Book of Common Prayer
Sign 1: A Woman About To Give Birth
12 And a great sign appeared in heaven: there was a woman, having been clothed-with the sun, and the moon was under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head, 2 and having a child in her womb. And she is crying-out, suffering-birth-pains and being-in-torment to give-birth.
Sign 2: A Red Dragon Tries To Devour The Woman And Her Newborn Son, But Fails
3 And another sign appeared in heaven. And behold— there was a great fire-red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems[a] on his heads. 4 And his tail sweeps-away[b] a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon is standing before the woman being about to give-birth, in order that when she gives-birth he might devour her child. 5 And she gave-birth to a Son, a male Child, Who is going to shepherd[c] all the nations with an iron rod. And her Child was snatched-up to God, and to His throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness[d] where she has a place there having been prepared by God, in order that they[e] might nourish[f] her there for one-thousand two-hundred sixty days.
There Is a War In Heaven: The Dragon Is Thrown Down To Earth
7 And there was a war[g] in heaven. Michael and his angels were to fight against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought. 8 And he did not prevail, nor was a place for them still found in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown-down— the ancient serpent, the one being called the devil and Satan, the one deceiving the whole world— he was thrown-down to the earth. And his angels were thrown-down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying “Now[h] the salvation[i] and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ came[j], because the accuser of our brothers was thrown-down— the one accusing them before our God by day and by night.
God Sent His Son Into The World That All Believing In Him May Have Eternal Life
16 “For[a] God so[b] loved the world that He gave His only-born Son, in order that everyone believing in Him may not perish, but may have eternal life. 17 For God did not send-forth the Son into the world in order that He might judge[c] the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. 18 The one believing in Him is not judged. But the one not believing has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-born Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment[d]: that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their works were evil. 20 For everyone practicing bad things hates the Light, and does not come to the Light in order that his works may not be exposed. 21 But the one doing the truth comes to the Light in order that his works may become-visible— that[e] they have been worked in[f] God”.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing