)

II. The Arena of the Struggle: Earth—v.4, 9, 12, 16

A. As a battlefield, v.4, 9c (I John 5:19; John 12:31; 17:15) B. Focusing on deception, v.9b (Matt 24:4-5, 11, 26) C. An inescapable setting, v.12 (9:1-21; lost desire for life, lost hope for life) D. An occasional scene of mercy, v.16

II. The Issue in the Struggle: Kingdom Dominion—v.10

A. The expulsion of evil: from the heavenlies (v.7-9) from the lives of the redeemed (v.11a)

B. The confrontation with evil: Propagating the Kingdom (v.10a) Neutralizing the accuser (v.10B) and Bearing witness at all costs (v.11b)



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Chapter 13

”The Beast, The Dragon, and The Deceiver/Destroyer ‘Prophet’”

I. Revelation and “the Beast”

A. Part of a “satanic trinity”: the dragon (12:17; 13:1); the beast (13:2-10); and the “False Prophet” (13:11-17). B. Full list of references in Revelation: 11:7 Conflict with 2 witnesses—kills them (c.p. 12:11;13:7) 14:9-11 Implications of 13:15-18 15:2 Those victorious over him 16:2 The marked experience God’s wrath 16:10 The judgment on his throne 16:13 Spirits emitting from their mouths 19:19, 20 Armies of the Lord vanquish him (c.p. II Thess. 2:8) 20:4 Those who overcome him 20:10 His end—the Lake of Fire

II. The biblical idea of “the Anti-Christ” (5x)

A. A general spirit—I John 2:18, 22; 4:3; II John 7; Rev. 13:1,2 B. The world’s system—Daniel 2:24-45; 7:23-27. C. A human being—II Thess. 2:1-12 (c.p. Dan. 7:25, 8:22-26; 11:36-45…into Daniel 12:1-13).

III.The Beast’s Ministry

A. Through the “Church age” (13:5; consistently blasphemous of God (13:5,6); assailing and killing the saints (13:7,8). B. Through “anointed” (13:15a) systems of demonic deception (13:11, he deceives (13:4), directs worship to himself (13:15), martyrs believers (13:15), and controls society (13:16,17); see Eph. 2:2,3.

IV. The Mark of the Beast

A. Involves worshiping the Beast or his system (13:8). B. Involves prioritizing material interests over spiritual but specifically and ultimately finally involves a decision (13:7). C. Involves a physical mark on the hand or the head; (unless 7:1-5 might parallel II Cor. 1:21,22; Eph. 1:13,14). D. Involves participation in a “spirit” (13:14).



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Chapter 14

“The Angels of Chapter 14”

Angel #1 (v.6,7) The call to honor the Creator

Angel #2 (v.8) The declaration of doom.

Angel #3 (v.9-12) A. The warning of eternal judgment on those Beast-marked. B. The announcement of eternal justice for the God-obeyers. (see also 16:4-7/c.p. 6:10; 19:1-4) C. The promise of ongoing fruitfulness for the Dead in Christ.

Angel #4 (v. 14-16) The initiating of the “Homegoing Harvest.”

Angel #5 (v. 17-20) The initiating of final judgment. (V.20—The possible implications of Israel as a

and Angel #6 last earthly battle site—Ezekiel 38:39; Zech. 14; see also Rev. 16:12-16).



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Chapters 15 and 16

“The Seven Bowls of Wrath”

A. The processional of the seven angels bearing the bowls (v.1,6,7).

B. The Redeemed Host, glorifying the Lord (v.2-5).

C. The Heavenly Temple, readied for the final execution of judgment against the Adversary and his works (v.5,9; 16:1,19).

D. The Seven Plagues, 16:1-21:

1. Horrible sores on the Beast-marked, v.2.

2. Sea polluted unto total devastation, v.3 (c.p. 8:8-9).

3. Waters turn to blood—pollution, v.4-7 (c.p. 8:10,11).

4. Sun scorches mankind, v.8,9.

5. Darkness and pain on the power-brokers, v.10,11 (c.p. 9:6).

6. The last surge of demonic furies, v.12-16 (c.p. 9:13-15).

7. The final shaking of the Earth, v.17-21 (c.p. 6:12-17; 11:15-19; Heb. 12:25-29).

Conclusion: Christ’s hope-filled promise: 16:15.



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THE HEAVENLY TEMPLE

Threaded throughout this book, as shown here, are repeated references to a Temple in heaven. Itseems likely that with a correlation of these references we might (1) see more precisely and confirmmore completely our proposition re: the overlapping and integrating of the Seal/Trumpet/Bowljudgments. But (2) there is another concept which seems to flow out of this aspect of the collectedvisions.

The relationship of the heavenly Temple to the outflowing of God’s concluding judgment on rebel-lious mankind, the beast, the “Babylon” world order and the dragon, seems to give us a clue regard-ing a larger issue threaded throughout the whole of God’s Word. First, let us see the Revelation textsregarding the Temple (Tabernacle) and altar.

REVELATION6:9 Souls in heaven at the altar inquiring as to when justice will prevail for those persecuted unto death.

7:15 Redeemed in white robes serving God in the Temple day and night after they have “come out of great tribulation.”

8:2-5 As the worship of 7:15 continues, the 7th Seal is opened. Note: Compare what occurs in the Temple at these points: 7th Seal—8:5 7th Trumpet—11:19 7th Bowl—16:17-18

9:13 Voice from the altar announcing action pursuant upon the 6th Trumpet; an “expediting” of judgment.

11:1-2 John’s assignment to measure the Temple and the altar, but not the outer court of the Gentiles. (c.p. Ezek. 40-48)

11:19 Temple “opened” (c.p. 15:5) and the ark of the covenant is seen. (See notes on 8:2-5.)

13:6 The Beast identified as the one who “blasphemes God’s name and His Tabernacle.” (c.p. II Thess. 2:4; Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:14-15. Also, Ezek. 28:1-10 may be analogous to the “Beast,” the human representation of Satan, and Ezek. 28:11-19 of the “Dragon,” the Arch-deceiver himself.)

14:15-17, Angels from the Temple (v.15,17) and the altar (v.18) direct and expedite the earth harvest18 of souls (v.14-16) and harvest of judgment (v.17-20). 15:5,6,8 A procession of angels comes forth from the Temple with the seven bowls of God’s wrath. (c.p. “opened,” v.5 with 11:19.) Primary Note: “The temple of the tabernacle.”



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16:1,7,17 A voice from the Temple directs the pouring of the bowls (v.7). Another voice from the altar confirms the justice of the judgment on murderous persecutors (v.1-7); probably response from those in 6:9,10. Then a voice from the Temple announces, “It is done!” (v.17); probably an answer to 10:6, “Delay no longer.”

21:3,22 The Temple is seen as a temporary structure, eventually swallowed up in the New Jerusalem, the Holy City, the Bride.

In the light of this finale, consider the following:

I. The Pollution of the Heavenly Temple

A. The boast of Lucifer (Isa. 14; Ezek. 28) B. The demise of his office (Isa. 14; Ezek. 28)

II. The Adversary Strikes Again

A. The assault on God’s “image” (Gen. 3) B. The declaration of ultimate vanquishing (Gen. 3:15) C. The setting in motion “on earth” of the plan already established “in heaven” (John 17:24; Eph. 1:4; Heb. 4:3; Rev. 13:8)

III. The Preparation of Human Understanding

A The Tabernacle of Moses; the pathway of sacrifice (Ex. 25:8-9,40; 26:30; 27:8; 39:32; especially note Heb. 8:1-5) B. The Incarnate Tabernacle (John 1:14,29; 2:19-21)

IV. The Accomplishment of the Plan

A. The completion of the Sacrifice (John 19:30) B. The presentation of the Blood (John 20:17) C. The declaration of this fact (Heb. 9:23-26)



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V. The Consummation of the Purification

A. The “just slain” Lamb appears (rev. 5:6). B. His administration first purifies the heavens (Rev. 21:7-10). C. He then evicts the Dragon’s kingdom from the earth (16:1-18; 24; note 16:10).

VI. The Revelation of “All Things New”

A. What has been polluted by rebellion, in both heaven and earth, are purified first, then dissolved (II Peter 3:10-13 Matt. 24:35; Rev. 21:1,5). B. A new order without a temple is revealed (Rev. 21:3,22). C. The rebellion is forever damned (20:10-15).

VII. The Interim

A. We are the Temple of His Body; a dwelling place of God’s glory where He is worshiped in purity (Eph. 2:19-22; I Peter 2:4-10). B. We are “sons” authorized to advance against the adversary (John 1:12; Eph. 3:8-13). C. We are the redeemed “sons” who Christ is bringing “to glory” to rule and reign with Him forever (Heb. 2:10; Rev. 20:6). D.In the absence of the deposed “sons of God” who lost their “first estate” (Jude 6; II Peter 2:4), we shall serve the Father’s purpose in Glory throughout His whole creation (Rom. 8:18-21; Dan. 12:2-3).



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KEY CONCEPTS

Key Concepts which are unlocked and released when Revelation is approached by other than inthe popularized way.

Remembering that the approach to this Book which (1) puts the Rapture at 4:1, and (2) makes allthat follows as future matters has barely 150 years of tradition in the Church and is generally not ac-cepted by the majority of Christians; and also remembering that those who had such an approach areno less intelligent, spiritual, or sincere than those who do not, let us summarize key points we havenoted which differ.

1. The unfolding chapter-to-chapter reading of the Book is not seen as a constant succession of events listed in chronological order, BUT the Book of Revelation is seen as a record of prophetic visions and words recorded by John in the sequence he received them, but not intended to relate the order of their outworking or fulfillment.

2. The Seven Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls are best understood as being overlapping and integrated judgments;

The Seals beginning with the birth of the Church and continuing age-long until #6, the final expression of Divine wrath (c.p. 6:12-17 with 16:17-21);

The Trumpets are cumulative, announcing the processes of decay as fallen man’s sinful rule of a doomed planet erodes all human life and our environment and gives place to evil spiritual activities;

The Bowls are climactic, occurring following the pre-wrath rapture of the Church, and consummating God’s dealings with rebellious flesh and devils.

3. The 144,000 and The Two Witnesses are not conclusively interpreted as a specific number of people, but more indicative of God’s commitment to fulfill His promised purpose among His anciently chosen people, the Jews (see Romans 9-11).

4. The recurrent mention of the Heavenly Temple and Altar and the mentioned place of that Temple and the climactic passages of judgment signal for us a recognition of something profoundly being accomplished in heaven itself, as well as on earth; as the impact of Christ’s (a) Sacrifice on the Cross, (b) Resurrection and Ascension, (c) reclamation and cleansing of all things through the execution of divine justice, culminates in (d) the final judgment of the Wicked One and all who follow in his rebellion, and (e) the unveiling of an entirely new heaven as well as a new earth (21:1).

5. The Beast is seen as (a) a representative of the evil power being exercised in advancing and administrating the anti-God systems of this world (Rev. 13:1-3; 17:7-8), (b) an age-long



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influence which assails the Church and regularly takes casualties (Rev. 13:4-7), and (c) a spirit that will probably be manifest in a human leader at some point near the end of the age (II Thess. 2:3-4).

6. The Rapture of the Church is seen as literal, physical, and pre-millennial. It is seen as distinguished from the interpretation of a “pre-tribulation” rapture preceding a 7-year tribulation; instead, being a “pre-wrath” event preceding the final, conclusive, and sudden judgment described (for the most part) in Chapters 16-18. The Rapture is seen as being described from both the earth-side and heaven-side of the event, at least at 3 places in this Book: 11:11-15; 14:1-5; and 15:1-4. (Rev. 7:9-17 is another possible reference, but this scene probably describes the state and ministry of those who die “in Christ” during the Church age.)

7. The “Woman” of Rev. 12 is seen as Israel; the “Great Harlot” of Rev. 17,18,19 as the world system or “Babylon”; and the “Bride” of Rev. 17 and 21 as the redeemed—the Church of Jesus Christ.



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The Last Six Chapters (17-22)

From the time the climactic judgments described as the outpouring of the bowls of God’s wrathoccur (Rev. 16), a series of visions recorded a succession of events which, unlike the earlier Chapters4-16, do seem to follow in a basic chronological order. We are shown:

I. Rev. 17 and 18 The Destruction of the world order and the lamentation which follows it.

II. Rev. 19 The Exultation of the Church Triumphant and their following their King in “Conquest: Earth.” III. Rev. 20:1-6 The Restriction of Satan for the duration of Christ’s millennial reign on earth with His redeemed.

IV. Rev. 20:7-10 The Release of the Adversary to allow the last testing of mankind and the last battle.

V. Rev. 20:11-15 The Last Judgment, consigning unto eternal damnation all who have chosen it through sin’s rebellion.

VI. Rev. 21-22:5 The establishment of the new heaven and earth, and the symbolic description of the Holy City (People)—the Bride.

VII. Rev. 22:6-21 The summary exhortation concluding the prophecy.

SEVEN BLESSINGS IN REVELATION 1. 1:3 Upon all who read, hear, and obey this prophecy. 2. 14:13 Upon those who die in Christ, that their lives will bear ceaseless fruit. 3. 16:15 Upon those who live purely, in anticipation of Jesus’ coming. 4. 19:9 Upon those who accept their invitation to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. 5. 20:6 Upon those who, through redemption, participate in “the first resurrection.” 6. 22:7 Upon those who repent and regard the prophecies of this book. 7. 22:14 Upon those who keep God’s commandments.



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SUMMARY LESSONS

FROM OUR STUDY OF REVELATION

1. Jesus Christ is Lord of the Church and is actively present all the while, a. to receive our worship; b. to evaluate our actions; c. to sustain us in trial; and d. to lead us to overcoming victory.

2. Jesus Christ is Lord of the Earth, and as Creator/Redeemer, a. has unfolded the “deed” (scroll) to reclaim it; b. has commissioned His own to evangelize it; c. is executing justice and judgment toward its ultimate cleansing and renewal; and d. will ultimately rule it in righteousness.

3. The Godhead’s tireless dealings with Israel as a people, a. are constant in a personal sense now; b. are suspended in a national sense until “about now”; and c. will be ultimately realized in a way yet undefined, though partially prophesied.

4. The Adversary, the Devil, is a relentless, age-long foe, who, a. is manifest in the world system by controlling it; b. is systematic in opposing God by blaspheming all that pertains to Him; c. is merciless in his deployment of demon beings to torment and destroy mankind; and d. is to be ultimately and conclusively judged and consigned to eternal torment.

5. This world is on a certain “path” of deterioration; so that, a. all its environment is deteriorating as man violates it; b. all its political, economic, and spiritual systems are damned; and c. it will ultimately be disintegrated and replaced by a new creation.

6. Each member of Christ’s Church is called a. to ever live in faithful anticipation of Jesus’ return; b. to stand firm when experiencing apparent defeat, being confident of ultimate victory; c. to faithful intercessory prayer and constant praise-filled worship “Unto Him Who is worthy!”; and d. to hear the Spirit’s voice, to know the Father’s Word, and to walk the Savior’s pathway of obedience.



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INTRODUCTION

This simple way of clustering Revelation’s segments within brackets through the book is a device in-tended to help the reader/student. I have found that by this means, the seeming relentless flow ofevents, so easily confused and run together, is kept in clearer perspective for analysis. I have notadapted this from anyone else, so I accept any responsibility for either absence of insight or mistakesin interpretation. However, the several interpretive approaches historically applied to the NT bookcertainly make clear that until “that day,” only the arrogant can pretend absolute certainty as to de-tails in the outworking and timing of these great things. May God bless us as we study together,with humbled hearts and expectant faith: Jesus is coming!

Pastor Jack Hayford

THE UNLEASHING OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE SCROLL’S UNFOLDING

The Path and the Price of Evil’s OverthrowAnd the Son of Man’s Restored Rule

The “core” of the events constituting Revelation is in the three sets of sevens—the seals, trumpets,and bowls. Our approach to this study does not interpret these as historically sequential—i.e. follow-ing one another. Rather, they are seen as integrated and overlapping, except for those events whichare defined as “God’s wrath.”

SEALS These seem to be AGE-LONG, as with Jesus’ prophecies, and essentially involve Man’s Ch. 6 actions.

30 A.D._______________________________________________(*)_____________THE END COMPREHENSIVE (throughout)

TRUMPETS These seem to be PROPORTIONS of destructiveness Ch. 8,9cumulative through the age, and essentially involve Demonic action.(See also Rev. 11:15-19)

30 A.D. ___________________________________(*)_____THE END CONTROLLED (increasing intensity)



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BOWLS These are clearly CLIMACTIC outpourings of His final “wrath,” and essentially involveCh. 16 God’s action.

CULMINATIVE (begins in Last Times) (*) (**) THE END

• The common denominator or coordinating factors regarding “The End” are earthquakes (“an earthquake” or “a great earthquake” —Rev. 6:12; 11:13; 16:18). There seem to be two: one (*) at the beginning of God’s wrath outpoured (6:12) which is the probable time of the rapture of the Church (I Thess. 1:10; 5:9); and the second (**) at the conclusion of this display of wrath in judgment (16:18). Some feel the 7th Trumpet is the same as “the last trump” (see I Cor. 15:52 and I Thess.4:16).



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A “Map”of the Book of Revelation


HEAVEN’S THRONE ROOM

Where worship continues, and God’s purpose

is revealed.

The principals of discursive description

following prophetic vision.

THE SEVENCHURCHES

The Lord of theChurch tending theflame of our witness.

PATMOSThe place wherestruggle is faced,Christ revealed,and the Church

confronted

SEALS Chapter 6

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

START HERE

BOWLS Chapter 16

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

The Processing of Judgment as “Deliverance.”

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DIVINE GRACESEALS:Age-long

(The visible Churchin a violent world.)

DIVINE PATIENCETRUMPETS: Cumu-

lative (Invisible evilimpacting the visible realm.)

DIVINE WRATHBOWLS:Climaxing

(A concentrated season of judgment.)

TRUMPETS Chapters 8, 9

A Pathway from Patmos to the NewJerusalem via a disintegrating Babylon

7 SEALSPerceiving the AGELONG TRIBULA-

TION Jesus predicted

(…with a pivotingpoint [6:12] and an

unfolding sight

7 TRUMPETSDiscerning the AGE-LONG SPIRITUAL

WAR Satan wages

(…impacting humanactions which ruin

creation and destroy life)

7 BOWLSRecognizing the

CULMINATINGOUTPOURING

of God’s wrath

(…which is precededby the Rapture andproduces Babylon’s

fall)

Ch. 7 Ch. 15The 144,000… The Worshipping Host— on earth (7:1-8) Delivered from Wrath in heaven (14:1-5) (15:1-8; cp 11:15-19)The Un-#d Host… The “Church Invisible” Ch. 17, 18 See also 11:15-19; Mankind’s Progressive 15:1-8; 19:1-9 Political Demise and Consummate Destruction

Ch. 10, 11The Commissioning Savior Ch. 19The Ministering Church The Church in Triumph …Their Word and with Christ… Testimony …“at supper” (v. 1-10) …The Prophetic and …in the final battle (v. 11-21) Miraculous Ch. 20Ch. 12, 13 The Savior’s MillenniumThe Church at War Rule, followed by theand Final JudgmentThe Beast at Work Ch. 21, 22Ch. 14 Paradise RestoredSix Angels “all things new” (21:1-22; 5) (14:6-12; 15-20) Invitation to eternal lifeand the Overseeing (22:6-21)Godhead (15:13, 14)

The Personalities Involved in the Process.

