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12 And there appeared a great wonder in Heaven: a woman clothed with the Sun. And the Moon was under her feet; and upon her head, a crown of twelve stars.
2 And she was with child, and cried and was pained, travailing in birth, ready to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in Heaven: a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew a third of the stars of Heaven and cast them to the Earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered, to devour her child when she had brought it forth.
5 So she brought forth a man child who should rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her child was taken up to God and to His throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, so that they would feed her there for 1260 days.
7 And there was a battle in Heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels.
8 But they did not prevail, nor was their place found anymore in Heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out; that old serpent called the devil and Satan, who deceives all the world. He was cast into the Earth. And his angels were cast out with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice in Heaven, saying, “Now is salvation, and strength, and the Kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ! For the accuser of our brothers, who accused them before our God day and night, is cast down!
11 “But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by that word of their testimony! And they did not love their lives unto the death!
12 Therefore, rejoice, you heavens! And you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the Earth, and of the sea! For the devil has come down to you - who has great wrath - knowing that he has but a short time.”
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the Earth, he persecuted the woman who had brought forth the man child.
14 But to the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly into the wilderness; into her place where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast water after the woman - out of his mouth, like a flood - so that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood,
16 But the Earth helped the woman. And the Earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had cast out of his mouth.
17 Then the dragon was angry with the woman and went and made war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the Commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
18 And I stood on the sea sand.
13 And I saw a beast rise out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. And upon his horns were ten crowns. And upon his head, the name of Blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard; and his feet like a bear; and his mouth as the 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 it were) mortally wounded. But his deadly wound was healed. And all the world wondered and followed the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon, who gave power to the beast. And they worshipped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast!? Who is able to make war with him!?”
5 And there was given to him a mouth that spoke great things and blasphemies. And power was given to him lasting 42 months.
6 And he opened his mouth to blaspheme God; to blaspheme His Name and His Tabernacle and those who dwell in Heaven.
7 And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. And power was given to him over every tribe and tongue and nation.
8 Therefore, all who dwell upon the Earth whose names are not written in the Book of Life by the Lamb, Who was slain from the beginning of the world, shall worship him.
9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
10 “If anyone is led into captivity, he shall go into captivity. If anyone kills with a sword, he must be killed by a sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.”
11 And I beheld another beast coming out of the Earth which had two horns like the Lamb, but spoke like the dragon.
12 And he did all that the first beast could do before him. And he caused the Earth and those who dwell therein to worship the first beast (whose mortal wound was healed).
13 And he did great wonders; so that he made fire come down from Heaven on the Earth, in the sight of man.
14 And he deceived those who dwell on the Earth by the signs which were permitted to him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the Earth that they should make the image of the beast, which had the wound of a sword and had lived.
15 And it was permitted to him to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast should speak and should cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
16 And he made all - both small and great, rich and poor, free and enslaved - receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads;
17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom: Let him who has understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. And his number is 666.
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