The Angel and the Little Scroll

10 I saw another ^(A)strong angel ^(B)coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the ^(C)rainbow was on his head, and ^(D)his face was like the sun, and his ^(E)feet like pillars of fire; ² and he had in his hand a ^(F)little scroll, which was open. He placed ^(G)his right foot on the sea and his left on the land; ³ and he cried out with a loud voice, ^(H)as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, the ^(I)seven peals of thunder ^[a]uttered their voices. ⁴ When the seven peals of thunder had spoken, ^(J)I was about to write; and I ^(K)heard a voice from heaven, saying, “^(L)Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken, and do not write them.” ⁵ Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land ^(M)raised his right hand to heaven, ^6 (N)and swore by ^(O)Him who lives forever and ever, ^(P)who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that ^(Q)there will no longer be a delay, ⁷ but in the days of the voice of the ^(R)seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then ^(S)the mystery of God is finished, as He announced to His servants the prophets.

⁸ Then ^(T)the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take ^(U)the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who ^(V)stands on the sea and on the land.” ⁹ And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he *said to me, “^(W)Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” ¹⁰ I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. ¹¹ And ^(X)they *said to me, “You must ^(Y)prophesy again concerning ^(Z)many peoples, nations, languages, and ^(AA)kings.”

The Two Witnesses

11 Then there was given to me a ^[b](AB)measuring rod like a staff; ^[c]and ^(AC)someone said, “Get up and measure the ^[d]temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. ^2 [e]Leave out the ^(AD)courtyard which is outside the ^[f]temple and do not measure it, because ^(AE)it has been given to the nations; and they will ^(AF)trample ^(AG)the holy city for ^(AH)forty-two months. ³ And I will grant authority to my two ^(AI)witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(AJ)1,260 days, clothed in ^(AK)sackcloth.” ⁴ These are the ^(AL)two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if anyone wants to harm them, ^(AM)fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and so if anyone wants to harm them, ^(AN)he must be killed in this way. ⁶ These have the power to ^(AO)shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^(AP)the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to ^(AQ)turn them into blood, and ^(AR)to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

⁷ When they have finished their testimony, ^(AS)the beast that comes up out of the ^(AT)abyss will ^(AU)make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. ⁸ And their dead bodies will lie on the street of the ^(AV)great city which ^[g]spiritually is called ^(AW)Sodom and ^(AX)Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹ Those from ^(AY)the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead ^[h]bodies for three and a half days, and ^[i](AZ)will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. ¹⁰ And ^(BA)those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will ^(BB)send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^(BC)those who live on the earth.

¹¹ And after the three and a half days, ^(BD)the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. ¹² And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “^(BE)Come up here.” And they ^(BF)went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³ And ^[j]at that time there was a great ^(BG)earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; ^[k]seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(BH)gave glory to the ^(BI)God of heaven.

¹⁴ The second ^(BJ)woe has passed; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet: Christ’s Reign Foreseen

¹⁵ Then the ^(BK)seventh angel sounded; and there were ^(BL)loud voices in heaven, saying,

“^(BM)The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(BN)His ^[l]Christ; and ^(BO)He will reign forever and ever.” ¹⁶ And the twenty-four elders, who ^(BP)sit on their thrones before God, ^(BQ)fell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying,

“We give You thanks, ^(BR)Lord God, the Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to ^(BS)reign. ¹⁸ And ^(BT)the nations were enraged, and ^(BU)Your wrath came, and ^(BV)the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to ^[m]reward Your ^(BW)bond-servants the prophets and the ^[n]saints and those who fear Your name, ^(BX)the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

¹⁹ And ^(BY)the ^[o]temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and ^(BZ)the ark of His covenant appeared in His ^[p]temple, and there were flashes of ^(CA)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a ^(CB)great ^[q]hailstorm.

The Woman, Israel

12 A great ^(CC)sign appeared ^(CD)in heaven: ^(CE)a woman ^(CF)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 *^(CG)cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

The Red Dragon, Satan

³ Then ^(CH)another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red ^(CI)dragon having ^(CJ)seven heads and ^(CK)ten horns, and on his heads were ^(CL)seven crowns. ⁴ And his tail *swept away a ^(CM)third of the stars of heaven and ^(CN)hurled them to the earth. And the ^(CO)dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth ^(CP)he might devour her Child.