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ord:

13

“I k

now

your

wor

ks, a

nd w

here

you

dw

ell,

whe

re S

atan

’s th

rone

is. A

nd y

ou h

old

fast

to M

yna

me,

and

did

not

den

y M

y fa

ith e

ven

in t

heda

ys in

whi

ch A

ntip

as w

as M

y fa

ithfu

l mar

tyr,

who

was

kill

ed a

mon

g yo

u, w

here

Sat

an d

wel

ls.14

But

I ha

ve a

few

thin

gs a

gain

st y

ou, b

ecau

seyo

u ha

ve t

here

tho

se w

ho h

old

the

doct

rine

ofB

alaa

m, w

ho t

augh

t B

alak

to

put

a st

umbl

ing

bloc

k be

fore

the

child

ren

of I

srae

l, to

eat

thin

gssa

crifi

ced

to i

dols,

and

to

com

mit

sexu

al i

m-

mor

ality

. 15

Thu

s you

also

hav

e th

ose

who

hol

d th

e do

c-tr

ine

of th

e N

icol

aita

ns, w

hich

thin

g I h

ate.

10

16R

epen

t, or

else

I w

ill c

ome

to y

ou q

uick

lyan

d w

ill fi

ght a

gain

st th

em w

ith th

e sw

ord

of M

ym

outh

. 17

“He

who

has

an

ear ,

let

him

hea

r w

hat

the

Spir

it sa

ys t

o th

e ch

urch

es. T

o hi

m w

ho o

ver-

com

es I

will

giv

e so

me

of th

e hi

dden

man

na to

eat.

And

I w

ill g

ive

him

a w

hite

ston

e, a

nd o

n th

est

one

a ne

w n

ame

writ

ten

whi

ch n

o on

e kn

ows

exce

pt h

im w

ho re

ceiv

es it

.”’

The

Cor

rupt

Chu

rch

18“A

nd to

the

ange

l of t

he c

hurc

h in

Thy

atira

writ

e,

‘The

se th

ings

says

the

Son

of G

od, w

ho h

as e

yes

like

a fla

me

of f

ire, a

nd H

is fe

et li

ke f

ine

bras

s:19

“I k

now

your

wor

ks, l

ove,

serv

ice,

faith

, and

your

pat

ienc

e; a

nd a

s for

you

r wor

ks, t

he la

st a

rem

ore

than

the

first

. 20

Nev

erth

eles

s I h

ave

a fe

w th

ings

aga

inst

you

,be

caus

e yo

u al

low

11th

at w

oman

12Je

zebe

l, w

hoca

lls h

erse

lf a

prop

hete

ss, t

o te

ach

and

sedu

ce13

My

serv

ants

to

com

mit

sexu

al im

mor

ality

and

eat t

hing

s sac

rific

ed to

idol

s. 21

And

I g

ave

her

time

to r

epen

t of

her

sex

ual

imm

oral

ity, a

nd sh

e di

d no

t rep

ent.14

22In

deed

I w

ill c

ast h

er in

to a

sick

bed,

and

thos

ew

ho c

omm

it ad

ulte

ry w

ith h

er in

to g

reat

trib

u-la

tion,

unl

ess t

hey

repe

ntof

thei

r15de

eds.

10 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d lik

ewise

for w

hich

thin

g I h

ate.

11 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d I h

ave a

gain

st yo

u th

at

you

toler

ate.

12 M

-Tex

t rea

ds y

our w

ife Je

zebe

l.

13 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d an

d te

ache

s and

sedu

ces.

14 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

dtim

e to

repe

nt, a

nd sh

e doe

sno

t wan

t to

repe

nt o

f her

sexu

al im

mor

ality

.15

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

her.

‡‡

‡

Letters to the Churches


28

Scri

ptur

e is

take

n fr

om th

e N

ew K

ing

Jam

es ©

197

9, 1

980,

198

2 by

Tho

mas

Nel

son,

Inc

. Use

d by

pe

rmis

sion

. Liv

ing

Way

Min

istr

ies,

148

00 S

herm

an W

ay, V

an N

uys,

CA

914

05-2

499

23 I

will

kill

her

chi

ldre

n w

ith d

eath

, and

all

the

chur

ches

shal

l kno

w th

at I

am

He

who

sear

ches

the

min

ds a

nd h

eart

s. A

nd I

will

giv

e to

eac

h on

eof

you

acc

ordi

ng to

you

r wor

ks.

24 “

Now

to

you

I sa

y, a

nd t

o th

e re

st in

Thy

-at

ira, a

s man

y as

do

not h

ave

this

doct

rine,

who

have

not

kno

wn

the

dept

hs o

f Sat

an, a

s the

y sa

y,I w

ill p

ut o

n yo

u no

oth

er b

urde

n.

25

But

hol

d fa

stw

hat y

ou h

ave

till I

com

e.

26 A

nd h

e w

ho o

verc

omes

, an

d ke

eps

My

wor

ks u

ntil

the

end,

to h

im I

will

giv

e po

wer

ove

rth

e na

tions

—

27

‘He s

hall

rule

them

with

a ro

d of

iron

;T

hey

shal

l be d

ashe

d to

pie

ces l

ike t

he

pot

ter’s

vess

els’16

—

as I

also

hav

e re

ceiv

ed fr

om M

y Fa

ther

; 28

and

I w

ill g

ive

him

the

mor

ning

star

.29

“H

e w

ho h

as a

n ea

r,le

t hi

m h

ear

wha

t th

eSp

irit s

ays t

o th

e ch

urch

es.”

’

Rev

elat

ion

3T

he D

ead

Chu

rch

1“A

nd to

the

ange

l of t

he c

hurc

h in

Sar

dis w

rite,

‘The

se th

ings

say

s H

e w

ho h

as th

e se

ven

Spiri

tsof

God

and

the

seve

n st

ars:

“I k

now

your

wor

ks,

that

you

hav

e a

nam

e th

at y

ou a

re a

live,

but

you

are

dead

. 2

B

e w

atch

ful,

and

stre

ngth

en t

he t

hing

sw

hich

rem

ain,

tha

t ar

e re

ady

to d

ie, f

or I

hav

eno

t fou

nd y

our w

orks

per

fect

bef

ore

God

.17

3

Rem

embe

r the

refo

re h

ow y

ou h

ave

rece

ived

and

hear

d; h

old

fast

and

repe

nt. T

here

fore

if y

ouw

ill n

ot w

atch

, I w

ill c

ome

upon

you

as

a th

ief,

and

you

will

not

kno

w w

hat

hour

I w

ill c

ome

upon

you

. 4

Yo

u18ha

ve a

few

nam

es e

ven

in S

ardi

s who

have

not

def

iled

thei

r ga

rmen

ts; a

nd t

hey

shal

lw

alk

with

Me

in w

hite

, for

they

are

wor

thy.

5

H

e w

ho o

verc

omes

shal

l be

clot

hed

in w

hite

garm

ents

, and

I w

ill n

ot b

lot o

ut h

is na

me

from

the

Boo

k of

Life

; but

I w

ill c

onfe

ss h

is na

me

be-

fore

My

Fath

er a

nd b

efor

e H

is an

gels.

6

“H

e w

ho h

as a

n ea

r, le

t hi

m h

ear

wha

t th

eSp

irit s

ays t

o th

e ch

urch

es.”

’

The

Fai

thfu

l Chu

rch

7“A

nd to

the

ange

l of t

he c

hurc

h in

Phi

lade

l-ph

ia w

rite,

‘The

se t

hing

s sa

ys H

e w

ho is

hol

y, H

e w

ho is

true

, “H

e w

ho h

as t

he k

ey o

f D

avid

, He

who

open

s an

d no

one

shu

ts, a

nd s

huts

and

no

one

open

s”:19

8

“I k

now

your

wor

ks. S

ee, I

hav

e se

t be

fore

you

an o

pen

door

, and

no

one

can

shut

it; f

oryo

u ha

ve a

litt

le s

tren

gth,

hav

e ke

pt M

y w

ord,

and

have

not

den

ied

My

nam

e.

9

Inde

ed I

will

mak

e th

ose

of t

he s

ynag

ogue

of S

atan

, who

say

they

are

Jew

s and

are

not

, but

lie—

inde

ed I

will

mak

e th

em c

ome

and

wor

ship

befo

re y

our

feet

, and

to k

now

that

I h

ave

love

dyo

u.

10 B

ecau

se y

ou h

ave k

ept M

y co

mm

and

to p

er-

seve

re, I

also

will

kee

p yo

u fr

om th

e ho

ur o

f tria

lw

hich

shal

l com

e up

on th

e w

hole

wor

ld, t

o te

stth

ose

who

dw

ell o

n th

e ea

rth.

11

Beh

old,

20I

am c

omin

g qu

ickl

y! H

old

fast

wha

t you

hav

e, th

at n

o on

e may

take

you

r cro

wn.

12

He

who

ove

rcom

es,

I w

ill m

ake

him

a

pilla

r in

the

tem

ple

of M

y G

od, a

nd h

e sh

all g

oou

t no

mor

e. I

will

writ

e on

him

the

nam

e of

My

God

and

the

nam

e of

the

city

of

My

God

, the

New

Jeru

sale

m, w

hich

com

es d

own

out o

f he

aven

from

My

God

. And

I w

ill w

rite

on h

imM

y ne

w n

ame.

13

“H

e w

ho h

as a

n ea

r,le

t hi

m h

ear

wha

t th

eSp

irit s

ays t

o th

e ch

urch

es.”

’

The

Luk

ewar

m C

hurc

h14

“And

to

the

ange

l of

the

chu

rch

of t

heLa

odic

eans

21w

rite,

‘The

se th

ings

says

the

Am

en,

the

Faith

ful a

nd T

rue

Witn

ess,

the

Beg

inni

ng o

fth

e cr

eatio

n of

God

: 15

“I

know

your

wor

ks, t

hat

you

are

neith

erco

ld n

or h

ot. I

cou

ld w

ish y

ou w

ere

cold

or h

ot.

16 S

o th

en, b

ecau

se y

ou a

re lu

kew

arm

, and

nei

-th

er c

old

nor

hot,23

I w

ill v

omit

you

out o

f My

mou

th.

17 B

ecau

se y

ou s

ay, ‘

I am

ric

h, h

ave

beco

me

wea

lthy,

and

hav

e ne

ed o

f not

hing

’—an

d do

not

know

tha

t yo

u ar

e w

retc

hed,

mise

rabl

e, p

oor,

blin

d, a

nd n

aked

—

18 I

coun

sel y

ou to

buy

from

Me

gold

ref

ined

in th

e fir

e, th

at y

ou m

ay b

e ric

h;

17 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d M

y G

od.1

8 N

U-T

ext a

ndM

-Tex

t rea

d N

ever

thel

ess y

ou h

ave

a fe

w n

ames

in S

ardi

s.19

Isa

iah

22:2

220

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

whi

ch n

o on

e ca

n sh

ut.

21 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

it Be

hold

.16

Psa

lm 2

:9flfl

Scri

ptur

e is

take

n fr

om th

e N

ew K

ing

Jam

es ©

197

9, 1

980,

198

2 by

Tho

mas

Nel

son,

Inc

. Use

d by

pe

rmis

sion

. Liv

ing

Way

Min

istr

ies,

148

00 S

herm

an W

ay, V

an N

uys,

CA

914

05-2

499

and

whi

te g

arm

ents

, tha

t yo

u m

ay b

e cl

othe

d,th

at th

e sh

ame

of y

our n

aked

ness

may

not

be

re-

veal

ed; a

nd a

noin

t you

r eye

s with

eye

salv

e, th

atyo

u m

ay se

e.

19A

s m

any

as I

lov

e, I

reb

uke

and

chas

ten.

The

refo

re b

e ze

alou

s and

repe

nt.

20B

ehol

d, I

sta

nd a

t th

e do

or a

nd k

nock

. If

anyo

ne h

ears

My

voic

e an

d op

ens t

he d

oor,

I will

com

e in

to h

im a

nd d

ine

with

him

, and

he

with

Me.

21

To h

im w

ho o

verc

omes

I w

ill g

rant

to si

t with

Me

on M

y th

rone

, as

I al

so o

verc

ame

and

sat

dow

n w

ith M

y Fa

ther

on

His

thro

ne.

22“H

e w

ho h

as a

n ea

r, le

t hi

m h

ear

wha

t th

eSp

irit s

ays t

o th

e ch

urch

es.”

’”

Rev

elat

ion

4T

he T

hron

e R

oom

of H

eave

n

1 A

fter

the

se t

hing

s I

look

ed,

and

beho

ld,

ado

or st

andi

ng o

pen

in h

eave

n . A

nd th

e fir

st v

oice

whi

ch I

hea

rd w

as li

ke a

trum

pet s

peak

ing

with

me,

sayi

ng, “

Com

e up

her

e, a

nd I

will

show

you

thin

gs w

hich

mus

t tak

e pl

ace

afte

r thi

s.”2

Im

med

iate

ly I

was

in th

e Sp

irit;

and

beho

ld,

a th

rone

set

in

heav

en,

and

One

sat

on

the

thro

ne.

3 A

nd H

e w

ho sa

t the

re w

as22

like

a ja

sper

and

a sa

rdiu

s st

one

in a

ppea

ranc

e; a

nd t

here

was

ara

inbo

w a

roun

d th

e th

rone

, in

appe

aran

ce li

kean

em

eral

d.

4 A

roun

d th

e thr

one w

ere t

wen

ty-fo

ur th

rone

s,an

d on

the

thro

nes I

saw

twen

ty-f

our

elde

rs si

t-tin

g, c

loth

ed in

whi

te ro

bes;

and

they

had

cro

wns

of g

old

on th

eir h

eads

. 5

And

fro

m t

he t

hron

e pr

ocee

ded

light

ning

s,th

unde

rings

, and

voi

ces.

Seve

n la

mps

of f

ire w

ere

burn

ing

befo

re th

e th

rone

, whi

ch a

re th

e23se

ven

Spiri

ts o

f God

. 6

Bef

ore

the

thro

ne t

here

was

24a

sea

of g

lass

,lik

e cr

ysta

l. A

nd in

the

mid

st o

f the

thro

ne, a

ndar

ound

the

thro

ne, w

ere

four

livi

ng c

reat

ures

full

of e

yes i

n fr

ont a

nd in

bac

k.

7 T

he f

irst

livin

g cr

eatu

re w

as li

ke a

lion

, the

seco

nd li

ving

cre

atur

e lik

e a

calf,

the

third

livi

ngcr

eatu

re h

ad a

face

like

a m

an, a

nd th

e fo

urth

liv

ing

crea

ture

was

like

a fl

ying

eag

le.

8T

he fo

ur li

ving

cre

atur

es, e

ach

havi

ng si

x w

ings

,w

ere

full

of e

yes a

roun

d an

d w

ithin

. And

they

do

not r

est d

ay o

r nig

ht, s

ayin

g:

“Hol

y, ho

ly, h

oly,

25

Lord

God

Alm

ight

y, W

ho w

as a

nd is

and

is to

com

e!”

9 W

hene

ver t

he li

ving

cre

atur

es g

ive

glor

y an

dho

nor a

nd th

anks

to H

im w

ho si

ts o

n th

e thr

one,

who

live

s for

ever

and

eve

r, 10

the

twen

ty-f

our e

lder

s fal

l dow

n be

fore

Him

who

sits

on

the

thro

ne a

nd w

orsh

ip H

im w

holiv

es fo

reve

r and

ever

, and

cas

t the

ir cr

owns

bef

ore

the

thro

ne, s

ayin

g:

11

“ Y

ou a

re w

orth

y, O

Lor

d,26

To re

ceiv

e glo

ry a

nd h

onor

and

pow

er;

For Y

ou cr

eate

d al

l thi

ngs,

And

by Y

our w

ill th

ey ex

ist27

and

wer

e cre

ated

.”

Rev

elat

ion

5T

he L

amb

Take

s th

e Sc

roll

1 A

nd I

saw

in th

e rig

ht h

and

of H

im w

ho sa

ton

the

thro

ne a

scr

ollw

ritte

n in

side

and

on th

eba

ck, s

eale

d w

ith se

ven

seal

s. 2

The

n I

saw

a st

rong

ang

el p

rocl

aim

ing

with

a lo

ud v

oice

, “W

ho is

wor

thy

to o

pen

the

scro

llan

d to

loos

e its

seal

s?”

3 A

nd n

o on

e in

hea

ven

or o

n th

e ea

rth

orun

der t

he e

arth

was

abl

e to

ope

n th

e sc

roll,

or t

olo

ok a

t it.

4 S

o I

wep

t muc

h, b

ecau

se n

o on

e w

as fo

und

wor

thy

to o

pen

and

read

28th

e sc

roll,

or

to lo

okat

it.

5 B

ut o

ne o

f th

e el

ders

sai

d to

me,

“D

o no

tw

eep.

Beh

old,

the

Lion

of th

e tr

ibe

of Ju

dah,

the

Roo

t of

Dav

id, h

as p

reva

iled

to o

pen

the

scro

llan

d to

loos

e29its

seve

n se

als.”

6

And

I lo

oked

, and

beh

old,

30in

the

mid

st o

fth

e th

rone

and

of t

he fo

ur li

ving

cre

atur

es, a

ndin

the

mid

st o

f th

e el

ders

, st

ood

a La

mb

asth

ough

it h

ad b

een

slain

, hav

ing

seve

n ho

rns a

ndse

ven

eyes

, whi

ch a

re t

he s

even

Spi

rits

of

God

sent

out

into

all

the

eart

h.

7 T

hen

He

cam

e an

d to

ok th

e sc

roll

out o

f the

right

han

d of

Him

who

sat o

n th

e th

rone

.

22 M

-Tex

t om

its A

nd H

e w

ho sa

t the

re w

as (w

hich

mak

es th

ede

scri

ptio

n in

ver

se 3

mod

ify th

e th

rone

rath

er th

an G

od).

23 M

-Tex

t om

its th

e.24

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext a

dd so

met

hing

like

.25

M-T

ext h

as h

oly

nine

tim

es.

26 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d ou

r Lo

rd a

nd G

od.

27 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d ex

isted

.28

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

and

read

.29

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

to lo

ose.

30 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d I

saw

in th

e m

idst

…a

Lam

b sta

ndin

g

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Wor

thy

Is th

e La

mb

8

Now

whe

n H

e ha

d ta

ken

the

scro

ll,th

efo

ur li

ving

cre

atur

es a

nd th

e tw

enty

-fou

r eld

ers

fell

dow

n be

fore

the

Lam

b, e

ach

havi

ng a

har

p,an

d go

lden

bow

ls fu

ll of

ince

nse,

whi

ch a

re th

epr

ayer

s of t

he sa

ints

. 9

A

nd th

ey sa

ng a

new

song

, say

ing:

“You

are

wor

thy

to ta

ke th

e sc

roll,

A

nd to

ope

n its

seal

s; Fo

r You

wer

e sla

in,

And

hav

e re

deem

ed u

s to

God

by

Your

blo

od

Out

of e

very

trib

e an

d to

ngue

an

d pe

ople

and

nat

ion,

10 A

nd h

ave

mad

e us

31ki

ngs32

and

prie

sts t

oou

r God

; A

nd w

e33sh

all r

eign

on

the

eart

h.”

