14 For they are (A)demonic spirits, (B)performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, (C)to assemble them for battle on (D)the great day of God the Almighty.

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Some Will Depart from the Faith

Now (A)the Spirit expressly says that (B)in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to (C)deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

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and will come out (A)to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, (B)Gog and Magog, (C)to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.

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19 We know that we are from God, and (A)the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

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15 This is not (A)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, (B)demonic.

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16 And (A)they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called (B)Armageddon.

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And (A)the great dragon was thrown down, (B)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, (C)the deceiver of the whole world—(D)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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13 For such men are (A)false apostles, (B)deceitful workmen, (C)disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as (D)an angel of light. 15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as (E)servants of righteousness. (F)Their end will correspond to their deeds.

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44 (A)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. (B)He was a murderer from the beginning, and (C)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. (D)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

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19 And I saw (A)the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies (B)gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with it (C)the false prophet (D)who in its presence[a] had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who (E)worshiped its image. These two were (F)thrown alive into the lake of (G)fire that burns with sulfur.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:20 Or on its behalf

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan (A)with all power and false signs and wonders,

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22 (A)For false christs and false prophets will arise and (B)perform signs and wonders, (C)to lead astray, if possible, (D)the elect.

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24 For (A)false christs and (B)false prophets will arise and (C)perform great signs and wonders, (D)so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

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(A)After many days you will be mustered. (B)In the latter years you will go against (C)the land that is restored from war, the land whose people (D)were gathered from many peoples upon (E)the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and (F)now dwell securely, all of them. You will advance, coming on (G)like a storm. You will be (H)like a cloud covering the land, you and all your (I)hordes, and many peoples with you.

10 “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, (J)thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme 11 and say, ‘I will go up against (K)the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon (L)the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ 12 to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against (M)the waste places that are now inhabited, and (N)the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, (O)who dwell at the center of the earth.

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13 “If a prophet or (A)a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and (B)the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’

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13 (A)It performs great signs, even (B)making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of[a] the beast (C)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast (D)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:14 Or on behalf of

10 (A)Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try (B)those who dwell on the earth.

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Longing to Go to Rome

First, (A)I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, (B)because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

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But Elymas the (A)magician (for that is the meaning of his name) (B)opposed them, seeking to turn (C)the proconsul away from the faith. But Saul, who was also called Paul, (D)filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “You (E)son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and (F)villainy, will you not stop (G)making crooked (H)the straight paths of the Lord?

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11 (A)Hasten and come,
    all you surrounding nations,
    and gather yourselves there.
(B)Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
12 Let the nations stir themselves up
    and come up to (C)the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
(D)for there I will sit to judge
    all the surrounding nations.

13 (E)Put in the sickle,
    (F)for the harvest is ripe.
(G)Go in, tread,
    (H)for the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
    for their evil is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes,
    in the valley of decision!
For (I)the day of the Lord is near
    in the valley of decision.

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Judgment on the Nations

34 Draw near, (A)O nations, to hear,
    and give attention, O peoples!
Let the earth hear, and all that fills it;
    the world, and all that comes from it.
For the Lord is enraged against all the nations,
    and furious against all their host;
    he has (B)devoted them to destruction,[a] has given them over for slaughter.
Their slain shall be cast out,
    and (C)the stench of their corpses shall rise;
    (D)the mountains shall flow with their blood.
(E)All the host of heaven shall rot away,
    and the skies roll up like a scroll.
All their host shall fall,
    as leaves fall from the vine,
    like leaves falling from the fig tree.

For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    behold, it descends for judgment upon (F)Edom,
    upon the people (G)I have devoted to destruction.
The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood;
    it is gorged with fat,
    with the blood of lambs and goats,
    with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
(H)For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
    a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
(I)Wild oxen shall (J)fall with them,
    and (K)young steers with (L)the mighty bulls.
Their land shall drink its fill of blood,
    and their soil shall be gorged with fat.

(M)For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
    a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:2 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verse 5

18 And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: (A)I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab the king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. 20 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ 21 And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be (B)a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’ 22 Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets. The Lord has declared disaster concerning you.”

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10 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor (A)at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself (B)horns of iron and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘With these (C)you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.’”

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And I heard (A)the altar saying,

“Yes, Lord God the Almighty,
    (B)true and just are your judgments!”

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