Revelation 12:1-13:15

New American Standard Bible

The Woman, Israel

12 A great ^(A)sign appeared ^(B)in heaven: ^(C)a woman ^(D)clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; ² and she was pregnant and she *^(E)cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

The Red Dragon, Satan

³ Then ^(F)another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red ^(G)dragon having ^(H)seven heads and ^(I)ten horns, and on his heads were ^(J)seven crowns. ⁴ And his tail *swept away a ^(K)third of the stars of heaven and ^(L)hurled them to the earth. And the ^(M)dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth ^(N)he might devour her Child.

The Male Child, Christ

⁵ And ^(O)she gave birth to a Son, a male, who is going to ^[a](P)rule all the ^[b]nations with a rod of iron; and her Child was ^(Q)caught up to God and to His throne. ⁶ Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there ^[c]she would be nourished for ^(R)1,260 days.

The Angel, Michael

⁷ And there was war in heaven, ^(S)Michael and his angels waging war with the ^(T)dragon. The dragon and ^(U)his angels waged war, ⁸ and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. ⁹ And the great ^(V)dragon was thrown down, the ^(W)serpent of old who is called the devil and ^(X)Satan, who ^(Y)deceives the whole ^[d]world; he was ^(Z)thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰ Then I heard ^(AA)a loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the ^(AB)salvation, and the power, and the ^(AC)kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^(AD)accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night. ¹¹ And they ^(AE)overcame him because of ^(AF)the blood of the Lamb and because of ^(AG)the word of their testimony, and they ^(AH)did not love their life even ^[e]when faced with death. ¹² For this reason, ^(AI)rejoice, you heavens and ^(AJ)you who dwell in them. ^(AK)Woe to the earth and the sea, because ^(AL)the devil has come down to you with great wrath, knowing that he has only ^(AM)a short time.”

¹³ And when the ^(AN)dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted ^(AO)the woman who gave birth to the male Child. ¹⁴ But the ^(AP)two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly ^(AQ)into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for ^(AR)a time, times, and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent. ¹⁵ And the ^(AS)serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. ^16 [f]But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon had hurled out of his mouth. ¹⁷ So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to ^(AT)make war with the rest of her ^[g](AU)children, who ^(AV)keep the commandments of God and ^(AW)hold to the testimony of Jesus.

The Beast from the Sea

13 And the dragon stood on the sand of the ^[h]seashore.

Then I saw a ^(AX)beast coming up out of the sea, having ^(AY)ten horns and ^(AZ)seven heads, and on his horns were ^(BA)ten crowns, and on his heads were ^(BB)blasphemous names. ² And the beast that I saw was ^(BC)like a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^(BD)a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^(BE)a lion. And the ^(BF)dragon gave him his power and his ^(BG)throne, and great authority. ³ I saw one of his heads as if it had been ^[i]fatally wounded, and his ^(BH)fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^(BI)was amazed and followed after the beast; ⁴ they worshiped the ^(BJ)dragon because he ^(BK)gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^(BL)Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” ⁵ A mouth was given to him ^(BM)speaking ^[j]arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^(BN)forty-two months was given to him. ⁶ And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^(BO)those who dwell in heaven.

⁷ It was also given to him to ^(BP)make war with the ^[k]saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him over ^(BQ)every tribe, people, language, and nation. ⁸ All who ^(BR)live on the earth will worship him, everyone ^(BS)whose name has not been ^[l]written ^(BT)since the foundation of the world in the ^(BU)book of life of ^(BV)the Lamb who has been slaughtered. ^9 (BW)If anyone has an ear, let him hear. ^10 (BX)If anyone ^[m]is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^(BY)if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^(BZ)the ^[n]perseverance and the faith of the ^[o]saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹ Then ^(CA)I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had ^(CB)two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a ^(CC)dragon. ¹² He ^(CD)exercises all the authority of the first beast ^[p](CE)in his presence. And he makes ^(CF)the earth and those who live on it ^(CG)worship the first beast, whose ^(CH)fatal wound was healed. ¹³ He ^(CI)performs great signs, so that he even makes ^(CJ)fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the presence of people. ¹⁴ And he ^(CK)deceives ^(CL)those who live on the earth because of ^(CM)the signs which it was given him to perform ^[q](CN)in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the ^(CO)wound of the sword and has come to life. ¹⁵ And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ^[r]speak and cause ^(CP)all who do not ^(CQ)worship the image of the beast to be killed.