11

The

n I l

ooke

d, a

nd I

hear

d th

e vo

ice

ofm

any

ange

ls ar

ound

the

thro

ne, t

he li

ving

cre

a-tu

res,

and

the

elde

rs; a

nd th

e nu

mbe

r of t

hem

was

ten

thou

sand

tim

es te

n th

ousa

nd, a

ndth

ousa

nds o

f tho

usan

ds,

12 s

ayin

g w

ith a

loud

voi

ce:

“Wor

thy

is th

e La

mb

who

was

slai

n To

rece

ive

pow

er a

nd ri

ches

and

wisd

om,

And

stre

ngth

and

hon

or a

nd g

lory

and

ble

ssin

g!”

13 A

nd e

very

cre

atur

e w

hich

is in

hea

ven

and

on th

e ea

rth

and

unde

r the

ear

th a

nd su

ch a

sar

e in

the

sea,

and

all

that

are

in th

em, I

hea

rdsa

ying

:

“Ble

ssin

g an

d ho

nor a

nd g

lory

and

pow

er

Be

to H

im w

ho si

ts o

n th

e th

rone

, A

nd to

the

Lam

b, fo

reve

r and

eve

r!”34

14

The

n th

e fo

ur li

ving

cre

atur

es sa

id,

“Am

en!”

And

the

twen

ty-fo

ur35

elde

rs fe

ll do

wn

and

wor

ship

ed H

im w

ho li

ves f

orev

er a

nd e

ver.36

Rev

elat

ion

6Fi

rst S

eal:

The

Con

quer

or1

N

ow I

saw

whe

n th

e La

mb

open

ed o

neof

the

seal

s;37an

d I h

eard

one

of t

he fo

ur li

ving

crea

ture

s say

ing

with

a v

oice

like

thun

der,

“Com

e an

d se

e.”

2

And

I lo

oked

, and

beh

old,

a w

hite

hor

se.

He

who

sat o

n it

had

a bo

w; a

nd a

cro

wn

was

give

n to

him

, and

he

wen

t out

con

quer

ing

and

to c

onqu

er.

Seco

nd S

eal:

Con

flict

on

Ear

th3

W

hen

He

open

ed th

e se

cond

seal

, I h

eard

the

seco

nd li

ving

cre

atur

e sa

ying

, “C

ome

and

see.

”38

4

Ano

ther

hor

se, f

iery

red,

wen

t out

. And

itw

as g

rant

ed to

the

one

who

sat o

n it

to ta

kepe

ace

from

the

eart

h, a

nd th

at p

eopl

e sh

ould

kill

one

anot

her;

and

ther

e w

as g

iven

to h

im a

grea

t sw

ord.

Thi

rd S

eal:

Scar

city

on

Ear

th5

W

hen

He

open

ed th

e th

irdse

al, I

hea

rdth

e th

ird li

ving

cre

atur

e sa

y, “

Com

e an

d se

e.”

So I

look

ed, a

nd b

ehol

d, a

bla

ck h

orse

, and

he

who

sat o

n it

had

a pa

ir of

scal

es in

his

hand

. 6

A

nd I

hear

d a

voic

e in

the

mid

st o

f the

four

livi

ng c

reat

ures

sayi

ng, “

A q

uart

39of

whe

atfo

r a d

enar

ius,40

and

thre

e qu

arts

of b

arle

y fo

r ade

nariu

s; an

d do

not

har

m th

e oi

l and

the

win

e.”

Four

th S

eal:

Wid

espr

ead

Dea

th o

n Ea

rth

7

Whe

n H

e op

ened

the

four

thse

al, I

hea

rdth

e vo

ice

of th

e fo

urth

livi

ng c

reat

ure

sayi

ng,

“Com

e an

d se

e.”

8

So

I loo

ked,

and

beh

old,

a p

ale

hors

e. A

ndth

e na

me

of h

im w

ho sa

t on

it w

as D

eath

, and

Had

es fo

llow

ed w

ith h

im. A

nd p

ower

was

give

n to

them

ove

r a fo

urth

of t

he e

arth

, to

kill

with

swor

d, w

ith h

unge

r, w

ith d

eath

, and

by

the

beas

ts o

f the

ear

th.

Fift

h Se

al: T

he C

ry o

f the

Mar

tyrs

9

Whe

n H

e op

ened

the

fifth

seal

, I sa

wun

der t

he a

ltar t

he so

uls o

f tho

se w

ho h

ad b

een

slain

for t

he w

ord

of G

od a

nd fo

r the

test

imon

yw

hich

they

hel

d.

10

And

they

crie

d w

ith a

loud

voi

ce, s

ayin

g,“H

ow lo

ng, O

Lor

d, h

oly

and

true

, unt

il Yo

uju

dge

and

aven

ge o

ur b

lood

on

thos

e w

ho d

wel

lon

the

eart

h?”

11 T

hen

a w

hite

robe

was

giv

en to

eac

h of

them

; and

it w

as sa

id to

them

that

they

shou

ldre

st a

litt

le w

hile

long

er, u

ntil

both

the

num

ber

of th

eir f

ello

w se

rvan

ts a

nd th

eir b

reth

ren,

who

wou

ld b

e ki

lled

as th

ey w

ere,

was

com

plet

ed.

31 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d th

em.

32 N

U-T

ext r

eads

a k

ingd

om.

33 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d th

ey.

34 M

-Tex

t add

s Am

en.

35 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

it tw

enty

-four

.36

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

Him

who

live

s for

ever

and

eve

r.37

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

seve

n se

als..

38 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

itan

d se

e.39

Gre

ek c

hoin

ix; t

hat i

s, ap

prox

imat

ely

one

quar

t40

Thi

s was

app

roxi

mat

ely

one

day’

s wag

e fo

r a

wor

ker.

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41 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

it be

hold

.42

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

the w

hole

moo

n.

Sixt

h Se

al: C

osm

ic D

istu

rban

ces

12 I

look

ed w

hen

He

open

ed th

e six

thse

al,

and

beho

ld,41

ther

e w

as a

gre

at e

arth

quak

e; a

ndth

e su

n be

cam

e bl

ack

as sa

ckcl

oth

of h

air,

and

the

moo

n42be

cam

e lik

e bl

ood.

13

And

the

star

s of h

eave

n fe

ll to

the

eart

h, a

sa

fig tr

ee d

rops

its l

ate

figs w

hen

it is

shak

en b

ya

mig

hty

win

d.

14 T

hen

the

sky

rece

ded

as a

scro

ll w

hen

it is

rolle

d up

, and

eve

ry m

ount

ain

and

islan

d w

asm

oved

out

of i

ts p

lace

. 15

And

the

king

s of t

he e

arth

, the

gre

at m

en,

the

rich

men

, the

com

man

ders

,43th

e m

ight

ym

en, e

very

slav

e an

d ev

ery

free

man

, hid

them

-se

lves

in th

e ca

ves a

nd in

the

rock

s of t

hem

ount

ains

, 16

and

said

to th

e m

ount

ains

and

rock

s, “F

all

on u

s and

hid

e us

from

the

face

of H

im w

hosit

s on

the

thro

ne a

nd fr

om th

e w

rath

of t

heLa

mb!

17

For

the

grea

t day

of H

is w

rath

has c

ome,

and

who

is a

ble

to st

and?

”

Rev

elat

ion

7T

he S

eale

d of

Isr

ael

1

Afte

r the

se th

ings

I sa

w fo

ur a

ngel

s sta

ndin

gat

the

four

cor

ners

of t

he e

arth

, hol

ding

the

four

win

ds o

f the

ear

th, t

hat t

he w

ind

shou

ld n

otbl

ow o

n th

e ea

rth,

on

the

sea,

or o

n an

y tr

ee.

2

The

n I s

aw a

noth

er a

ngel

asc

endi

ng fr

omth

e ea

st, h

avin

g th

e se

al o

f the

livi

ng G

od. A

ndhe

crie

d w

ith a

loud

voi

ce to

the

four

ang

els t

ow

hom

it w

as g

rant

ed to

har

m th

e ea

rth

and

the

sea,

3

sa

ying

, “D

o no

t har

m th

e ea

rth,

the

sea,

or

the

tree

s till

we

have

seal

ed th

e se

rvan

ts o

f our

God

on

thei

r for

ehea

ds.”

4

A

nd I

hear

d th

e nu

mbe

r of t

hose

who

wer

ese

aled

. One

hun

dred

and

fort

y-fo

ur th

ousa

ndof

all

the

trib

es o

f the

chi

ldre

n of

Isra

el w

ere

seal

ed:

5

of th

e tr

ibe

of Ju

dah

t

wel

ve th

ousa

nd w

ere s

eale

d;43

of th

e tr

ibe

of R

eube

n

tw

elve

thou

sand

wer

esea

led;

of

the

trib

e of

Gad

tw

elve

thou

sand

wer

esea

led;

6

of

the

trib

e of

Ash

er

t

wel

ve th

ousa

nd w

eres

eale

d;

of th

e tr

ibe

of N

apht

ali

t

wel

ve th

ousa

nd w

ere s

eale

d;

of th

e tr

ibe

of M

anas

seh

t

wel

ve th

ousa

nd w

ere s

eale

d;

7

of th

e tr

ibe

of S

imeo

n

tw

elve

thou

sand

wer

esea

led;

of

the

trib

e of

Lev

i

tw

elve

thou

sand

wer

esea

led;

of

the

trib

e of

Issa

char

tw

elve

thou

sand

wer

esea

led;

8

of

the

trib

e of

Zeb

ulun

tw

elve

thou

sand

wer

esea

led;

of

the

trib

e of

Jose

ph

t

wel

ve th

ousa

nd w

eres

eale

d;

of th

e tr

ibe

of B

enja

min

tw

elve

thou

sand

wer

esea

led.

A M

ulti

tude

from

the

Gre

at T

ribu

lati

on9

A

fter t

hese

thin

gs I

look

ed, a

nd b

ehol

d, a

grea

t mul

titud

e w

hich

no

one

coul

d nu

mbe

r,of

all n

atio

ns, t

ribes

, peo

ples

, and

tong

ues,

stan

d-in

g be

fore

the

thro

ne a

nd b

efor

e th

e La

mb,

clot

hed

with

whi

te ro

bes,

with

pal

m b

ranc

hes

in th

eir h

ands

, 10

and

cry

ing

out w

ith a

loud

voi

ce, s

ayin

g,“S

alva

tion

belo

ngs t

o ou

r God

who

sits

on

the

thro

ne, a

nd to

the

Lam

b!”

11 A

ll th

e an

gels

stoo

d ar

ound

the

thro

ne a

ndth

e el

ders

and

the

four

livi

ng c

reat

ures

, and

fell

on th

eir f

aces

bef

ore

the

thro

ne a

nd w

orsh

iped

God

, 12

sayi

ng:

“ A

men

! Ble

ssin

g an

d gl

ory

and

wisd

om,

Tha

nksg

ivin

g an

d ho

nor a

nd p

ower

and

mig

ht,

Be

to o

ur G

od fo

reve

r and

eve

r. A

men

.”

13

The

n on

e of

the

elde

rs a

nsw

ered

, say

ing

tom

e, “

Who

are

thes

e ar

raye

d in

whi

te ro

bes,

and

whe

re d

id th

ey c

ome

from

?”

14 A

nd I

said

to h

im, “

Sir,

you

know

.”

So h

e sa

id to

me,

“T

hese

are

the

ones

who

com

e ou

t of t

he g

reat

trib

ulat

ion,

and

was

hed

thei

r rob

es a

nd m

ade

them

whi

te in

the

bloo

dof

the

Lam

b.

15 T

here

fore

they

are

bef

ore

the

thro

ne o

fG

od, a

nd se

rve

Him

day

and

nig

ht in

His

tem

-pl

e. A

nd H

e w

ho si

ts o

n th

e th

rone

will

dw

ell

amon

g th

em.

16 T

hey

shal

l nei

ther

hun

ger a

nym

ore

nor

thirs

t any

mor

e; th

e su

n sh

all n

ot st

rike

them

,no

r any

hea

t; 17

for t

he L

amb

who

is in

the

mid

st o

f the

thro

ne w

ill sh

ephe

rd th

em a

nd le

ad th

em to

livin

g fo

unta

ins o

f wat

ers.46

And

God

will

wip

eaw

ay e

very

tear

from

thei

r eye

s.”

43 I

n N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t wer

e se

aled

is st

ated

onl

y in

ve

rses

5a

and

8c; t

he w

ords

are

und

erst

ood

in th

e re

mai

nder

of th

e pa

ssag

e.44

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

to fo

unta

ins o

f the

wat

ers o

f life

.

The 144,000 and…The Unnumbered ThrongSeventh Seal 8:1, 2


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ptur

e is

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n fr

om th

e N

ew K

ing

Jam

es ©

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980,

198

2 by

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mas

Nel

son,

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. Use

d by

pe

rmis

sion

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Rev

elat

ion

8Se

vent

h Se

al: P

relu

de to

the

Seve

n Tr

umpe

ts1

W

hen

He

open

ed th

e se

vent

h se

al, t

here

was

silen

ce in

hea

ven

for a

bout

hal

f an

hour

. 2

A

nd I

saw

the

seve

n an

gels

who

stan

d be

fore

God

, and

to th

em w

ere

give

n se

ven

trum

pets

. 3

T

hen

anot

her a

ngel

, hav

ing

a go

lden

cen

ser,

cam

e an

d st

ood

at th

e al

tar.

He

was

giv

en m

uch

ince

nse,

that

he

shou

ld o

ffer i

t with

the

pray

ers

of a

ll th

e sa

ints

upo

n th

e go

lden

alta

r whi

ch w

asbe

fore

the

thro

ne.

4

And

the

smok

e of

the

ince

nse,

with

the

pray

ers o

f the

sain

ts, a

scen

ded

befo

re G

od fr

omth

e an

gel’s

han

d.

5

The

n th

e an

gel t

ook

the

cens

er, f

illed

it w

ithfir

e fro

m th

e al

tar,

and

thre

w it

to th

e ea

rth.

And

ther

e w

ere

noise

s, th

unde

rings

, lig

htni

ngs,

and

an e

arth

quak

e.6

So

the

seve

n an

gels

who

had

the

seve

n tr

um-

pets

pre

pare

d th

emse

lves

to so

und.

Firs

t Tru

mpe

t: Ve

geta

tion

Stru

ck7

The

firs

tang

el so

unde

d: A

nd h

ail a

nd fi

re fo

l-lo

wed

, min

gled

with

blo

od, a

nd th

ey w

ere

thro

-w

n to

the

eart

h.45

And

a th

ird o

f the

tree

s wer

ebu

rned

up,

and

all

gree

n gr

ass w

as b

urne

d up

.

Seco

nd T

rum

pet:

The

Sea

s St

ruck

8T

hen

the

seco

ndan

gel s

ound

ed: A

nd so

me-

thin

g lik

e a

grea

t mou

ntai

n bu

rnin

g w

ith fi

rew

as th

row

n in

to th

e se

a, a

nd a

third

of t

he se

abe

cam

e bl

ood.

9

And

a th

ird o

f the

livi

ng c

reat

ures

in th

e se

adi

ed, a

nd a

third

of t

he sh

ips w

ere

dest

roye

d.

Thi

rd T

rum

pet:

The

Wat

ers

Stru

ck10

The

n th

e th

irdan

gel s

ound

ed: A

nd a

gre

atst

ar fe

ll fro

m h

eave

n, b

urni

ng li

ke a

torc

h, a

nd

it fe

ll on

a th

ird o

f the

rive

rs a

nd o

n th

e sp

rings

of w

ater

. 11

The

nam

e of

the

star

is W

orm

woo

d. A

third

of th

e w

ater

s bec

ame

wor

mw

ood,

and

man

ym

en d

ied

from

the

wat

er, b

ecau

se it

was

mad

ebi

tter.

Four

th T

rum

pet:

The

Hea

vens

Str

uck

12

The

n th

e fo

urth

ange

l sou

nded

: And

a th

irdof

the

sun

was

stru

ck, a

third

of t

he m

oon,

and

ath

ird o

f the

star

s, so

that

a th

ird o

f the

m w

ere

dark

ened

. A th

ird o

f the

day

did

not

shin

e, a

ndlik

ewise

the

nigh

t.

13 A

nd I

look

ed, a

nd I

hear

d an

ang

el46

flyi

ngth

roug

h th

e m

idst

of h

eave

n, sa

ying

with

a lo

udvo

ice,

“W

oe, w

oe, w

oe to

the

inha

bita

nts o

f the

eart

h, b

ecau

se o

f the

rem

aini

ng b

last

s of t

hetr

umpe

t of t

he th

ree

ange

ls w

ho a

re a

bout

toso

und!

”

Rev

elat

ion

9Fi

fth

Trum

pet:

The

Loc

usts

fr

om th

e B

otto

mle

ss P

it1

T

hen

the

fifth

ange

l sou

nded

: And

I sa

w a

star

falle

n fro

m h

eave

n to

the

eart

h. T

o hi

m w

asgi

ven

the

key

to th

e bo

ttom

less

pit.

2

A

nd h

e op

ened

the

botto

mle

ss p

it, a

ndsm

oke

aros

e ou

t of t

he p

it lik

e th

e sm

oke

of a

grea

t fur

nace

. So

the

sun

and

the

air w

ere

dark

-en

ed b

ecau

se o

f the

smok

e of

the

pit.

3

The

n ou

t of t

he sm

oke

locu

sts c

ame

upon

the

eart

h. A

nd to

them

was

giv

en p

ower

, as t

hesc

orpi

ons o

f the

ear

th h

ave

pow

er.

4

The

y w

ere

com

man

ded

not t

o ha

rm th

egr

ass o

f the

ear

th, o

r any

gre

en th

ing,

or a

ny tr

ee,

but o

nly

thos

e m

en w

ho d

o no

t hav

e th

e se

al o

fG

od o

n th

eir f

oreh

eads

. 5

A

nd th

ey w

ere

not g

iven

aut

horit

y to

kill

them

, but

to to

rmen

t the

m fo

r fiv

e m

onth

s.T

heir

torm

ent w

as li

ke th

e to

rmen

t of a

sc

orpi

on w

hen

it st

rikes

a m

an.

6

In th

ose

days

men

will

seek

dea

th a

nd w

illno

t fin

d it;

they

will

des

ire to

die

, and

dea

th

will

flee

from

them

.7

T

he sh

ape

of th

e lo

cust

s was

like

hor

ses

prep

ared

for b

attle

. On

thei

r hea

ds w

ere

crow

nsof

som

ethi

ng li

ke g

old,

and

thei

r fac

es w

ere

like

the

face

s of m

en.

