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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. 11 And they overcame[k] him because-of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of [l] their testimony. And they did not love their life until[m] death. 12 For this reason— celebrate, heavens, and the ones dwelling in them. Woe for the land and the sea, because the devil went down to you having great fury, knowing that he has a short time”.
The Dragon Pursues The Woman, And Then Makes War Against Her Children
13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown-down to the earth, he pursued[n] the woman who gave-birth to the male Child. 14 And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman in order that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place where she is nourished there for a time and times and half of a time from the presence of the serpent. 15 And the serpent threw[o] water from his mouth after the woman like a river, in order that he might cause her to be swept-away-by-a-river. 16 And the earth helped[p] the woman. Indeed the earth opened its mouth and swallowed-up the river which the dragon threw from his mouth. 17 And the dragon became-angry at the woman, and he went to make war against the rest of her seed[q]— the ones keeping the commandments of God and holding the testimony of [r] Jesus. 18 And he stood on the sand of the sea.
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 [s] 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 [t] having been slain to[u] death. And his wound of [v] 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[w] 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[x]— the[y] ones dwelling in heaven. 7 And authority was given to him to make war against the saints, and to overcome[z] 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[aa] the foundation of the world. 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear: 10 if anyone is for[ab] captivity, he is going into captivity; if anyone is to[ac] be killed with a sword, he is to be killed with a sword. Here[ad] is the endurance and the faith[ae] of the saints.
A Beast Comes From The Land. He Makes Everyone Worship The First Beast
11 And I saw another beast[af] coming-up out of the land[ag]. 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[ah]. 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[ai] 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[aj] 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[ak] is wisdom. Let the one having understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number[al] of a man. And his number is six-hundred sixty six.
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