The Male Child, Christ

⁵ And ^(CQ)she gave birth to a Son, a male, who is going to ^[r](CR)rule all the ^[s]nations with a rod of iron; and her Child was ^(CS)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 ^[t]she would be nourished for ^(CT)1,260 days.

The Angel, Michael

⁷ And there was war in heaven, ^(CU)Michael and his angels waging war with the ^(CV)dragon. The dragon and ^(CW)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 ^(CX)dragon was thrown down, the ^(CY)serpent of old who is called the devil and ^(CZ)Satan, who ^(DA)deceives the whole ^[u]world; he was ^(DB)thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰ Then I heard ^(DC)a loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the ^(DD)salvation, and the power, and the ^(DE)kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^(DF)accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night. ¹¹ And they ^(DG)overcame him because of ^(DH)the blood of the Lamb and because of ^(DI)the word of their testimony, and they ^(DJ)did not love their life even ^[v]when faced with death. ¹² For this reason, ^(DK)rejoice, you heavens and ^(DL)you who dwell in them. ^(DM)Woe to the earth and the sea, because ^(DN)the devil has come down to you with great wrath, knowing that he has only ^(DO)a short time.”

¹³ And when the ^(DP)dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted ^(DQ)the woman who gave birth to the male Child. ¹⁴ But the ^(DR)two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly ^(DS)into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for ^(DT)a time, times, and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent. ¹⁵ And the ^(DU)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 [w]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 ^(DV)make war with the rest of her ^[x](DW)children, who ^(DX)keep the commandments of God and ^(DY)hold to the testimony of Jesus.

The Beast from the Sea

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

Then I saw a ^(DZ)beast coming up out of the sea, having ^(EA)ten horns and ^(EB)seven heads, and on his horns were ^(EC)ten crowns, and on his heads were ^(ED)blasphemous names. ² And the beast that I saw was ^(EE)like a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^(EF)a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^(EG)a lion. And the ^(EH)dragon gave him his power and his ^(EI)throne, and great authority. ³ I saw one of his heads as if it had been ^[z]fatally wounded, and his ^(EJ)fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^(EK)was amazed and followed after the beast; ⁴ they worshiped the ^(EL)dragon because he ^(EM)gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^(EN)Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” ⁵ A mouth was given to him ^(EO)speaking ^[aa]arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^(EP)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, ^(EQ)those who dwell in heaven.

⁷ It was also given to him to ^(ER)make war with the ^[ab]saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him over ^(ES)every tribe, people, language, and nation. ⁸ All who ^(ET)live on the earth will worship him, everyone ^(EU)whose name has not been ^[ac]written ^(EV)since the foundation of the world in the ^(EW)book of life of ^(EX)the Lamb who has been slaughtered. ^9 (EY)If anyone has an ear, let him hear. ^10 (EZ)If anyone ^[ad]is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^(FA)if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^(FB)the ^[ae]perseverance and the faith of the ^[af]saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹ Then ^(FC)I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had ^(FD)two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a ^(FE)dragon. ¹² He ^(FF)exercises all the authority of the first beast ^[ag](FG)in his presence. And he makes ^(FH)the earth and those who live on it ^(FI)worship the first beast, whose ^(FJ)fatal wound was healed. ¹³ He ^(FK)performs great signs, so that he even makes ^(FL)fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the presence of people. ¹⁴ And he ^(FM)deceives ^(FN)those who live on the earth because of ^(FO)the signs which it was given him to perform ^[ah](FP)in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the ^(FQ)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 ^[ai]speak and cause ^(FR)all who do not ^(FS)worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶ And he causes all, ^(FT)the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, ^[aj]to be given a ^(FU)mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^(FV)mark, either ^(FW)the name of the beast or ^(FX)the number of his name. ^18 (FY)Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that ^(FZ)of a ^[ak]man; and his number is ^[al]six hundred and sixty-six.