8

The

y ha

d ha

ir lik

e w

omen

’s ha

ir, a

nd th

eir

teet

h w

ere

like

lions

’ tee

th.

9

And

they

had

bre

astp

late

s lik

e br

east

plat

es o

firo

n, a

nd th

e so

und

of th

eir w

ings

was

like

the

soun

d of

cha

riots

with

man

y ho

rses

runn

ing

into

battl

e.

10 T

hey

had

tails

like

scor

pion

s, an

d th

ere

wer

e st

ings

in th

eir t

ails.

The

ir po

wer

was

to h

urt

men

five

mon

ths.

11 A

nd th

ey h

ad a

s kin

g ov

er th

em th

e an

gel

of th

e bo

ttom

less

pit,

who

se n

ame

in H

ebre

w is

Aba

ddon

, but

in G

reek

he

has t

he n

ame

Apo

l-ly

on.

12 O

ne w

oe is

pas

t. B

ehol

d, st

ill tw

o m

ore

woe

sar

e co

min

g af

ter t

hese

thin

gs.

45 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t add

and

a th

ird

of th

e ear

th

was

bur

ned

up.

46 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d ea

gle.

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hea

ven

sayi

ng to

me,

49“S

eal u

p th

e th

ings

whi

ch th

e se

ven

thun

ders

utt

ered

, and

do

not

writ

e th

em.”

5 T

he a

ngel

who

m I

saw

stan

ding

on

the

sea

and

on th

e la

nd ra

ised

up h

is ha

nd50

to h

eave

n 6

and

swor

e by

Him

who

live

s for

ever

and

ever

, who

cre

ated

hea

ven

and

the

thin

gs th

at a

rein

it, t

he e

arth

and

the

thin

gs th

at a

re in

it, a

ndth

e se

a an

d th

e th

ings

that

are

in it

, tha

t the

resh

ould

be

dela

y no

long

er,

7 b

ut in

the

days

of t

he so

undi

ng o

f the

seve

nth

ange

l,w

hen

he is

abo

ut to

soun

d, th

em

yste

ry o

f God

wou

ld b

e fin

ished

, as H

e de

-cl

ared

to H

is se

rvan

ts th

e pr

ophe

ts.

John

Eat

s th

e Li

ttle

Boo

k8

The

n th

e vo

ice

whi

ch I

hear

d fr

om h

eave

nsp

oke

to m

e ag

ain

and

said

, “G

o, ta

ke th

e lit

tlebo

ok w

hich

is o

pen

in th

e ha

nd o

f the

ang

elw

ho st

ands

on

the

sea

and

on th

e ea

rth.

” 9

So

I wen

t to

the

ange

l and

said

to h

im,

“Giv

e m

e th

e lit

tle b

ook.

” A

nd h

e sa

id to

me,

“Tak

e an

d ea

t it;

and

it w

ill m

ake

your

stom

ach

bitt

er, b

ut it

will

be

as sw

eet a

s hon

ey in

you

rm

outh

.”

10T

hen

I too

k th

e lit

tle b

ook

out o

f the

ang

el’s

hand

and

ate

it, a

nd it

was

as s

wee

t as h

oney

inm

y m

outh

. But

whe

n I h

ad e

aten

it, m

y st

om-

ach

beca

me

bitt

er.

11A

nd h

e51sa

id to

me,

“Yo

u m

ust p

roph

esy

agai

n ab

out m

any

peop

les,

natio

ns, t

ongu

es,

and

king

s.”

Rev

elat

ion

11T

he T

wo

Wit

ness

es1

The

n I w

as g

iven

a re

ed li

ke a

mea

surin

gro

d. A

nd th

e an

gel s

tood

,52sa

ying

, “R

ise a

ndm

easu

re th

e te

mpl

e of

God

, the

alta

r, an

d th

ose

who

wor

ship

ther

e.

2 B

ut le

ave

out t

he c

ourt

whi

ch is

out

side

the

tem

ple,

and

do

not m

easu

re it

, for

it h

as b

een

give

n to

the

Gen

tiles

. And

they

will

trea

d th

eho

ly c

ity u

nder

foot

for f

orty

-tw

o m

onth

s. 3

And

I w

ill g

ive

pow

er to

my

two

witn

esse

s,an

d th

ey w

ill p

roph

esy

one

thou

sand

two

hun-

dred

and

sixt

y da

ys, c

loth

ed in

sack

clot

h.”

4 T

hese

are

the

two

oliv

e tr

ees a

nd th

e tw

ola

mps

tand

s sta

ndin

g be

fore

the

God

53of

the

eart

h.5

And

if a

nyon

e w

ants

to h

arm

them

, fire

pro

-ce

eds f

rom

thei

r mou

th a

nd d

evou

rs th

eir

Sixt

h Tr

umpe

t: T

he A

ngel

s fr

om th

e Eu

phra

tes

13T

hen

the

sixth

ange

l sou

nded

: And

I he

ard

a vo

ice

from

the

four

hor

ns o

f the

gol

den

alta

rw

hich

is b

efor

e G

od,

14sa

ying

to th

e six

th a

ngel

who

had

the

trum

-pe

t, “R

elea

se th

e fo

ur a

ngel

s who

are

bou

nd a

tth

e gr

eat r

iver

Eup

hrat

es.”

15

So th

e fo

ur a

ngel

s, w

ho h

ad b

een

prep

ared

for t

he h

our a

nd d

ay a

nd m

onth

and

yea

r, w

ere

rele

ased

to k

ill a

third

of m

anki

nd.

16N

ow th

e nu

mbe

r of t

he a

rmy

of th

e ho

rse-

men

was

two

hund

red

mill

ion;

I he

ard

the

num

ber o

f the

m.

17A

nd th

us I

saw

the

hors

es in

the

visio

n:th

ose

who

sat o

n th

em h

ad b

reas

tpla

tes o

f fie

ryre

d, h

yaci

nth

blue

, and

sulfu

r yel

low

; and

the

head

s of t

he h

orse

s wer

e lik

e th

e he

ads o

f lio

ns;

and

out o

f the

ir m

outh

s cam

e fir

e, sm

oke,

and

brim

ston

e.

18B

y th

ese

thre

e pl

ague

s a th

ird o

f man

kind

was

kill

ed—

by th

e fir

e an

d th

e sm

oke

and

the

brim

ston

e w

hich

cam

e ou

t of t

heir

mou

ths.

19Fo

r the

ir po

wer

47is

in th

eir m

outh

and

inth

eir t

ails;

for t

heir

tails

are

like

serp

ents

, hav

ing

head

s; an

d w

ith th

em th

ey d

o ha

rm.

20B

ut th

e re

st o

f man

kind

, who

wer

e no

tki

lled

by th

ese

plag

ues,

did

not r

epen

t of t

hew

orks

of t

heir

hand

s, th

at th

ey sh

ould

not

wor

-sh

ip d

emon

s, an

d id

ols o

f gol

d, si

lver

, bra

ss,

ston

e, a

nd w

ood,

whi

ch c

an n

eith

er se

e no

rhe

ar n

or w

alk.

21

And

they

did

not

repe

nt o

f the

ir m

urde

rs o

rth

eir s

orce

ries48

or th

eir s

exua

l im

mor

ality

or

thei

r the

fts.

Rev

elat

ion

10T

he M

ight

y A

ngel

wit

h th

e Li

ttle

Boo

k1

I sa

w st

ill a

noth

er m

ight

y an

gel c

omin

gdo

wn

from

hea

ven,

clo

thed

with

a c

loud

. And

a ra

inbo

w w

as o

n hi

s hea

d, h

is fa

ce w

as li

ke th

esu

n, a

nd h

is fe

et li

ke p

illar

s of f

ire.

2 H

e ha

d a

little

boo

k op

en in

his

hand

. And

he se

t his

right

foot

on

the

sea

and

his l

eft f

oot

on th

e la

nd,

3 a

nd c

ried

with

a lo

ud v

oice

, as w

hen

a lio

nro

ars.

Whe

n he

crie

d ou

t, se

ven

thun

ders

ut-

tere

d th

eir v

oice

s. 4

Now

whe

n th

e se

ven

thun

ders

utte

red

thei

rvo

ices

, I w

as a

bout

to w

rite;

but

I he

ard

a vo

ice

47 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d th

e pow

er o

f the

hor

ses.

48 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d dr

ugs.

49 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

itto

me.

50 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d ri

ght h

and.

51 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

dth

ey.

52 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

it An

d th

e ang

el sto

od.

53 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d Lo

rd.

‡ ‡

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enem

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And

if a

nyon

e w

ants

to h

arm

them

,he

mus

t be

kille

d in

this

man

ner.

6 T

hese

hav

e po

wer

to sh

ut h

eave

n, so

that

no ra

in fa

lls in

the

days

of t

heir

prop

hecy

; and

they

hav

e po

wer

ove

r wat

ers t

o tu

rn th

em to

bloo

d, a

nd to

strik

e th

e ea

rth

with

all

plag

ues,

as o

ften

as th

ey d

esire

.

The

Wit

ness

es K

illed

7 W

hen

they

fini

sh th

eir t

estim

ony,

the

beas

tth

at a

scen

ds o

ut o

f the

bot

tom

less

pit

will

mak

ew

ar a

gain

st th

em, o

verc

ome

them

, and

kill

them

. 8

And

thei

r dea

d bo

dies

will

lie

in th

e st

reet

of th

e gr

eat c

ity w

hich

spiri

tual

ly is

cal

led

Sodo

m a

nd E

gypt

, whe

re a

lso o

ur54

Lord

was

cruc

ified

. 9

The

n th

ose

from

the

peop

les,

trib

es,

tong

ues,

and

natio

ns w

ill se

e th

eir d

ead

bodi

esth

ree-

and-

a-ha

lf da

ys, a

nd n

ot a

llow

thei

r dea

dbo

dies

to b

e pu

t int

o gr

aves

. 10

And

thos

e w

ho d

wel

l on

the

eart

h w

ill re

-jo

ice

over

them

, mak

e m

erry

, and

send

gift

s to

one

anot

her,

beca

use

thes

e tw

o pr

ophe

ts to

r-m

ente

d th

ose

who

dw

ell o

n th

e ea

rth.

The

Wit

ness

es R

esur

rect

ed11

Now

afte

r the

thre

e-an

d-a-

half

days

the

brea

th o

f life

from

God

ent

ered

them

, and

they

stoo

d on

thei

r fee

t, an

d gr

eat f

ear f

ell o

n th

ose

who

saw

them

. 12

And

they

55he

ard

a lo

ud v

oice

from

hea

ven

sayi

ng to

them

, “C

ome

up h

ere.

” A

nd th

ey a

s-ce

nded

to h

eave

n in

a c

loud

, and

thei

r ene

mie

ssa

w th

em.

13In

the

sam

e ho

ur th

ere

was

a g

reat

ear

th-

quak

e, a

nd a

tent

h of

the

city

fell.

In th

e ea

rth-

quak

e se

ven

thou

sand

peo

ple

wer

e ki

lled,

and

the

rest

wer

e af

raid

and

gav

e gl

ory

to th

e G

odof

hea

ven.

14

The

seco

nd w

oeis

past

. Beh

old,

the

third

woe

is c

omin

g qu

ickl

y.

Seve

nth

Trum

pet:

The

Kin

gdom

Pro

clai

med

15T

hen

the

seve

nth

ange

l sou

nded

: And

ther

ew

ere

loud

voi

ces i

n he

aven

, say

ing,

“T

he k

ing-

dom

s56 o

f thi

s wor

ld h

ave

beco

me

the k

ingd

oms

of o

ur L

ord

and

of H

is C

hrist

, and

He

shal

lre

ign

fore

ver a

nd e

ver!”

16

And

the

twen

ty-f

our e

lder

s who

sat b

efor

e

God

on

thei

r thr

ones

fell

on th

eir f

aces

and

wor

ship

ed G

od,

17 sa

ying

:

“ W

e gi

ve Y

ou th

anks

, O L

ord

God

Alm

ight

y,

The

One

who

is a

nd w

ho w

as

and

who

is to

com

e,57

Bec

ause

You

hav

e ta

ken

Your

gre

at

pow

er a

nd re

igne

d.

18T

he n

atio

ns w

ere

angr

y, a

nd

Yo

ur w

rath

has

com

e ,

And

the

time

of th

e de

ad, t

hat

they

shou

ld b

e ju

dged

, A

nd th

at Y

ou sh

ould

rew

ard

Your

se

rvan

ts th

e pr

ophe

ts a

nd th

e sa

ints

, A

nd th

ose

who

fear

You

r nam

e,

smal

l and

gre

at,

And

shou

ld d

estr

oy th

ose

who

de

stro

y th

e ea

rth.

”

19 T

hen

the

tem

ple

of G

od w

as o

pene

d in

heav

en, a

nd th

e ar

k of

His

cove

nant

58w

as se

enin

His

tem

ple.

And

ther

e w

ere

light

ning

s, no

ises,

thun

derin

gs, a

n ea

rthq

uake

,and

gre

at h

ail.

Rev

elat

ion

12T

he W

oman

, the

Chi

ld, a

nd th

e D

rago

n1

Now

a g

reat

sign

app

eare

d in

hea

ven:

aw

oman

clo

thed

with

the

sun,

with

the

moo

nun

der h

er fe

et, a

nd o

n he

r hea

d a

garla

nd o

ftw

elve

star

s. 2

The

n be

ing

with

chi

ld, s

he c

ried

out i

nla

bor a

nd in

pai

n to

giv

e bi

rth.

3 A

nd a

noth

er si

gn a

ppea

red

in h

eave

n: b

e-ho

ld, a

gre

at, f

iery

red

drag

on h

avin

g se

ven

head

s and

ten

horn

s, an

d se

ven

diad

ems o

n hi

she

ads.

4 H

is ta

il dr

ew a

third

of t

he st

ars o

f hea

ven

and

thre

w th

em to

the

eart

h. A

nd th

e dr

agon

stoo

d be

fore

the

wom

an w

ho w

as re

ady

to g

ive

birt

h, to

dev

our h

er C

hild

as s

oon

as it

was

born

. 5

She

bor

e a

mal

e C

hild

who

was

to ru

le a

llna

tions

with

a ro

d of

iron

. And

her

Chi

ld w

asca

ught

up

to G

od a

nd H

is th

rone

. 6

The

n th

e w

oman

fled

into

the

wild

erne

ss,

whe

re sh

e ha

s a p

lace

pre

pare

d by

God

, tha

tth

ey sh

ould

feed

her

ther

e on

e th

ousa

nd tw

ohu

ndre

d an

d six

ty d

ays.

Sata

n T

hrow

n O

ut o

f Hea

ven

7 A

nd w

ar b

roke

out

in h

eave

n: M

icha

el a

ndhi

s ang

els f

ough

t with

the

drag

on; a

nd th

edr

agon

and

his

ange

ls fo

ught

,54

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

thei

r.55

M-T

ext r

eads

I.56

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

king

dom

…ha

s bec

ome.

57 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

it an

d w

ho is

to co

me.

58 M

-Tex

t rea

ds th

e cov

enan

t of t

he L

ord.

Pivotal Point: Pre-wrath Rapture (Se also 7:14 & 11:11-13)

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id n

ot p

reva

il, n

or w

as a

pla

cefo

und

for t

hem

59in

hea

ven

any

long

er.

9 S

o th

e gr

eat d

rago

n w

as c

ast o

ut, t

hat s

er-

pent

of o

ld, c

alle

d th

e D

evil

and

Sata

n, w

hode

ceiv

es th

e w

hole

wor

ld; h

e w

as c

ast t

o th

eea

rth,

and

his

ange

ls w

ere

cast

out

with

him

. 10

The

n I h

eard

a lo

ud v

oice

sayi

ng in

hea

ven,

“Now

salv

atio

n, a

nd st

reng

th, a

nd th

e ki

ngdo

mof

our

God

, and

the

pow

er o

f His

Chr

ist h

ave

com

e, fo

r the

acc

user

of o

ur b

reth

ren,

who

ac-

cuse

d th

em b

efor

e ou

r God

day

and

nig

ht, h

asbe

en c

ast d

own.

11

And

they

ove

rcam

e hi

m b

y th

e bl

ood

of th

eLa

mb

and

by th

e w

ord

of th

eir t

estim

ony,

and

they

did

not

love

thei

r liv

es to

the

deat

h. 1

2T

here

fore

rejo

ice,

O h

eave

ns, a

nd y

ou w

hodw

ell i

n th

em! W

oe to

the

inha

bita

nts o

f the

eart

h an

d th

e se

a! F

or th

e de

vil h

as c

ome

dow

nto

you

, hav

ing

grea

t wra

th, b

ecau

se h

e kn

ows

that

he

has a

shor

t tim

e.”

The

Wom

an P

erse

cute

d13

Now

whe

n th

e dr

agon

saw

that

he

had

been

cas

t to

the

eart

h, h

e pe

rsec

uted

the

wom

an w

ho g

ave

birt

h to

the

mal

e C

hild

. 14

But

the

wom

an w

as g

iven

two

win

gs o

f agr

eat e

agle

, tha

t she

mig

ht fl

y in

to th

e w

ilder

-ne

ss to

her

pla

ce, w

here

she

is no

urish

ed fo

r atim

e an

d tim

es a

nd h

alf a

tim

e, fr

om th

e pr

es-

ence

of t

he se

rpen

t. 15

So

the

serp

ent s

pew

ed w

ater

out

of h

ism

outh

like

a fl

ood

afte

r the

wom

an, t

hat h

em

ight

cau

se h

er to

be

carr

ied

away

by

the

flood

. 16

But

the

eart

h he

lped

the

wom

an, a

nd th

eea

rth

open

ed it

s mou

th a

nd sw

allo

wed

up

the

flood

whi

ch th

e dr

agon

had

spew

ed o

ut o

f his

mou

th.

17A

nd th

e dr

agon

was

enr

aged

with

the

wom

an, a

nd h

e w

ent t

o m

ake

war

with

the

rest

of h

er o

ffspr

ing,

who

kee

p th

e co

mm

andm

ents

of G

od a

nd h

ave

the

test

imon

y of

Jesu

sC

hrist

.60

Rev

elat

ion

13T

he B

east

from

the

Sea

1T

hen

I61st

ood

on th

e sa

nd o

f the

sea.

And

Isa

w a

bea

st ri

sing

up o

ut o

f the

sea,

hav

ing

seve

nhe

ads a

nd te

n ho

rns,62

and

on h

is ho

rns t

encr

owns

, and

on

his h

eads

a b

lasp

hem

ous n

ame.

2 N

ow th

e be

ast w

hich

I sa

w w

as li

ke a

leop

-ar

d, h

is fe

et w

ere

like

the

feet

of a

bea

r, an

d hi

sm

outh

like

the

mou

th o

f a li

on. T

he d

rago

nga

ve h

im h

is po

wer

, his

thro

ne, a

nd g

reat

au-

thor

ity.

3 A

nd I

saw

one

of h

is he

ads a

s if i

t had

bee

nm

orta

lly w

ound

ed, a

nd h

is de

adly

wou

nd w

ashe

aled

. And

all

the

wor

ld m

arve

led

and

fol-

low

ed th

e be

ast.

