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come, and the time of the "dead, that they should be "judged;

19" and that thou shouldest "give the reward to thy ser"vants the prophets, and to "thy saints, and to them that "fear thy name, small and 66 great; and that thou should"est destroy them who destroy "the earth."

20 And the Sanctuary of God was opened in heaven, and the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord was seen in his Sanctuary and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and great hail.

CHAPTER XII.

AND a great wonder appear

ed in heaven, a Woman clothed with the sun; and the moon was under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars:

2 and being with child, she cried, labouring in birth and in pain to be delivered.

3 And another wonder appeared in heaven; for, behold, a great red Dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns:

4 and his tail swept away the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth and the Dragon stood before the Woman that was about to be delivered, that,

when she had brought forth, it might devour her child.

5 And she brought forth a male child, who was to rule all the nations with a rod of iron and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne: 6 and the Woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared by God; that they should feed her there, a thousand two hundred and sixty days.

7 And there was war in heaven Michael and his angels fought with the Dragon;

8 and the Dragon fought, and his angels, but they prevailed not; neither was place found for him any more, in heaven:

9 and the great Dragon was cast out, that ancient Serpent, which is called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole inhabited earth: he was cast out to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now is "come the salvation, and the

12 "Therefore rejoice, ye "heavens, and ye that dwell "" in them!

13" Wo, to you who inhabit "the earth and the sea! for "the devil is come down to "you, having great wrath, be66 cause he knoweth that he "hath but a little time."

14 And when the Dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he pursued the Woman that had brought forth the male child:

15 but, to the Woman were given two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly to the wilderness, to her own place; that she might there be nourished, for a time, and times, and half a time, away from the face of the Serpent.

16 And the Serpent cast water out of his mouth after the Woman, as a flood, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood:

17 but, the earth helped the Woman; and opened its mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the Dragon had cast out of his mouth.

18 And the Dragon was enraged with the Woman; and went away from her, to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus.

CHAPTER XIII.

AND I stood on the sand of

the sea, and saw a wild beast rise up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads; and on its horns were ten crowns, and on its heads, names of blasphemy:

2 and, the wild beast which I saw, was like a leopard; and its feet, as those of a bear; and its mouth, as the mouth of a lion and the Dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and his great authority.

3 And I saw one of its heads, as if it had been wounded to death; yet, its deadly wound was healed, and the whole earth wondered at the beast: 4 and they gave worship to the Dragon, which gave the authority to the wild beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like to the "beast? Who is able to make war with it?”

5 and a mouth was given to it, speaking great things, even blasphemies;

blasphemies; and authority was given to it to act, for forty and two months:

6 and it opened its mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and those who dwell in his tabernacle in heaven:

7 and it was granted to it, to make war with the saints and to overcome them: and

authority was given to it, over every tribe, and people, and tongue, and nation:

8 and all the inhabiters of the earth, whose name is not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb which was slain from the foundation of the world, will worship it.

to give breath to the image of the beast; that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause all those who would not worship the image of the beast, to be killed :

16 and it causeth all, both the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free and

10 "If any one' is ordained "to captivity, he must go; if "any one to the sword, he "must be slain by the sword:" here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

11 And I saw another wild beast, coming up out of the earth; and it had horns like a lamb, but spake as a dragon: 12 and it exerciseth all the authority of the first beast, before it; and causeth the earth, and them that dwell on it, to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed:

on their right hand, or on their forehead;

17 and, that no one might buy or sell, but he who hath the mark, namely, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

18 Here is wisdom: Let him that hath the understanding, compute the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man; and its number, is SIX

HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX.

CHAPTER XIV.

even to make fire come down

from heaven on the earth, in

the sight of men:

14 and it deceiveth my people, who dwell on the earth, by the miracles which are granted it to do in the sight of the beast; bidding them that dwell on the earth to make an image to the first beast, which had the wound from the sword, and yet lived:

15 and it was granted to it,

the Lamb stood on the mount Sion; and, with him, an hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

2 And I heard a voice from heaven, loud as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder; and the voice which I heard, was as the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

one was

3 and they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living-creatures and the elders and no : able to learn that song, but the hundred and forty-four thousand, who were redeemed from the earth:

4 these are they, who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins: these are they, who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth:

5 these, have been redeemed by Jesus from among men, for a first-fruit to God and to the Lamb;

6 and, in their mouth, no falsehood hath been found: for, they are blameless.

7 And I saw an angel, flying in mid-heaven, having the Everlasting Gospel, to preach to them that inhabit the earth; even to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people;

8 saying, with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give glory "to Him, for the hour of His "judgment is come and wor"ship Him who made the hea"ven, and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains of "waters."

9 And another, a second, angel followed him, saying, "Babylon, the great, is fallen! "She hath made all the na"tions to drink of the wine, of "the fury of her fornication."

10 And another, a third angel,

followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If any one worship the beast and its image, "and receive its mark on his "forehead, or on his hand,

11 "the same shall drink of "the wine of the fury of God, "which is poured out, without "mixture, into the Cup of his "wrath; and he shall be tor"mented with fire and brim"stone, in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

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12 "and the smoke of their "torment, goeth up for ever "and ever: and they who wor"ship the beast and its image, "and any one that receiveth "the mark of its name, have "no rest, day nor night.

13" Here is the patience of "the saints, who keep the com"mandments of God, and the "faith of Jesus."

14 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write, Blessed "from henceforth are the dead "who die in the Lord: Yea, "saith the Spirit, that they

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may rest from their labours; "and their works follow with "them."

15 And I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and one like a son of man sitting on the cloud, having a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand:

16 and another angel came out from the Sanctuary, crying

. e. the nations generally.

Matt. iv. 29.

i. e. the Jewish nation particularly. Ps. lxxx. 8. Is. v. 1-7. Mark, xiv. 1-12.

with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Thrust in

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thy sickle, and reap: for the "time to reap is come; for the "Harvest of the earth is ripe :" 17 and he that sat on the cloud, thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

18 And another angel came out from the Sanctuary which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle:

19 and, another angel came out from the altar, who had authority over the fire; and he cried, with a loud cry, to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, "Thrust in thy sharp "sickle, and gather the clus"ters of the Vine of the earth; "for the grapes of the earth are fully ripe :"

20 and the angel thrust in his sickle on the earth, and gathered the grapes of the vine of the earth, and cast them into the great wine-vat of the fury of God:

21 and the wine-vat was trodden, out of the city; and blood came out of the wine-vat, even to the bridles of the horses, to the distance of a thousand and i. e. 200 miles. six hundred furlongs.

CHAPTER XV.

AND, I saw another great and marvellous sign in heaven; seven angels, having

the Seven last Scourges; for, in them the fury of God is finished.

2 And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mingled with fire; and I saw those who had gained the victory over the image of the beast, and over the beast itself, and over the number of its name, standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God:

3 and they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God; and Exod. xv. 1 the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvellous are thy "works, Lord God Almighty;

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'just and true are thy ways, "thou King of the nations!

4 "Who will not fear thee, O Jer. x. 7. "Lord, and glorify thy name? "for thou only art holy: for

they will all come and wor"ship before thee; for thy just "judgments are made mani"fest!"

5 And, after these things, I looked, and the Sanctuary of the tabernacle of the Testimony c. xi. 19. in heaven, was opened;

6 and the seven angels that have the Seven Scourges, came forth; who were clothed in pure white linen, and girded round their breasts with golden girdles :

7 and, one of the four livingcreatures gave to the seven

C.
Heb. ix. 8.

angels Seven golden Cups, full Ps. lxxv. 8. of the fury of God who liveth for ever and ever: