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A Beast Comes From The Sea: The Dragon Gives Him Power And Authority

13 And I saw a beast coming-up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and ten diadems upon his horns, and names of ^[a] blasphemy on his heads. ² And the beast which I saw was resembling a leopard, and his feet were like ones of a bear, and his mouth was like a mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. ³ And I saw one of his heads as-if ^[b] having been slain to^[c] death. And his wound of ^[d] death was cured. And the whole earth was caused-to-marvel [while following] after the beast. ⁴ And they gave-worship to the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast. And they gave worship to the beast saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage-war against him?” ⁵ And a mouth was given to him speaking great things and^[e] blasphemies. And authority to act for forty and two months was given to him. ⁶ And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name, and His dwelling^[f]— the^[g] ones dwelling in heaven. ⁷ And authority was given to him to make war against the saints, and to overcome^[h] them. And authority was given to him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. ⁸ And all the ones dwelling upon the earth will worship him— each whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb having been slain since^[i] the foundation of the world. ⁹ If anyone has an ear, let him hear: ¹⁰ if anyone is for^[j] captivity, he is going into captivity; if anyone is to^[k] be killed with a sword, he is to be killed with a sword. Here^[l] is the endurance and the faith^[m] of the saints.

A Beast Comes From The Land. He Makes Everyone Worship The First Beast

¹¹ And I saw another beast^[n] coming-up out of the land^[o]. And he had two horns like a lamb. And he was speaking like a dragon. ¹² And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and the ones dwelling in it so that they will worship the first beast whose wound of death was cured. ¹³ And he does great signs, so that he even makes fire to come-down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of the people. ¹⁴ And he deceives the ones dwelling upon the earth because-of the signs which it was given him to do in the presence of the beast— telling the ones dwelling upon the earth to make an image to the beast who has the wound of the sword and lived^[p]. ¹⁵ And authority was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, in order that the image of the beast might even^[q] speak and cause that all-who do not give-worship to the image of the beast should be killed. ¹⁶ And he causes everyone— the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves— that they^[r] should give them a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, ¹⁷ and that no one should be able to buy or to sell except the one having the mark: the name of the beast or the number of his name. ¹⁸ Here^[s] is wisdom. Let the one having understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number^[t] of a man. And his number is six-hundred sixty six.

The Lamb And The 144,000 Stand On Mt. Zion, Singing a New Song

14 And I saw, and behold— the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one-hundred forty four thousand having His name and the name of His Father having been written on their foreheads. ² And I heard a sound from heaven like a sound of many waters, and like a sound of loud thunder. And the sound which I heard was like that of harpists harping with their harps. ³ And they^[u] are singing something like a new song before the throne and before the four living-creatures and the elders. And no one was able to learn the song except the one-hundred forty four thousand, the ones having been bought^[v] from the earth. ⁴ These are ones who were not stained^[w] with women, for they are virgins. These are^[x] the ones following the Lamb wherever He goes. These were bought from mankind to be the firstfruit to God and to the Lamb. ⁵ And falsehood was not found in their mouth. They are without-blemish.

Three Angels Proclaim God’s Message To The Earth

⁶ And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven^[y], having eternal good-news to announce-as-good-news to^[z] the ones sitting on the earth— indeed, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, ⁷ saying with a loud voice “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment came^[aa]. And give-worship to the One having made the heaven and the land and sea and springs of waters”. ⁸ And another angel, a second, followed, saying “Babylon the great fell^[ab], it fell— she who has given-a-drink-to all the nations from the wine of the passion^[ac] of her sexual-immorality”. ⁹ And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰ he himself will also drink from the wine of the fury of God having been mixed undiluted in the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. And they do not have a rest by day and by night^[ad]— the ones worshiping the beast and his image, and if anyone receives the mark of his name. ¹² Here^[ae] is the endurance of the saints, the ones keeping the commandments of God and the faith of ^[af] Jesus. ¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write— ‘Blessed^[ag] are the dead dying in the Lord from-now-on! Yes, says the Spirit, so that they will rest from their labors, for their works are following with them”.

The Reaping of Mankind

¹⁴ And I saw and behold— there was a white cloud, and one sitting on the cloud resembling a son^[ah] of man, having a golden crown^[ai] upon his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple, crying-out with a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud, “Send your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap came, because the harvest of the earth was dried-up^[aj]”. ¹⁶ And the one sitting on the cloud cast his sickle over^[ak] the earth, and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ And another angel came-out from the altar— the one having^[al] authority over the fire. And he called-out with a loud voice to the one having the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the grapevine of the earth, because its grapes became ripe”. ¹⁹ And the angel cast his sickle into the earth, and gathered the grapevine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the fury of God. ²⁰ And the winepress was trodden outside the city. And blood came out of the winepress up to the bridles of the horses, one-thousand six-hundred stades^[am] away.

Sign 3: Seven Angels With The Seven Last Plagues, And The Overcomers Singing

15 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having seven plagues— the last, because the fury of God was finished^[an] in them. ² And I saw something like a sea of-glass^[ao] having been mixed with fire, and the ones overcoming^[ap] from the beast and from his image and from the number of his name standing upon the sea of-glass, holding harps of God. ³ And they are singing the song of Moses the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying “Your works are great and marvelous, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are righteous and true, King of the nations. ⁴ Who will never come-to-fear, Lord, and glorify Your name? Because You alone are holy. Because all the nations will come and worship^[aq] before You, because Your righteous-acts were revealed”.

Vision 4: The Seven Bowls of Wrath

⁵ And after these things I saw, and the temple of ^[ar] the tabernacle^[as] of ^[at] testimony^[au] in heaven was opened^[av]. ⁶ And the seven angels having the seven plagues^[aw] came out of the temple, having been dressed-in clean shining linen and having been girded-with golden belts around the chests. ⁷ And one of the four living-creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls being full of the fury of God, the One living forever and ever. ⁸ And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power. And no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished. 16 ¹ And I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour-out the seven bowls of the fury of God into the earth”.

² And the first went and poured out his bowl into the land^[ax]— and a bad and evil sore came upon the people having the mark of the beast and the ones giving worship to his image.

³ And the second poured out his bowl into the sea— and it became blood like of a dead man. And every soul of life died— the things in the sea.

⁴ And the third poured-out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of waters— and it^[ay] became blood. ⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous^[az], the One Who is and Who was^[ba], the holy One, because You judged these things. ⁶ Because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They are worthy^[bb] of it ”. ⁷ And I heard a voice from the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God Almighty, Your judgments are true and righteous”.

⁸ And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun— and authority was given to it to scorch the people with fire. ⁹ And the people were scorched with a great scorching-heat. And they blasphemed the name of God, the One having the authority over these plagues. And they did not repent so as to give Him glory.

¹⁰ And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast— and his kingdom became darkened. And they were biting their tongues because-of the pain. ¹¹ And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, and because of their sores. And they did not repent from their works.

¹² And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates— and its water was dried-up in order that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun^[bc]. ¹³ And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false-prophet. ¹⁴ For they are spirits of demons doing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them together for the battle of the great day of God Almighty. ¹⁵ “Behold^[bd]— I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one keeping-watch^[be], and keeping his garments in order that he not be walking-around naked and they see his shame”. ¹⁶ And they gathered them together to the place being called Har-Magedon in Hebrew.

¹⁷ And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air— and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne saying, “It is done^[bf]”. ¹⁸ And there came lightnings^[bg] and voices and thunders. And a great earthquake took place such as did not take place from which time a human^[bh] came-to-be^[bi] upon the earth— so-large an earthquake, so great. ¹⁹ And the great city^[bj] came-to-be in three parts. And the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered^[bk] in the presence of God— to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. ²⁰ And every island fled, and the mountains were not found. ²¹ And great hail weighing about a talent^[bl] comes down from heaven upon the people. And the people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is extremely great.