4 S

o th

ey w

orsh

iped

the

drag

on w

ho g

ave

au-

thor

ity to

the

beas

t; an

d th

ey w

orsh

iped

the

beas

t, sa

ying

, “W

ho is

like

the

beas

t? W

ho is

able

to m

ake

war

with

him

?”5

And

he

was

giv

en a

mou

th sp

eaki

ng g

reat

thin

gs a

nd b

lasp

hem

ies,

and

he w

as g

iven

au-

thor

ity to

con

tinue

62fo

r for

ty-t

wo

mon

ths.

6 T

hen

he o

pene

d hi

s mou

th in

bla

sphe

my

agai

nst G

od, t

o bl

asph

eme

His

nam

e, H

is ta

bern

acle

, and

thos

e w

ho d

wel

l in

heav

en.

7 I

t was

gra

nted

to h

im to

mak

e w

ar w

ith th

esa

ints

and

to o

verc

ome

them

. And

aut

horit

yw

as g

iven

him

ove

r eve

ry tr

ibe,

63to

ngue

, and

natio

n.

8 A

ll w

ho d

wel

l on

the

eart

h w

ill w

orsh

iphi

m, w

hose

nam

es h

ave

not b

een

writ

ten

in th

eB

ook

of L

ife o

f the

Lam

b sla

in fr

om th

e fo

un-

datio

n of

the

wor

ld.

9 I

f any

one

has a

n ea

r, le

t him

hea

r. 10

He

who

lead

s int

o ca

ptiv

ity sh

all g

o in

toca

ptiv

ity; h

e w

ho k

ills w

ith th

e sw

ord

mus

t be

kille

d w

ith th

e sw

ord.

Her

e is

the

patie

nce

and

the

faith

of t

he sa

ints

.

The

Bea

st fr

om th

e E

arth

11T

hen

I saw

ano

ther

bea

stco

min

g up

out

of

the

eart

h, a

nd h

e ha

d tw

o ho

rns l

ike

a la

mb

and

spok

e lik

e a

drag

on.

12A

nd h

e ex

erci

ses a

ll th

e au

thor

ity o

f the

firs

tbe

ast i

n hi

s pre

senc

e, a

nd c

ause

s the

ear

th a

ndth

ose

who

dw

ell i

n it

to w

orsh

ip th

e fir

st b

east

,w

hose

dea

dly

wou

nd w

as h

eale

d.

13H

e pe

rfor

ms g

reat

sign

s, so

that

he

even

mak

es fi

re c

ome

dow

n fr

om h

eave

n on

the

eart

h in

the

sight

of m

en.

14A

nd h

e de

ceiv

es th

ose64

who

dw

ell o

n th

eea

rth

by th

ose

signs

whi

ch h

e w

as g

rant

ed to

do

in th

e sig

ht o

f the

bea

st, t

ellin

g th

ose

who

dw

ell

on th

e ea

rth

to m

ake

an im

age

to th

e be

ast w

how

as w

ound

ed b

y th

e sw

ord

and

lived

.

59 M

-Tex

t rea

ds h

im.

60 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

it C

hrist

.61

NU

-Tex

t rea

ds h

e.

62 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

dte

n ho

rns a

nd se

ven

head

s.63

M-T

ext r

eads

mak

e war

.64

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext a

ddan

d pe

ople.

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32

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ptur

e is

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n fr

om th

e N

ew K

ing

Jam

es ©

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980,

198

2 by

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mas

Nel

son,

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. Use

d by

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U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d th

e.66

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext a

ddH

is na

me a

nd.

67 M

-Tex

t add

sby

Jesu

s.

15H

e w

as g

rant

ed p

ower

to g

ive

brea

th to

the

imag

e of

the

beas

t, th

at th

e im

age

of th

e be

ast

shou

ld b

oth

spea

k an

d ca

use

as m

any

as w

ould

not w

orsh

ip th

e im

age

of th

e be

ast t

o be

kill

ed.

16H

e ca

uses

all,

bot

h sm

all a

nd g

reat

, ric

h an

dpo

or, f

ree

and

slave

, to

rece

ive

a m

ark

on th

eir

right

han

d or

on

thei

r for

ehea

ds,

17an

d th

at n

o on

e m

ay b

uy o

r sel

l exc

ept o

new

ho h

as th

e m

ark

or th

e na

me

of th

e be

ast,

orth

e nu

mbe

r of h

is na

me.

18

Her

e is

wisd

om. L

et h

im w

ho h

as u

nder

-st

andi

ng c

alcu

late

the

num

ber o

f the

bea

st, f

orit

is th

e nu

mbe

r of a

man

: His

num

ber i

s 666

.

Rev

elat

ion

14T

he L

amb

and

the

144,

000

1 T

hen

I loo

ked,

and

beh

old,

a65

Lam

bst

andi

ng o

n M

ount

Zio

n, a

nd w

ith H

im o

nehu

ndre

d an

d fo

rty-

four

thou

sand

, hav

ing66

His

Fath

er’s

nam

e w

ritte

n on

thei

r for

ehea

ds.

2 A

nd I

hear

d a

voic

e fr

om h

eave

n, li

ke th

evo

ice

of m

any

wat

ers,

and

like

the

voic

e of

loud

thun

der.

And

I he

ard

the

soun

d of

har

pist

spl

ayin

g th

eir h

arps

. 3

The

y sa

ng a

s it w

ere

a ne

w so

ng b

efor

e th

eth

rone

, bef

ore

the

four

livi

ng c

reat

ures

, and

the

elde

rs; a

nd n

o on

e co

uld

lear

n th

at so

ng e

xcep

tth

e hu

ndre

d an

d fo

rty-

four

thou

sand

who

wer

ere

deem

ed fr

om th

e ea

rth.

4

The

se a

re th

e on

es w

ho w

ere

not d

efile

dw

ith w

omen

, for

they

are

virg

ins.

The

se a

re th

eon

es w

ho fo

llow

the

Lam

b w

here

ver H

e go

es.

The

se w

ere

rede

emed

67fr

om a

mon

g m

en,

bein

g fir

stfr

uits

to G

od a

nd to

the

Lam

b.

5 A

nd in

thei

r mou

th w

as fo

und

no d

ecei

t,68

for t

hey

are

with

out f

ault

befo

re th

e th

rone

of

God

.69

The

Pro

clam

atio

ns o

f Thr

ee A

ngel

s6

The

n I s

aw a

noth

er a

ngel

flyin

g in

the

mid

st o

f hea

ven,

hav

ing

the

ever

last

ing

gosp

elto

pre

ach

to th

ose

who

dw

ell o

n th

e ea

rth—

toev

ery

natio

n, tr

ibe,

tong

ue, a

nd p

eopl

e—

7 s

ayin

g w

ith a

loud

voi

ce, “

Fear

God

and

give

glo

ry to

Him

, for

the

hour

of H

is ju

dg-

men

t has

com

e; a

nd w

orsh

ip H

im w

ho m

ade

heav

en a

nd e

arth

, the

sea

and

sprin

gs o

f wat

er.”

8

A

nd a

noth

er a

ngel

follo

wed

, say

ing,

“Bab

ylon

70is

falle

n, is

falle

n, th

at g

reat

city

, be-

caus

e sh

e ha

s mad

e al

l nat

ions

drin

k of

the

win

eof

the

wra

th o

f her

forn

icat

ion.

” 9

T

hen

a th

ird a

ngel

follo

wed

them

, say

ing

with

a lo

ud v

oice

, “If

any

one

wor

ship

s the

bea

stan

d hi

s im

age,

and

rece

ives

his

mar

k on

his

fore

head

or o

n hi

s han

d,

10 h

e hi

mse

lf sh

all a

lso d

rink

of th

e w

ine

ofth

e w

rath

of G

od, w

hich

is p

oure

d ou

t ful

lst

reng

th in

to th

e cu

p of

His

indi

gnat

ion.

He

shal

l be

torm

ente

d w

ith fi

re a

nd b

rimst

one

inth

e pr

esen

ce o

f the

hol

y an

gels

and

in th

e pr

es-

ence

of t

he L

amb.

11

And

the

smok

e of

thei

r tor

men

t asc

ends

fore

ver a

nd e

ver;

and

they

hav

e no

rest

day

or

nigh

t, w

ho w

orsh

ip th

e be

ast a

nd h

is im

age,

and

who

ever

rece

ives

the

mar

k of

his

nam

e.”

12 H

ere

is th

e pa

tienc

e of

the

sain

ts; h

ere

are

thos

e71w

ho k

eep

the

com

man

dmen

ts o

f God

and

the

faith

of J

esus

. 13

The

n I h

eard

a v

oice

from

hea

ven

sayi

ngto

me,

72“W

rite:

‘Ble

ssed

are

the

dead

who

die

in th

e Lo

rd fr

om n

ow o

n.’”

“Ye

s,” sa

ys th

eSp

irit,

“tha

t the

y m

ay re

st fr

om th

eir l

abor

s,an

d th

eir w

orks

follo

w th

em.”

Rea

ping

the

Ear

th’s

Har

vest

14 T

hen

I loo

ked,

and

beh

old,

a w

hite

clo

ud,

and

on th

e cl

oud

sat O

ne li

ke th

e So

n of

Man

,ha

ving

on

His

head

a g

olde

n cr

own,

and

in H

isha

nd a

shar

p sic

kle.

15

And

ano

ther

ang

elca

me

out o

f the

tem

ple,

cryi

ng w

ith a

loud

voi

ce to

Him

who

sat o

n th

ecl

oud,

“T

hrus

t in

Your

sick

le a

nd re

ap, f

or th

etim

e ha

s com

e fo

r You

73to

reap

, for

the

harv

est

of th

e ea

rth

is rip

e.”

16 S

o H

e w

ho sa

t on

the

clou

d th

rust

in H

issic

kle

on th

e ea

rth,

and

the

eart

h w

as re

aped

.

Rea

ping

the

Gra

pes

of W

rath

17

The

n an

othe

r ang

elca

me

out o

f the

te

mpl

e w

hich

is in

hea

ven,

he

also

hav

ing

a sh

arp

sickl

e.

18 A

nd a

noth

er a

ngel

cam

e ou

t fro

m th

eal

tar,

who

had

pow

er o

ver f

ire, a

nd h

e cr

ied

with

a lo

ud c

ry to

him

who

had

the

shar

p

68 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

dfa

lseho

od.

69 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

itbe

fore

the t

hron

e of G

od.

70 N

U-T

ext r

eads

Baby

lon

the g

reat

is fa

llen,

is fa

llen,

whi

ch h

asm

ade;

M-T

ext r

eads

Bab

ylon

the g

reat

is fa

llen.

She

has

mad

e.71

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

here

are

thos

e.72

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

to m

e.73

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

for Y

ou.

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e is

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om th

e N

ew K

ing

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es ©

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980,

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sickl

e, sa

ying

, “T

hrus

t in

your

shar

p sic

kle

and

gath

er th

e cl

uste

rs o

f the

vin

e of

the

eart

h, fo

rhe

r gra

pes a

re fu

lly ri

pe.”

19

So th

e an

gel t

hrus

t his

sickl

e in

to th

e ea

rth

and

gath

ered

the

vine

of t

he e

arth

, and

thre

w it

into

the

grea

t win

epre

ss o

f the

wra

th o

f God

.20

And

the

win

epre

ss w

as tr

ampl

ed o

utsid

eth

e ci

ty, a

nd b

lood

cam

e ou

t of t

he w

inep

ress

,up

to th

e ho

rses

’ brid

les,

for o

ne th

ousa

nd si

xhu

ndre

d fu

rlong

s.

Rev

elat

ion

15Pr

elud

e to

the

Bow

l Jud

gmen

ts

1 T

hen

I saw

ano

ther

sign

in h

eave

n, g

reat

and

mar

velo

us: s

even

ang

els h

avin

g th

e se

ven

last

pla

gues

, for

in th

em th

e w

rath

of G

od is

com

plet

e.2

And

I sa

w so

met

hing

like

a se

a of

gla

ss m

in-

gled

with

fire

, and

thos

e w

ho h

ave

the

vict

ory

over

the

beas

t,ov

er h

is im

age

and

over

his m

ark74

and

over

the

num

ber o

f his

nam

e,st

andi

ng o

n th

e se

a of

gla

ss, h

avin

g ha

rps o

fG

od.

3 T

hey

sing

the

song

of M

oses

, the

serv

ant o

fG

od, a

nd th

e so

ng o

f the

Lam

b, sa

ying

:

“Gre

at a

nd m

arve

lous

are

You

r wor

ks,

Lord

God

Alm

ight

y!

Just

and

true

are

You

r way

s, O

Kin

g of

the

sain

ts!75

4W

ho sh

all n

ot fe

ar Y

ou, O

Lor

d,

and

glor

ify Y

our n

ame?

Fo

r You

alo

ne a

re h

oly.

Fo

r all

natio

ns sh

all c

ome

and

wor

ship

bef

ore

You,

Fo

r You

r jud

gmen

ts h

ave

been

man

ifest

ed.”

5 A

fter t

hese

thin

gs I

look

ed, a

nd b

ehol

d,76

the

tem

ple

of th

e ta

bern

acle

of t

he te

stim

ony

inhe

aven

was

ope

ned.

6

And

out

of t

he te

mpl

e ca

me

the

seve

n an

-ge

lsha

ving

the

seve

n pl

ague

s, cl

othe

d in

pur

ebr

ight

line

n, a

nd h

avin

g th

eir c

hest

s gi

rded

with

gol

den

band

s. 7

The

n on

e of

the

four

livi

ng c

reat

ures

gav

eto

the

seve

n an

gels

seve

n go

lden

bow

ls fu

ll of

the

wra

th o

f God

who

live

s for

ever

and

eve

r. 8

The

tem

ple

was

fille

d w

ith sm

oke

from

the

glor

y of

God

and

from

His

pow

er, a

nd n

o on

ew

as a

ble

to e

nter

the

tem

ple

till t

he se

ven

plag

ues o

f the

seve

n an

gels

wer

e co

mpl

eted

.

Rev

elat

ion

161

The

n I h

eard

a lo

ud v

oice

from

the

tem

ple

sayi

ng to

the

seve

n an

gels,

“G

o an

d po

ur o

utth

e bo

wls77

of t

he w

rath

of G

odon

the

eart

h.”

Firs

t Bow

l: Lo

aths

ome

Sore

s2

So

the

first

wen

t and

pou

red

out h

is bo

wl

upon

the

eart

h, a

nd a

foul

and

loat

hsom

e so

reca

me

upon

the

men

who

had

the

mar

k of

the

beas

t and

thos

e w

ho w

orsh

iped

his

imag

e.

Seco

nd B

owl:

The

Sea

Tur

ns to

Blo

od3

The

n th

e se

cond

ange

l pou

red

out h

is bo

wl

on th

e se

a, a

nd it

bec

ame

bloo

d as

of a

dea

dm

an; a

nd e

very

livi

ng c

reat

ure

in th

e se

a di

ed.

Thi

rd B

owl:

The

Wat

ers T

urn

to B

lood

4 T

hen

the

third

ange

l pou

red

out h

is bo

wl

on th

e riv

ers a

nd sp

rings

of w

ater

, and

they

be-

cam

e bl

ood.

5

And

I he

ard

the

ange

l of t

he w

ater

s say

ing:

“ Yo

u ar

e rig

hteo

us, O

Lor

d,78

The

One

who

is a

nd w

ho w

as

and

who

is to

be,

Bec

ause

You

hav

e ju

dged

thes

e th

ings

. 6

For t

hey

have

shed

the

bloo

d of

sain

ts a

nd p

roph

ets,

And

You

hav

e gi

ven

them

blo

od to

drin

k.

For i

t is t

heir

just

due

.”

7 A

nd I

hear

d an

othe

r fro

m79

the

alta

r say

ing,

“Eve

n so

, Lor

d G

od A

lmig

hty,

true

and

righ

t-eo

us a

re Y

our j

udgm

ents

.”

Four

th B

owl:

Men

Are

Sco

rche

d8

The

n th

e fo

urth

ange

l pou

red

out h

is bo

wl

on th

e su

n, a

nd p

ower

was

giv

en to

him

tosc

orch

men

with

fire

. 9

And

men

wer

e sc

orch

ed w

ith g

reat

hea

t,an

d th

ey b

lasp

hem

ed th

e na

me

of G

od w

hoha

s pow

er o

ver t

hese

pla

gues

; and

they

did

not

repe

nt a

nd g

ive

Him

glo

ry.

Fift

h B

owl:

Dar

knes

s an

d Pa

in10

The

n th

e fif

than

gel p

oure

d ou

t his

bow

l on

the

thro

ne o

f the

bea

st, a

nd h

is ki

ngdo

m b

e-ca

me

full

of d

arkn

ess;

and

they

gna

wed

74 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

it ov

er h

is m

ark.

75 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d na

tions

.76

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

beho

ld.

77 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d se

ven

bow

ls.78

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

O L

ord.

79 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d w

ho w

as, t

he H

oly

One

.

‡‡


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ew K

ing

Jam

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thei

r ton

gues

bec

ause

of t

he p

ain.

11

The

y bl

asph

emed

the

God

of h

eave

n be

-ca

use

of th

eir p

ains

and

thei

r sor

es, a

nd d

id n

otre

pent

of t

heir

deed

s.

Sixt

h B

owl:

Euph

rate

s D

ried

Up

12T

hen

the

sixth

ange

l pou

red

out h

is bo

wl

on th

e gr

eat r

iver

Eup

hrat

es, a

nd it

s wat

er w

asdr

ied

up, s

o th

at th

e w

ay o

f the

kin

gs fr

om th

eea

st m

ight

be

prep

ared

. 13

And

I sa

w th

ree

uncl

ean

spiri

ts li

ke fr

ogs

com

ing

out o

f the

mou

th o

f the

dra

gon,

out

of

the

mou

th o

f the

bea

st, a

nd o

ut o

f the

mou

thof

the

false

pro

phet

. 14

For t

hey

are

spiri

ts o

f dem

ons,

perf

orm

ing

signs

, whi

ch g

o ou

t to

the

king

s of t

he e

arth

and80

of th

e w

hole

wor

ld, t

o ga

ther

them

to th

eba

ttle

of t

hat g

reat

day

of G

od A

lmig

hty.

15

“Beh

old,

I am

com

ing

as a

thie

f. B

less

ed is

he w

ho w

atch

es, a

nd k

eeps

his

garm

ents

, les

t he

wal

k na

ked

and

they

see

his s

ham

e.”

16A

nd th

ey g

athe

red

them

toge

ther

to th

epl

ace

calle

d in

Heb

rew

, Arm

aged

don.

81

Seve

nth

Bow

l: T

he E

arth

Utt

erly

Sha

ken

17T

hen

the

seve

nth

ange

l pou

red

out h

isbo

wl i

nto

the

air,

and

a lo

ud v

oice

cam

e ou

t of

the

tem

ple

of h

eave

n, fr

om th

e th

rone

, say

ing,

“It i

s don

e!”

18A

nd th

ere

wer

e no

ises a

nd th

unde

rings

and

light

ning

s; an

d th

ere

was

a g

reat

ear

thqu

ake,

such

a m

ight

y an

d gr

eat e

arth

quak

e as

had

not

occu

rred

sinc

e m

en w

ere

on th

e ea

rth.

19N

ow th

e gr

eat c

ity w

as d

ivid

ed in

to th

ree

part

s, an

d th

e ci

ties o

f the

nat

ions

fell.

And

grea

t Bab

ylon

was

rem

embe

red

befo

re G

od, t

ogi

ve h

er th

e cu

p of

the

win

e of

the

fierc

enes

s of

His

wra

th.

20T

hen

ever

y isl

and

fled

away

, and

the

mou

n-ta

ins w

ere

not f

ound

. 21

And

gre

at h

ail f

rom

hea

ven

fell

upon

men

,ea

ch h

ailst

one

abou

t the

wei

ght o

f a ta

lent

.M

en b

lasp

hem

ed G

od b

ecau

se o

f the

pla

gue

ofth

e ha

il, si

nce

that

pla

gue

was

exc

eedi

ngly

grea

t.

Rev

elat

ion

17T

he S

carl

et W

oman

and

the

Scar

let B

east

1 T

hen

one

of th

e se

ven

ange

ls w

ho h

ad th

ese

ven

bow

ls ca

me

and

talk

ed w

ith m

e, sa

ying

to

me,

82“C

ome,

I w

ill sh

ow y

ou th

e ju

dgm

ent o

fth

e gr

eat h

arlo

t who

sits

on

man

y w

ater

s, 2

with

who

m th

e ki

ngso

f the

ear

th c

omm

it-te

d fo

rnic

atio

n, a

nd th

e in

habi

tant

s of t

he e

arth

wer

e m

ade

drun

k w

ith th

e w

ine

of h

er fo

rnic

a-tio

n.”

3 S

o he

car

ried

me

away

in th

e Sp

irit i

nto

the

wild

erne

ss. A

nd I

saw

a w

oman

sitt

ing

on a

scar

let b

east

whi

ch w

as fu

ll of

nam

es o

f bla

s-ph

emy,

hav

ing

seve

n he

ads a

nd te

n ho

rns.

4 T

he w

oman

was

arr

ayed

in p

urpl

e an

d sc

ar-

let,

and

ador

ned

with

gol

d an

d pr

ecio

us st

ones

and

pear

ls, h

avin

g in

her

han

d a

gold

en c

up fu

llof

abo

min

atio

ns a

nd th

e fil

thin

ess o

f her

forn

i-ca

tion.

83

5 A

nd o

n he

r for

ehea

d a

nam

e w

as w

ritte

n:

MYS

TE

RY,

B

AB

YLO

N T

HE

GR

EAT

, T

HE

MO

TH

ER

OF

HA

RLO

TS

AN

D O

FT

HE

AB

OM

INAT

ION

S O

F T

HE

EA

RT

H.

6 I

saw

the

wom

an, d

runk

with

the

bloo

d of

the

sain

ts a

nd w

ith th

e bl

ood

of th

e m

arty

rs o

fJe

sus.

And

whe

n I s

aw h

er, I

mar

vele

d w

ithgr

eat a

maz

emen

t.

The

Mea

ning

of t

he W

oman

and

the

Bea

st7

But

the

ange

l sai

d to

me,

“W

hy d

id y

oum

arve

l? I w

ill te

ll yo

u th

e m

yste

ry o

f the

wom

an a

nd o

f the

bea

st th

at c

arrie

s her

, whi

chha

s the

seve

n he

ads a

nd th

e te

n ho

rns.

8 T

he b

east

that

you

saw

was

, and

is n

ot, a

ndw

ill a

scen

d ou

t of t

he b

otto

mle

ss p

it an

d go

tope

rditi

on. A

nd th

ose

who

dw

ell o

n th

e ea

rth

will

mar

vel,

who

se n

ames

are

not

writ

ten

in th

eB

ook

of L

ife fr

om th

e fo

unda

tion

of th

e w

orld

,w

hen

they

see

the

beas

t tha

t was

, and

is n

ot,

and

yet i

s.84

9 “

Her

e is

the

min

d w

hich

has

wisd

om: T

hese

ven

head

s are

seve

n m

ount

ains

on

whi

ch th

ew

oman

sits

. 10

The

re a

re a

lso se

ven

king

s. Fi

ve h

ave

falle

n,on

e is,

and

the

othe

r has

not

yet

com

e. A

ndw

hen

he c

omes

, he

mus

t con

tinue

a sh

ort t

ime.

11

The

bea

st th

at w

as, a

nd is

not

, is h

imse

lfal

so th

e ei

ghth

, and

is o

f the

seve

n, a

nd is

goi

ngto

per

ditio

n.

12“T

he te

n ho

rns w

hich

you

saw

are

ten

king

sw

ho h

ave

rece

ived

no

king

dom

80 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

it of

the e

arth

and

.81

M-T

ext r

eads

Meg

iddo

.82

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

to m

e.

83 M

-Tex

t rea

ds th

e filt

hine

ss of

the f

orni

catio

n of

the e

arth

.84

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

and

shal

l be p

rese

nt.

‡ ‡

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ptur

e is

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om th

e N

ew K

ing

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es ©

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as y

et, b

ut th

ey re

ceiv

e au

thor

ity fo

r one

hou

r as

king

s with

the

beas

t. 13

The

se a

re o

f one

min

d, a

nd th

ey w

ill g

ive

thei

r pow

er a

nd a

utho

rity

to th

e be

ast.

14 T

hese

will

mak

e w

ar w

ith th

e La

mb,

and

the

Lam

b w

ill o

verc

ome

them

, for

He

is Lo

rdof

lord

s and

Kin

g of

kin

gs; a

nd th

ose

who

are

with

Him

are

cal

led,

cho

sen,

and

faith

ful.”

15

The

n he

said

to m

e, “

The

wat

ers w

hich

you

saw

, whe

re th

e ha

rlot s

its, a

re p

eopl

es,

mul

titud

es, n

atio

ns, a

nd to

ngue

s. 16

And

the

ten

horn

s whi

ch y

ou sa

w o

n th

ebe

ast,

thes

e w

ill h

ate

the

harlo

t, m

ake

her

deso

late

and

nak

ed, e

at h

er fl

esh

and

burn

her

with

fire

. 17

For

God

has

put

it in

to th

eir h

eart

s to

fulfi

ll H

is pu

rpos

e, to

be

of o

ne m

ind,

and

togi

ve th

eir k

ingd

om to

the

beas

t, un

til th

e w

ords

of G

od a

re fu

lfille

d.

18 A

nd th

e w

oman

who

m y

ou sa

w is

that

grea

t city

whi

ch re

igns

ove

r the

kin

gs o

f the

eart

h.”

Rev

elat

ion

18T

he F

all o

f Bab

ylon

the

Gre

at1

A

fter t

hese

thin

gs I

saw

ano

ther

ang

el

com

ing

dow

n fr

om h

eave

n, h

avin

g gr

eat a

u-th

ority

, and

the

eart

h w

as il

lum

inat

ed w

ith h

isgl

ory.

2

A

nd h

e cr

ied

mig

htily

85w

ith a

loud

voi

ce,

sayi

ng, “

Bab

ylon

the

grea

t is f

alle

n, is

falle

n, a

ndha

s bec

ome

a dw

ellin

g pl

ace

of d

emon

s, a

priso

n fo

r eve

ry fo

ul sp

irit,

and

a ca

ge fo

r eve

ryun

clea

n an

d ha

ted

bird

! 3

Fo

r all

the

natio

ns h

ave

drun

k of

the

win

eof

the

wra

th o

f her

forn

icat

ion,

the

king

s of t

heea

rth

have

com

mitt

ed fo

rnic

atio

n w

ith h

er, a

ndth

e m

erch

ants

of th

e ea

rth

have

bec

ome

rich

thro

ugh

the

abun

danc

e of

her

luxu

ry.”

4

And

I he

ard

anot

her v

oice

from

hea

ven

say-

ing,

“C

ome

out o

f her

, my

peop

le, l

est y

oush

are

in h

er si

ns, a

nd le

st y

ou re

ceiv

e of

her

plag

ues.

5

For h

er si

ns h

ave

reac

hed86

to h

eave

n, a

ndG

od h

as re

mem

bere

d he

r ini

quiti

es.

6

Ren

der t

o he

r jus

t as s

he re

nder

ed to

you

,87

and

repa

y he

r dou

ble

acco

rdin

g to

her

wor

ks; i

nth

e cu

p w

hich

she

has m

ixed

, mix

dou

ble

for

her.

7

In th

e m

easu

re th

at sh

e gl

orifi

ed h

erse

lf an

dliv

ed lu

xurio

usly,

in th

e sa

me

mea

sure

giv

e he

r

torm

ent a

nd so

rrow

; for

she

says

in h

er h

eart

, ‘I

sit a

s que

en, a

nd a

m n

o w

idow

, and

will

not

see

sorr

ow.’

8

The

refo

re h

er p

lagu

es w

ill c

ome

in o

neda

y—de

ath

and

mou

rnin

g an

d fa

min

e. A

ndsh

e w

ill b

e ut

terly

bur

ned

with

fire

, for

stro

ng is

the

Lord

God

who

judg

es88

her.

The

Wor

ld M

ourn

s B

abyl

on’s

Fal

l9

“T

he k

ings

of t

he e

arth

who

com

mitt

edfo

rnic

atio

n an

d liv

ed lu

xurio

usly

with

her

will

wee

p an

d la

men

t for

her

, whe

n th

ey se

e th

esm

oke

of h

er b

urni

ng,

10 st

andi

ng a

t a d

istan

ce fo

r fea

r of h

er

torm

ent,

sayi

ng, ‘

Ala

s, al

as, t

hat g

reat

city

Bab

y-lo

n, th

at m

ight

y ci

ty! F

or in

one

hou

r you

rju

dgm

ent h

as c

ome.

’ 11

“A

nd th

e m

erch

ants

of t

he e

arth

will

wee

pan

d m

ourn

ove

r her

, for

no

one

buys

thei

r mer

-ch

andi

se a

nym

ore:

12

mer

chan

dise

of g

old

and

silve

r, pr

ecio

usst

ones

and

pea

rls, f

ine

linen

and

pur

ple,

silk

and

scar

let,

ever

y ki

nd o

f citr

on w

ood,

eve

ryki

nd o

f obj

ect o

f ivo

ry, e

very

kin

d of

obj

ect o

fm

ost p

reci

ous w

ood,

bro

nze,

iron

, and

mar

ble;

13 a

nd c

inna

mon

and

ince

nse,

frag

rant

oil

and

fran

kinc

ense

, win

e an

d oi

l, fin

e flo

ur a

ndw

heat

, cat

tle a

nd sh

eep,

hor

ses a

nd c

hario

ts,

and

bodi

es a

nd so

uls o

f men

. 14

The

frui

t tha

t you

r sou

l lon

ged

for h

asgo

ne fr

om y

ou, a

nd a

ll th

e th

ings

whi

ch a

reric

h an

d sp

lend

id h

ave

gone

from

you

,89an

dyo

u sh

all f

ind

them

no

mor

e at

all.

15

The

mer

chan

ts o

f the

se th

ings

, who

be-

cam

e ric

h by

her

, will

stan

d at

a d

istan

ce fo

r fea

rof

her

torm

ent,

wee

ping

and

wai

ling,

16

an

d sa

ying

, ‘A

las,

alas

, tha

t gre

at c

ity th

atw

as c

loth

ed in

fine

line

n, p

urpl

e, a

nd sc

arle

t,an

d ad

orne

d w

ith g

old

and

prec

ious

ston

es a

ndpe

arls!

17

For

in o

ne h

our s

uch

grea

t ric

hes c

ame

tono

thin

g.’ E

very

ship

mas

ter,

all w

ho tr

avel

by

ship

, sai

lors

, and

as m

any

as tr

ade

on th

e se

a,st

ood

at a

dist

ance

18

and

crie

d ou

t whe

n th

ey sa

w th

e sm

oke

ofhe

r bur

ning

, say

ing,

‘Wha

t is l

ike

this

grea

tci

ty?’

19“T

hey

thre

w d

ust o

n th

eir h

eads

and

crie

dou

t, w

eepi

ng a

nd w

ailin

g, a

nd sa

ying

, ‘A

las,

alas

, tha

t gre

at c

ity, i

n w

hich

all

who

had

ship

s

85 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

it m

ight

ily.

86 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d ha

ve b

een

heap

ed u

p.

87 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

it to

you

.88

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

has j

udge

d.89

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

been

lost

to y

ou.

‡

The Final Overthrow of the World’s Political and Commercial Powers

‡


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om th

e N

ew K

ing

Jam

es ©

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ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d sa

ints

and

apos

tles.

91 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

itth

e Lor

d.92

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext a

dds n

ames

wri

tten,

and

.

on th

e se

a be

cam

e ric

h by

her

wea

lth!

For i

n on

e ho

ur sh

e is

mad

e de

sola

te.’

20“R

ejoi

ce o

ver h

er, O

hea

ven,

and

you

hol

yap

ostle

s90an

d pr

ophe

ts, f

or G

od h

as a

veng

edyo

u on

her

!”

Fina

lity

of B

abyl

on’s

Fal

l21

The

n a

mig

hty

ange

l too

k up

a st

one

like

agr

eat m

illst

one

and

thre

w it

into

the

sea,

sa

ying

, “T

hus w

ith v

iole

nce

the

grea

t city

Bab

y-lo

n sh

all b

e th

row

n do

wn,

and

shal

l not

be

foun

d an

ymor

e.

22 T

he so

und

of h

arpi

sts,

mus

icia

ns, f

lutis

ts,

and

trum

pete

rs sh

all n

ot b

e he

ard

in y

ou a

ny-

mor

e. N

o cr

afts

man

of a

ny c

raft

shal

l be

foun

din

you

any

mor

e, a

nd th

e so

und

of a

mill

ston

esh

all n

ot b

e he

ard

in y

ou a

nym

ore.

23

The

ligh

t of a

lam

p sh

all n

ot sh

ine

in y

ouan

ymor

e, a

nd th

e vo

ice

of b

rideg

room

and

brid

e sh

all n

ot b

e he

ard

in y

ou a

nym

ore.

For

your

mer

chan

ts w

ere

the

grea

t men

of t

heea

rth,

for b

y yo

ur so

rcer

y al

l the

nat

ions

wer

ede

ceiv

ed.

24 A

nd in

her

was

foun

d th

e bl

ood

ofpr

ophe

ts a

nd sa

ints

, and

of a

ll w

ho w

ere

slain

on th

e ea

rth.

”

Rev

elat

ion

19H

eave

n E

xults

ove

r B

abyl

on1

A

fter t

hese

thin

gs I

hear

d a

loud

voi

ce o

f agr

eat m

ultit

ude

in h

eave

n, sa

ying

, “A

llelu

ia!

Salv

atio

n an

d gl

ory

and

hono

r and

pow

er b

e-lo

ng to

the

Lord

91ou

r God

! 2

Fo

r tru

e an

d rig

hteo

us a

re H

is ju

dgm

ents

,be

caus

e H

e ha

s jud

ged

the

grea

t har

lot w

hoco

rrup

ted

the

eart

h w

ith h

er fo

rnic

atio

n; a

ndH

e ha

s ave

nged

on

her t

he b

lood

of H

is se

r-va

nts s

hed

by h

er.”

3

A

gain

they

said

, “A

llelu

ia! H

er sm

oke

rises

up fo

reve

r and

eve

r!”

4

And

the

twen

ty-f

our e

lder

s and

the

four

livin

g cr

eatu

res f

ell d

own

and

wor

ship

ed G

odw

ho sa

t on

the

thro

ne, s

ayin

g, “

Am

en! A

l-le

luia

!”

5

The

n a

voic

e ca

me

from

the

thro

ne, s

ay-

ing,

“Pr

aise

our

God

, all

you

His

serv

ants

and

thos

e w

ho fe

ar H

im, b

oth[

c] sm

all a

nd g

reat

!”6

A

nd I

hear

d, a

s it w

ere,

the

voic

e of

a g

reat

mul

titud

e, a

s the

soun

d of

man

y w

ater

s and

as

the

soun

d of

mig

hty

thun

derin

gs, s

ayin

g,

“Alle

luia

! For

the

Lord

God

Om

nipo

tent

reig

ns!

7

Let u

s be

glad

and

rejo

ice

and

give

Him

glor

y, fo

r the

mar

riage

of t

he L

amb

has c

ome,

and

His

wife

has

mad

e he

rsel

f rea

dy.”

8

A

nd to

her

it w

as g

rant

ed to

be

arra

yed

infin

e lin

en, c

lean

and

brig

ht, f

or th

e fin

e lin

en is

the

right

eous

act

s of t

he sa

ints

. 9

T

hen

he sa

id to

me,

“W

rite:

‘Ble

ssed

are

thos

e w

ho a

re c

alle

d to

the

mar

riage

supp

er o

fth

e La

mb!

’” A

nd h

e sa

id to

me,

“T

hese

are

the

true

sayi

ngs o

f God

.”

10 A

nd I

fell

at h

is fe

et to

wor

ship

him

. But

he sa

id to

me,

“Se

e th

at y

ou d

o no

t do

that

! Iam

you

r fel

low

serv

ant,

and

of y

our b

reth

ren

who

hav

e th

e te

stim

ony

of Je

sus.

Wor

ship

God

!Fo

r the

test

imon

y of

Jesu

s is t

he sp

irit o

fpr

ophe

cy.”

Chr

ist o

n a

Whi

te H

orse

11 N

ow I

saw

hea

ven

open

ed, a

nd b

ehol

d, a

whi

te h

orse

. And

He

who

sat o

n hi

m w

as c

alle

dFa

ithfu

l and

Tru

e, a

nd in

righ

teou

snes

s He

judg

es a

nd m

akes

war

. 12

His

eyes

wer

e lik

e a

flam

e of

fire

, and

on

His

head

wer

e m

any

crow

ns. H

e ha

d92a

nam

ew

ritte

n th

at n

o on

e kn

ew e

xcep

t Him

self.

13

He

was

clo

thed

with

a ro

be d

ippe

d in

bloo

d, a

nd H

is na

me

is ca

lled

The

Wor

d of

God

. 14

And

the

arm

ies i

n he

aven

, clo

thed

in fi

nelin

en, w

hite

and

cle

an, f

ollo

wed

Him

on

whi

teho

rses

. 15

Now

out

of H

is m

outh

goe

s a sh

arp93

swor

d, th

at w

ith it

He

shou

ld st

rike

the

natio

ns.

And

He

Him

self

will

rule

them

with

a ro

d of

iron.

He

Him

self

trea

ds th

e w

inep

ress

of t

hefie

rcen

ess a

nd w

rath

of A

lmig

hty

God

. 16

And

He

has o

n H

is ro

be a

nd o

n H

is th

igh

a na

me

writ

ten:

KIN

G O

F K

ING

S A

ND

LO

RD

OF

LOR

DS.

The

Bea

st a

nd H

is A

rmie

s D

efea

ted

17

The

n I s

aw a

n an

gel s

tand

ing

in th

e su

n;an

d he

crie

d w

ith a

loud

voi

ce, s

ayin

g to

all

the

bird

s tha

t fly

in th

e m

idst

of h

eave

n, “

Com

ean

d ga

ther

toge

ther

for t

he su

pper

of t

he g

reat

God

,94

18 th

at y

ou m

ay e

at th

e fle

sh o

f kin

gs, t

he

93 M

-Tex

t add

s tw

o-ed

ged.

94 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t add

s th

e gre

at su

pper

of G

od.

‡ ‡

Scri

ptur

e is

take

n fr

om th

e N

ew K

ing

Jam

es ©

197

9, 1

980,

198

2 by

Tho

mas

Nel

son,

Inc

. Use

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sion

. Liv

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istr

ies,

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-Tex

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ds th

e.96

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext a

dd a

lso.

the

flesh

of c

apta

ins,

the

flesh

of m

ight

y m

en,

the

flesh

of h

orse

s and

of t

hose

who

sit o

nth

em, a

nd th

e fle

sh o

f all

peop

le, f

ree

and

slave

, bot

h sm

all a

nd g

reat

.”

19 A

nd I

saw

the

beas

t, th

e ki

ngs o

f the

ear

th,

and

thei

r arm

ies,

gath

ered

toge

ther

to m

ake

war

aga

inst

Him

who

sat o

n th

e ho

rse

and

agai

nst H

is ar

my.

20

The

n th

e be

ast w

as c

aptu

red,

and

with

him

the

false

pro

phet

who

wor

ked

signs

in h

is pr

es-

ence

, by

whi

ch h

e de

ceiv

ed th

ose

who

rece

ived

the

mar

k of

the

beas

t and

thos

e w

ho w

orsh

iped

his i

mag

e. T

hese

two

wer

e ca

st a

live

into

the

lake

of f

ire b

urni

ng w

ith b

rimst

one.

21

And

the

rest

wer

e ki

lled

with

the

swor

d w

hich

proc

eede

d fr

om th

e m

outh

of H

im w

ho sa

t on

the

hors

e. A

nd a

ll th

e bi

rds w

ere

fille

d w

ithth

eir f

lesh

.

Rev

elat

ion

20Sa

tan

Bou

nd 1

000

Year

s

1

The

n I s

aw a

n an

gel c

omin

g do

wn

from

heav

en, h

avin

g th

e ke

y to

the

bott

omle

ss p

itan

d a

grea

t cha

in in

his

hand

. 2

H

e la

id h

old

of th

e dr

agon

, tha

t ser

pent

of

old,

who

is th

e D

evil

and

Sata

n, a

nd b

ound

him

for a

thou

sand

yea

rs;

3

and

he c

ast h

im in

to th

e bo

ttom

less

pit,

and

shut

him

up,

and

set a

seal

on

him

, so

that

he sh

ould

dec

eive

the

natio

ns n

o m

ore

till t

heth

ousa

nd y

ears

wer

e fin

ished

. But

afte

r the

seth

ings

he

mus

t be

rele

ased

for a

litt

le w

hile

.

The

Sai

nts R

eign

with

Chr

ist 1

000

Year

s4

A

nd I

saw

thro

nes,

and

they

sat o

n th

em,

and

judg

men

t was

com

mitt

ed to

them

. The

n I

saw

the

soul

s of t

hose

who

had

bee

n be

head

edfo

r the

ir w

itnes

s to

Jesu

s and

for t

he w

ord

ofG

od, w

ho h

ad n

ot w

orsh

iped

the

beas

t or h

isim

age,

and

had

not

rece

ived

his

mar

k on

thei

rfo

rehe

ads o

r on

thei

r han

ds. A

nd th

ey li

ved

and

reig

ned

with

Chr

ist fo

r a95

thou

sand

yea

rs.

5

But

the

rest

of t

he d

ead

did

not l

ive

agai

nun

til th

e th

ousa

nd y

ears

wer

e fin

ished

. Thi

s is

the

first

resu

rrec

tion.

6

Ble

ssed

and

hol

y is

he w

ho h

as p

art i

n th

efir

st re

surr

ectio

n. O

ver s

uch

the

seco

nd d

eath

has n

o po

wer

, but

they

shal

l be

prie

sts o

f God

and

of C

hrist

, and

shal

l rei

gn w

ith H

im a

th

ousa

nd y

ears

.

Sata

nic

Reb

ellio

n C

rush

ed7

N

ow w

hen

the

thou

sand

yea

rs h

ave

ex-

pire

d, S

atan

will

be

rele

ased

from

his

priso

n 8

and

will

go

out t

o de

ceiv

e th

e na

tions

whi

ch a

rein

the

four

cor

ners

of t

he e

arth

, Gog

and

Mag

og, t

o ga

ther

them

toge

ther

to b

attle

,w

hose

num

ber i

s as t

he sa

nd o

f the

sea.

9

T

hey

wen

t up

on th

e br

eadt

h of

the

eart

han

d su

rrou

nded

the

cam

p of

the

sain

ts a

nd th

ebe

love

d ci

ty. A

nd fi

re c

ame

dow

n fr

om G

odou

t of h

eave

n an

d de

vour

ed th

em.

10 T

he d

evil,

who

dec

eive

d th

em, w

as c

ast

into

the

lake

of f

ire a

nd b

rimst

one

whe

re th

ebe

ast a

nd th

e fa

lse p

roph

et a

re. A

nd th

ey w

ill b

eto

rmen

ted

day

and

nigh

t for

ever

and

eve

r.

The

Gre

at W

hite

Thr

one

Judg

men

t11

The

n I s

aw a

gre

at w

hite

thro

ne a

nd H

imw

ho sa

t on

it, fr

om w

hose

face

the

eart

h an

dth

e he

aven

fled

aw

ay. A

nd th

ere

was

foun

d no

plac

e fo

r the

m.

12 A

nd I

saw

the

dead

, sm

all a

nd g

reat

, sta

nd-

ing

befo

re G

od,96

and

book

s wer

e op

ened

. And

anot

her b

ook

was

ope

ned,

whi

ch is

the

Boo

k of

Life

. And

the

dead

wer

e ju

dged

acc

ordi

ng to

thei

r wor

ks, b

y th

e th

ings

whi

ch w

ere

writ

ten

inth

e bo

oks.

13 T

he se

a ga

ve u

p th

e de

ad w

ho w

ere

in it

,an

d D

eath

and

Had

es d

eliv

ered

up

the

dead

who

wer

e in

them

. And

they

wer

e ju

dged

, eac

hon

e ac

cord

ing

to h

is w

orks

. 14

The

n D

eath

and

Had

es w

ere

cast

into

the

lake

of f

ire. T

his i

s the

seco

nd d

eath

.97

15 A

nd a

nyon

e no

t fou

nd w

ritte

n in

the

Boo

kof

Life

was

cas

t int

o th

e la

ke o

f fire

.

Rev

elat

ion

21A

ll T

hing

s M

ade

New

1

Now

I sa

w a

new

hea

ven

and

a ne

w e

arth

,fo

r the

firs

t hea

ven

and

the

first

ear

th h

adpa

ssed

aw

ay. A

lso th

ere

was

no

mor

e se

a.

2

The

n I,

John

,98sa

w th

e ho

ly c

ity, N

ewJe

rusa

lem

, com

ing

dow

n ou

t of h

eave

n fr

omG

od, p

repa

red

as a

brid

e ad

orne

d fo

r her

hu

sban

d.

3

And

I he

ard

a lo

ud v

oice

from

hea

ven

sayi

ng, “

Beh

old,

the

tabe

rnac

le o

f God

is w

ithm

en, a

nd H

e w

ill d

wel

l with

them

, and

they

shal

l be

His

peop

le. G

od H

imse

lf w

ill b

e w

ithth

em a

nd b

ethe

ir G

od.

97 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t add

the l

ake o

f fir

e.98

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

John

.

‡‡


35

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ptur

e is

take

n fr

om th

e N

ew K

ing

Jam

es ©

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980,

198

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mas

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son,

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4

And

God

will

wip

e aw

ay e

very

tear

from

thei

r eye

s; th

ere

shal

l be

no m

ore

deat

h, n

or so

r-ro

w, n

or c

ryin

g. T

here

shal

l be

no m

ore

pain

,fo

r the

form

er th

ings

hav

e pa

ssed

aw

ay.”

5

The

n H

e w

ho sa

t on

the

thro

ne sa

id, “

Be-

hold

, I m

ake

all t

hing

s new

.” A

nd H

e sa

id to

me,

99“W

rite,

for t

hese

wor

ds a

re tr

ue a

nd fa

ith-

ful.”

6

A

nd H

e sa

id to

me,

“It

is d

one!

100

I am

the

Alp

ha a

nd th

e O

meg

a, th

e B

egin

ning

and

the

End.

I w

ill g

ive

of th

e fo

unta

in o

f the

wat

er o

flif

e fr

eely

to h

im w

ho th

irsts

. 7

H

e w

ho o

verc

omes

shal

l inh

erit

all

thin

gs,10

1an

d I w

ill b

e hi

s God

and

he

shal

l be

My

son.

8

B

ut th

e co

war

dly,

unb

elie

ving

,102

abom

-in

able

, mur

dere

rs, s

exua

lly im

mor

al, s

orce

rers

,id

olat

ers,

and

all l

iars

shal

l hav

e th

eir p

art i

n th

ela

ke w

hich

bur

ns w

ith fi

re a

nd b

rimst

one,

whi

ch is

the

seco

nd d

eath

.”

The

New

Jer

usal

em9

T

hen

one

of th

e se

ven

ange

ls w

ho h

ad th

ese

ven

bow

ls fil

led

with

the

seve

n la

st p

lagu

esca

me

to m

e103

and

talk

ed w

ith m

e, sa

ying

,“C

ome,

I w

ill sh

ow y

ou th

e br

ide,

the

Lam

b’s

wife

.”10

4

10 A

nd h

e ca

rrie

d m

e aw

ay in

the

Spiri

t to

agr

eat a

nd h

igh

mou

ntai

n, a

nd sh

owed

me

the

grea

t city

, the

hol

y105 J

erus

alem

,des

cend

ing

out

of h

eave

n fr

om G

od,

11 h

avin

g th

e gl

ory

of G

od. H

er li

ght w

as li

kea

mos

t pre

ciou

s sto

ne, l

ike

a ja

sper

ston

e, c

lear

as c

ryst

al.

12 A

lso sh

e ha

d a

grea

t and

hig

h w

all w

ithtw

elve

gat

es, a

nd tw

elve

ang

els a

t the

gat

es, a

ndna

mes

writ

ten

on th

em, w

hich

are

the

nam

es o

fth

e tw

elve

trib

es o

f the

chi

ldre

n of

Isra

el:

13 th

ree

gate

s on

the

east

, thr

ee g

ates

on

the

nort

h, th

ree

gate

s on

the

sout

h, a

nd th

ree

gate

son

the

wes

t. 14

Now

the

wal

l of t

he c

ity h

ad tw

elve

foun

-

datio

ns, a

nd o

n th

em w

ere

the

nam

es10

6of

the

twel

ve a

post

les o

f the

Lam

b.

15 A

nd h

e w

ho ta

lked

with

me

had

a go

ldre

ed to

mea

sure

the

city

, its

gat

es, a

nd it

s wal

l.16

The

city

is la

id o

ut a

s a sq

uare

; its

leng

th is

as g

reat

as i

ts b

read

th. A

nd h

e m

easu

red

the

city

with

the

reed

: tw

elve

thou

sand

furlo

ngs.

Its

leng

th, b

read

th, a

nd h

eigh

t are

equ

al.

17 T

hen

he m

easu

red

its w

all:

one

hund

red

and

fort

y-fo

ur c

ubits

, acc

ordi

ng to

the

mea

sure

of a

man

, tha

t is,

of a

n an

gel.

18 T

he c

onst

ruct

ion

of it

s wal

l was

of j

aspe

r;an

d th

e ci

ty w

as p

ure

gold

, lik

e cl

ear g

lass

. 19

The

foun

datio

ns o

f the

wal

l of t

he c

ity w

ere

ador

ned

with

all

kind

s of p

reci

ous s

tone

s: th

efir

st fo

unda

tion

was

jasp

er, t

he se

cond

sapp

hire

,th

e th

ird c

halc

edon

y, th

e fo

urth

em

eral

d, 2

0th

e fif

th sa

rdon

yx, t

he si

xth

sard

ius,

the

seve

nth

chry

solit

e, th

e ei

ghth

ber

yl, t

he n

inth

topa

z, th

ete

nth

chry

sopr

ase,

the

elev

enth

jaci

nth,

and

the

twel

fth a

met

hyst

. 21

The

twel

ve g

ates

wer

e tw

elve

pea

rls: e

ach

indi

vidu

al g

ate

was

of o

ne p

earl.

And

the

stre

etof

the

city

was

pur

e go

ld, l

ike

tran

spar

ent g

lass

.

The

Glo

ry o

f the

New

Jer

usal

em22

But

I sa

w n

o te

mpl

e in

it, f

or th

e Lo

rd G

odA

lmig

hty

and

the

Lam

b ar

e its

tem

ple.

23

The

city

had

no

need

of t

he su

n or

of t

hem

oon

to sh

ine

in it

,107

for t

he g

lory

108

of G

od il

-lu

min

ated

it. T

he L

amb

is its

ligh

t. 24

And

the

natio

ns o

f tho

se w

ho a

re sa

ved10

9

shal

l wal

k in

its l

ight

, and

the

king

s of t

he e

arth

brin

g th

eir g

lory

and

hon

or in

to it

.110

25 It

s gat

es sh

all n

ot b

e sh

ut a

t all

by d

ay(t

here

shal

l be

no n

ight

ther

e).

26 A

nd th

ey sh

all b

ring

the

glor

y an

d th

eho

nor o

f the

nat

ions

into

it.11

1

27

But

ther

e sh

all b

y no

mea

ns e

nter

it a

ny-

thin

g th

at d

efile

s, or

cau

ses11

2an

abo

min

atio

nor

a li

e, b

ut o

nly

thos

e w

ho a

re w

ritte

n in

the

Lam

b’s B

ook

of L

ife.

99

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

to m

e.10

0 M

-Tex

t om

its It

is d

one.

101

M-T

ext r

eads

ove

rcom

es, I

shal

l giv

e him

thes

e thi

ngs.

102

M-T

ext a

dds a

nd si

nner

s.10

3 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t om

itto

me.

104

M-T

ext r

eads

I will

show

you

the w

oman

, the

Lam

b’s b

ride.

105

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

the g

reat

and

read

the h

oly

city,

Jeru

salem

.

106

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

twelv

e nam

es.

107

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

in it

.10

8 M

-Tex

t rea

ds th

e ver

y gl

ory.

109

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

of th

ose w

ho a

re sa

ved.

110

M-T

ext r

eads

the g

lory

and

hon

or o

f the

nat

ions

to H

im.

111

M-T

ext a

dds t

hat t

hey

may

ente

r in.

112

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

anyt

hing

pro

fane

, nor

one

who

caus

es.

113

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext o

mit

pure

.

‡‡

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ptur

e is

take

n fr

om th

e N

ew K

ing

Jam

es ©

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9, 1

980,

198

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Tho

mas

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son,

Inc

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Rev

elat

ion

22T

he R

iver

of L

ife1

And

he

show

ed m

e a

pure

113

river

of w

ater

of li

fe, c

lear

as c

ryst

al, p

roce

edin

g fr

om th

eth

rone

of G

od a

nd o

f the

Lam

b.

2 I

n th

e m

iddl

e of

its s

tree

t, an

d on

eith

er si

deof

the

river

, was

the

tree

of l

ife, w

hich

bor

etw

elve

frui

ts, e

ach

tree

yie

ldin

g its

frui

t eve

rym

onth

. The

leav

es o

f the

tree

wer

e fo

r the

hea

l-in

g of

the

natio

ns.

3 A

nd th

ere

shal

l be

no m

ore

curs

e, b

ut th

eth

rone

of G

od a

nd o

f the

Lam

b sh

all b

e in

it,

and

His

serv

ants

shal

l ser

ve H

im.

4 T

hey

shal

l see

His

face

, and

His

nam

e sh

all

be o

n th

eir f

oreh

eads

. 5

The

re sh

all b

e no

nig

ht th

ere:

The

y ne

ed n

ola

mp

nor l

ight

of t

he su

n, fo

r the

Lor

d G

odgi

ves t

hem

ligh

t. A

nd th

ey sh

all r

eign

fore

ver

and

ever

.

The

Tim

e Is

Nea

r6

The

n he

said

to m

e, “

The

se w

ords

are

faith

-fu

l and

true

.” A

nd th

e Lo

rd G

od o

f the

hol

y114

prop

hets

sent

His

ange

l to

show

His

serv

ants

the

thin

gs w

hich

mus

t sho

rtly

take

pla

ce.

7 “

Beh

old,

I am

com

ing

quic

kly!

Ble

ssed

is h

ew

ho k

eeps

the

wor

ds o

f the

pro

phec

y of

this

book

.”

8 N

ow I,

John

, saw

and

hea

rd11

5th

ese

thin

gs.

And

whe

n I h

eard

and

saw

, I fe

ll do

wn

to w

or-

ship

bef

ore

the

feet

of t

he a

ngel

who

show

edm

e th

ese

thin

gs.

9 T

hen

he sa

id to

me,

“Se

e th

at y

ou d

o no

tdo

that

. For

I am

you

r fel

low

serv

ant,

and

ofyo

ur b

reth

ren

the

prop

hets

, and

of t

hose

who

keep

the

wor

ds o

f thi

s boo

k. W

orsh

ip G

od.”

10

A

nd h

e sa

id to

me,

“D

o no

t sea

l the

wor

dsof

the

prop

hecy

of t

his b

ook,

for t

he ti

me

is at

hand

. 11

He

who

is u

njus

t, le

t him

be

unju

st st

ill; h

ew

ho is

filth

y, le

t him

be

filth

y st

ill; h

e w

ho is

right

eous

, let

him

be

right

eous

116

still

; he

who

isho

ly, le

t him

be

holy

still

.”

114

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

spir

its o

f the

pro

phet

s.11

5 N

U-T

ext a

nd M

-Tex

t rea

d am

the o

ne w

ho h

eard

and

saw.

116

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

do ri

ght.

117

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

the F

irst

and

the L

ast,

the B

e-gi

nnin

g an

d th

e End

.

Jesu

s Tes

tifie

s to

the

Chu

rche

s

12“A

nd b

ehol

d, I

am c

omin

g qu

ickl

y, a

nd M

yre

war

d is

with

Me,

to g

ive

to e

very

one

acc

ord-

ing

to h

is w

ork.

13

I am

the

Alp

ha a

nd th

e O

meg

a, th

e B

egin

-ni

ng a

nd th

e En

d, th

e Fi

rst a

nd th

e La

st.”

117

14B

less

ed a

re th

ose

who

do

His

com

man

d-m

ents

,118

that

they

may

hav

e th

e rig

ht to

the

tree

of l

ife, a

nd m

ay e

nter

thro

ugh

the

gate

sin

to th

e ci

ty.

15B

ut o

utsid

e ar

e do

gs a

nd so

rcer

ers a

nd se

xu-

ally

imm

oral

and

mur

dere

rs a

nd id

olat

ers,

and

who

ever

love

s and

pra

ctic

es a

lie.

16

“I, J

esus

, hav

e se

nt M

y an

gel t

o te

stify

toyo

u th

ese

thin

gs in

the

chur

ches

. I a

m th

e R

oot

and

the

Offs

prin

g of

Dav

id, t

he B

right

and

Mor

ning

Sta

r.”

17A

nd th

e Sp

irit a

nd th

e br

ide

say,

“C

ome!

”A

nd le

t him

who

hea

rs sa

y, “

Com

e!”

And

let

him

who

thirs

ts c

ome.

Who

ever

des

ires,

let h

imta

ke th

e w

ater

of l

ife fr

eely.

A W

arni

ng

18Fo

r I te

stify

to e

very

one

who

hea

rs th

ew

ords

of t

he p

roph

ecy

of th

is bo

ok: I

f any

one

adds

to th

ese

thin

gs, G

od w

ill a

dd11

9to

him

the

plag

ues t

hat a

re w

ritte

n in

this

book

; 19

and

if an

yone

take

s aw

ay fr

om th

e w

ords

of

the

book

of t

his p

roph

ecy,

God

shal

l tak

eaw

ay12

0hi

s par

t fro

m th

e B

ook12

1of

Life

, fro

mth

e ho

ly c

ity, a

nd fr

om th

e th

ings

whi

ch a

rew

ritte

n in

this

book

.

I A

m C

omin

g Q

uick

ly20

He

who

test

ifies

to th

ese

thin

gs sa

ys, “

Sure

lyI a

m c

omin

g qu

ickl

y.”

Am

en. E

ven

so, c

ome,

Lor

d Je

sus!

21T

he g

race

of o

ur L

ord

Jesu

s Chr

ist b

e w

ithyo

u al

l.122 A

men

.

118

NU

-Tex

t rea

ds w

ash

thei

r rob

es.11

9 M

-Tex

t rea

ds m

ay G

od a

dd.

120

M-T

ext r

eads

may

God

take

aw

ay.

121

NU

-Tex

t and

M-T

ext r

ead

tree o

f life

.12

2 N

U-T

ext r

eads

with

all;

M-T

ext r

eads

with

all

the s

aint

s.

Concluding Exhortation


36

Scri

ptur

e is

take

n fr

om th

e N

ew K

ing

Jam

es ©

197

9, 1

980,

198

2 by

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mas

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son,

Inc

. Use

d by

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rmis

sion

. Liv

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Way

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istr

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499

The

Sea

led

of I

srae

lC

hapt

er 7

1

Aft

er th

ese

thin

gs I

saw

four

ang

els

stan

ding

at t

he fo

ur c

orne

rs o

f the

ear

th,

hold

ing

the

four

win

ds o

f the

ear

th, t

hat

the

win

d sh

ould

not

blo

w o

n th

e ea

rth,

on th

e se

a, o

r on

any

tree

. 2

The

n I

saw

ano

ther

ang

el a

scen

ding

from

the

east

, hav

ing

the

seal

of t

heliv

ing

God

. And

he

crie

d w

ith

a lo

udvo

ice

to th

e fo

ur a

ngel

s to

who

m it

was

gran

ted

to h

arm

the

eart

h an

d th

e se

a,

3 s

ayin

g, “

Do

not h

arm

the

eart

h,th

ese

a, o

r th

e tr

ees

till

we

have

sea

led

the

serv

ants

of o

ur G

od o

n th

eir

fore

head

s.”

4 A

nd I

hea

rd th

e nu

mbe

r of

thos

ew

ho w

ere

seal

ed. O

ne h

undr

ed a

ndfo

rty-

four

thou

sand

of a

ll th

e tr

ibes

of

the

child

ren

of I

srae

l wer

ese

aled

:

5 o

f the

trib

e of

Juda

h

tw

elve

thou

sand

wer

e se

aled

;43

o

f the

trib

e of

Reu

ben

t

wel

ve th

ousa

nd w

ere

seal

ed;

The

Lam

b an

d th

e 14

4,00

0C

hapt

er 1

4

1 T

hen

I lo

oked

, and

beh

old,

a65

Lam

bst

andi

ng o

n M

ount

Zio

n, a

nd w

ith

Him

one

hund

red

and

fort

y-fo

ur th

ousa

nd,

havi

ng66

His

Fat

her’

s na

me

wri

tten

on

thei

r fo

rehe

ads.

2

And

I h

eard

a v

oice

from

hea

ven,

like

the

voic

e of

man

y w

ater

s, a

nd li

ke th

evo

ice

of lo

ud th

unde

r. A

nd I

hea

rd th

eso

und

of h

arpi

sts

play

ing

thei

r ha

rps.

3 T

hey

sang

as

it w

ere

a ne

w s

ong

be-

fore

the

thro

ne, b

efor

e th

e fo

ur li

ving

crea

ture

s, a

nd th

e el

ders

; and

no

one

coul

d le

arn

that

son

g ex

cept

the

hun-

dred

and

fort

y-fo

ur th

ousa

nd w

ho w

ere

rede

emed

from

the

eart

h.4

The

se a

re th

e on

es w

ho w

ere

not d

e-fil

ed w

ith

wom

en, f

or th

ey a

re v

irgi

ns.

The

se a

re th

e on

es w

ho fo

llow

the

Lam

bw

here

ver

He

goes

. The

se w

ere

re-

deem

ed67

from

am

ong

men

, bei

ng fi

rst-

frui

ts to

God

and

to th

e La

mb.

5

And

in th

eir

mou

th w

as fo

und

node

ceit

,68fo

r th

ey a

re w

itho

ut fa

ult b

efor

eth

e th

rone

of G

od.69

A M

ulti

tude

from

th

e G

reat

Tri

bula

tion

Cha

pter

79

Aft

er th

ese

thin

gs I

look

ed, a

nd b

e-ho

ld, a

gre

at m

ulti

tude

whi

ch n

o on

eco

uld

num

ber,

of a

ll na

tion

s, tr

ibes

, peo

-pl

es, a

nd to

ngue

s, s

tand

ing

befo

re th

eth

rone

and

bef

ore

the

Lam

b, c

loth

edw

ith

whi

te r

obes

, wit

h pa

lm b

ranc

hes

inth

eir

hand

s,

10an

d cr

ying

out

wit

h a

loud

voi

ce,

sayi

ng, “

Salv

atio

n be

long

sto

our

God

who

sit

s on

the

thro

ne, a

nd to

the

Lam

b!”

11 A

ll th

e an

gels

sto

od a

roun

d th

eth

rone

and

the

elde

rs a

nd th

e fo

ur li

ving

crea

ture

s, a

nd fe

ll on

thei

r fa

ces

befo

reth

e th

rone

and

wor

ship

ed G

od,

UN

LOC

KIN

G R

EV

EL

ATIO

N:

Unt

angl

ing

the

inte

rloc

king

vis

ions

of t

he R

aptu

re,

and

addr

essi

ng th

e qu

esti

on o

f Tw

o W

itne

sses

: Cha

pter

s 7,

10,

11

We

vie

w t

he

po

ssib

ility

as a

lik

elih

oo

d

tha

t th

e f

ollo

win

g t

exts

co

nve

rge

at

the

sa

me

tim

e;

be

ing

vie

we

d b

y th

e

pro

ph

et

Jo

hn

fro

m d

iffe

ren

t p

ers

pe

c-

tive

sin

th

e u

nve

ilin

g o

f th

e p

rop

he

cie

s

an

d a

t d

iffe

ren

t tim

es

in e

ach

on

e’s

dis

tin

ct

un

fold

ing

in

his

tory

. T

he

y c

on

-

stitu

te o

ne

rap

ture

—T

he

Ch

urc

h—

in-

clu

din

g the J

ew

s (

firs

t fr

uits).

The

Gentile

s(e

ve

ry t

rib

e/n

atio

n)

as w

ell

as

the

un

usu

ally

an

oin

ted

“w

itn

esse

s”:

7:9

-14

; 11

:11

-13

; 1

4:1

-5; 1

4:1

-4; 1

9:1

-

3,

6-7

.

12 s

ayin

g:

“ A

men

! Ble

ssin

g an

d gl

ory

and

wis

dom

, T

hank

sgiv

ing

and

hono

r an

d po

wer

and

mig

ht,

Be

to o

ur G

od

fore

ver

and

ever

. Am

en.”

13

The

n on

e of

the

elde

rs a

nsw

ered

,sa

ying

to m

e, “

Who

are

thes

e ar

raye

d in

whi

te r

obes

, and

whe

re d

id th

ey c

ome

from

?”

14 A

nd I

sai

d to

him

, “Si

r, yo

u kn

ow.”

So

he

said

to m

e, “

The

se a

re th

e on

esw

ho c

ome

out o

f the

gre

at tr

ibul

atio

n,an

d w

ashe

d th

eir

robe

s an

d m

ade

them

whi

te in

the

bloo

d of

the

Lam

b.

15 T

here

fore

they

are

bef

ore

the

thro

ne o

f God

, and

ser

ve H

im d

ay a

ndni

ght i

n H

is te

mpl

e. A

nd H

e w

ho s

its

on th

e th

rone

will

dw

ell a

mon

g th

em.

16 T

hey

shal

l nei

ther

hun

ger

anym

ore

nor

thir

st a

nym

ore;

the

sun

shal

l not

stri

ke th

em, n

or a

ny h

eat;

17fo

r th

e La

mb

who

is in

the

mid

st o

fth

e th

rone

will

she

pher

d th

em a

nd le

adth

em to

livi

ng fo

unta

ins

of w

ater

s.46

And

God

will

wip

e aw

ay e

very

tear

from

thei

r ey

es.”

The

Wit

ness

es R

esur

rect

edC

hapt

er 1

111

Now

aft

er th

e th

ree-

and-

a-ha

lfda

ys th

e br

eath

of l

ife fr

om G

od e

n-te

red

them

, and

they

sto

od o

n th

eir

feet

, and

gre

at fe

ar fe

ll on

thos

e w

hosa

w th

em.

12 A

nd th

ey55

hear

d a

loud

voi

ce fr

omhe

aven

say

ing

to th

em, “

Com

e up

here

.” A

nd th

ey a

scen

ded

to h

eave

n in

acl

oud,

and

thei

r en

emie

s sa

w th

em.

13 I

n th

e sa

me

hour

ther

e w

as a

gre

atea

rthq

uake

, and

a te

nth

of th

e ci

ty fe

ll.In

the

eart

hqua

ke s

even

thou

sand

peo

-pl

e w

ere

kille

d, a

nd th

e re

st w

ere

afra

idan

d ga

ve g

lory

to th

e G

od o

f hea

ven.

14

The

sec

ond

woe

is p

ast.

Beh

old,

the

thir

d w

oe is

com

ing

quic

kly.

Seve

nth

Trum

pet:

T

he K

ingd

om P

rocl

aim

ed15

T

hen

the

seve

nth

ange

l sou

nded

:A

nd th

ere

wer

e lo

ud v

oice

s in

hea

ven,

sayi

ng, “

The

kin

gdom

s56 o

f thi

s w

orld

have

bec

ome

the

king

dom

s of o

ur L

ord

and

of H

is C

hris

t, an

d H

e sh

all r

eign

fore

ver

and

ever

!”

16

And

the

twen

ty-f

our

elde

rs w

hosa

t bef

ore

God

on

thei

r th

rone

s fe

ll on

thei

r fa

ces

and

wor

ship

ed G

od,

17 s

ayin

g: “ W

e gi

ve Y

ou th

anks

, O

Lor

d G

od A

lmig

hty,

T

he O

ne w

ho is

and

who

was

an

d w

ho is

to c

ome,

57

Bec

ause

You

hav

e ta

ken

Your

gre

at p

ower

and

rei

gned

. 18

The

nat

ions

wer

e an

gry,

and

Yo

ur w

rath

has

com

e,

And

the

tim

e of

the

dead

, tha

t th

ey s

houl

d be

judg

ed,

And

that

You

sho

uld

rew

ard

Your

serv

ants

the

prop

hets

and

the

sain

ts,

{2

:13


37

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ptur

e is

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n fr

om th

e N

ew K

ing

Jam

es ©

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9, 1

980,

198

2 by

Tho

mas

Nel

son,

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. Use

d by

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rmis

sion

. Liv

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istr

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Rev

elat

ion

11T

he T

wo

Wit

ness

es1

The

n I

was

giv

en a

ree

d lik

e a

mea

suri

ng r

od. A

nd th

e an

gel s

tood

,52

sayi

ng, “

Ris

e an

d m

easu

re th

e te

mpl

e of

God

, the

alta

r, an

d th

ose

who

wor

-sh

ip th

ere.

2

But

leav

e ou

t the

cou

rt w

hich

isou

tsid

e th

e te

mpl

e, a

nd d

o no

t mea

sure

it, f

or it

has

bee

n gi

ven

to th

e G

enti

les.

And

they

will

trea

d th

e ho

ly c

ity

unde

r-fo

ot fo

r fo

rty-

two

mon

ths.

3 A

nd I

will

giv

e po

wer

to m

y tw

ow

itne

sses

, and

they

will

pro

phes

y on

eth

ousa

nd tw

o hu

ndre

d an

d si

xty

days

,cl

othe

d in

sac

kclo

th.”

4 T

hese

are

the

two

oliv

e tr

ees

and

the

two

lam

psta

nds

stan

ding

bef

ore

the

God

53of

the

eart

h.5

And

if a

nyon

e w

ants

to h

arm

them

,fir

e pr

ocee

ds fr

om th

eir

mou

th a

nd d

e-vo

urs

thei

r en

emie

s. A

nd if

any

one

wan

ts to

har

m th

em, h

e m

ust b

e ki

lled

in th

is m

anne

r. 6

The

se h

ave

pow

er to

shu

t hea

ven,

so

that

no

rain

falls

in th

e da

ys o

f the

irpr

ophe

cy; a

nd th

ey h

ave

pow

er o

ver

wat

ers

to tu

rn th

em to

blo

od, a

nd to

stri

ke th

e ea

rth

wit

h al

l pla

gues

, as

ofte

nas

they

des

ire.

The

Wit

ness

es K

illed

7 W

hen

they

fini

sh th

eir

test

imon

y,th

e be

ast t

hat a

scen

ds o

ut o

f the

bot

-to

mle

ss p

it w

ill m

ake

war

aga

inst

them

,ov

erco

me

them

, and

kill

them

.

Danie

l 12,

Luke 2

1:2

4,

Rom

ans 1

1:2

5

42 x 30 + 1260

8 A

nd th

eir

dead

bod

ies

will

lie

in th

est

reet

of t

he g

reat

cit

y w

hich

spi

ritu

ally

is c

alle

d So

dom

and

Egy

pt, w

here

als

oou

r54Lo

rd w

as c

ruci

fied.

9

The

n th

ose

from

the

peop

les,

trib

es,

tong

ues,

and

nat

ions

will

see

thei

r de

adbo

dies

thre

e-an

d-a-

half

days

, and

not

allo

w th

eir

dead

bod

ies

to b

e pu

t int

ogr

aves

. 10

And

thos

e w

ho d

wel

l on

the

eart

hw

ill r

ejoi

ce o

ver

them

, mak

e m

erry

, and

send

gift

s to

one

ano

ther

, bec

ause

thes

etw

o pr

ophe

ts to

rmen

ted

thos

e w

hodw

ell o

n th

e ea

rth.

Rev

elat

ion

10T

he M

ight

y A

ngel

w

ith

the

Lit

tle

Boo

k1

I s

aw s

till

anot

her

mig

hty

ange

lco

min

g do

wn

from

hea

ven,

clo

thed

wit

h a

clou

d. A

nd a

rai

nbow

was

on

his

head

, his

face

was

like

the

sun,

and

his

feet

like

pilla

rs o

f fir

e.

2

And

he

had

a lit

tle b

ook

open

in h

isha

nd. A

nd h

e se

t his

rig

ht fo

ot o

n th

ese

a an

d hi

s le

ft fo

ot o

n th

e la

nd.

3

and

crie

d w

ith

a lo

ud v

oice

, as

whe

na

lion

roar

s. W

hen

he c

ried

out

, sev

enth

unde

rs u

tter

ed th

eir

voic

es.

4 N

ow w

hen

the

seve

n th

unde

rs u

t-te

red

thei

r vo

ices

, I w

as a

bout

to w

rite

;bu

t I h

eard

a v

oice

from

hea

ven

sayi

ngto

me,

49“S

eal u

p th

e th

ings

whi

ch th

ese

ven

thun

ders

utt

ered

, and

do

not

wri

te th

em.”

9:1

1

Ma

l 3

:1b

, Is

a 6

3:9

, E

x 1

4:1

9,

Acts

7:3

0-3

2

1:7

; 4

:3;

1:1

6;

1:7

5

5:1

-98

:1

“Go,

take

the

little

boo

k w

hich

is o

pen

in th

e ha

nd o

f the

ang

el w

ho s

tand

s on

the

sea

and

on th

e ea

rth.

” 9

So

I w

ent t

o th

e an

gel a

nd s

aid

tohi

m, “

Giv

e m

e th

e lit

tle b

ook.

” A

nd h

esa

id to

me,

“Ta

ke a

nd e

at it

; and

it w

illm

ake

your

sto

mac

h bi

tter

, but

it w

ill b

eas

sw

eet a

s ho

ney

in y

our

mou

th.”

10T

hen

I to

ok th

e lit

tle b

ook

out o

fth

e an

gel’s

han

d an

d at

e it

, and

it w

as a

ssw

eet a

s ho

ney

in m

y m

outh

. But

whe

nI

had

eate

n it

, my

stom

ach

beca

me

bit-

ter.

11A

nd h

e51sa

id to

me,

“Yo

u m

ust

prop

hesy

aga

in a

bout

man

y pe

ople

s,na

tion

s, to

ngue

s, a

nd k

ings

.”

5 T

he a

ngel

who

m I

saw

sta

ndin

g on

the

sea

and

on th

e la

nd r

aise

d up

his

hand

50to

hea

ven

6

and

swor

e by

Him

who

live

s fo

reve

ran

d ev

er, w

ho c

reat

ed h

eave

n an

d th

eth

ings

that

are

in it

, the

ear

th a

nd th

eth

ings

that

are

in it

, and

the

sea

and

the

thin

gs th

at a

re in

it, t

hat t

here

sho

uld

be d

elay

no

long

er,

7 b

ut in

the

days

of t

he s

ound

ing

ofth

e se

vent

h an

gel,

whe

n he

is a

bout

toso

und,

the

mys

tery

of G

od w

ould

be

finis

hed,

as

He

decl

ared

to H

is s

erva

nts

the

prop

hets

.

John

Eat

s th

e L

ittl

e B

ook

8 T

hen

the

voic

e w

hich

I h

eard

from

heav

en s

poke

to m

e ag

ain

and

said

,

Ez 2

:10 -

3:3

to C

ha

pte

r 11

Daniel 12:7-9

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