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The victory of the Lamb.

REVELATION.

The fall of Babylon.

3 So he carried me away in the spirit into 18 And the woman which thou sawest the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon is that great city, which reigneth over the a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of kings of the earth. blasphemy, having seven heads and ten

borns.

CHAP. XVIII.

4 And the woman was arrayed in purple AND after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, and scarlet-colour, and decked with gold having great power; and the earth was and precious stones and pearls, having a lightened with his glory. golden cup in her hand full of abomina- 2 And he cried mightily with a strong tions and filthiness of her fornication: voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, 5 And upon her forehead was a name is fallen, and is become the habitation of written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HAR-a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. LOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine THE EARTH. of the wrath of her fornication, and the

6 And I saw the woman drunker, with kings of the earth have committed fornithe blood of the saints, and with the blood cation with her, and the merchants of the of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw earth are waxed rich through the abunher, I wondered with great admiration. dance of her delicacies. 7 And the angel said unto me, Where- 4 And I heard another voice from heafore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the ven, saying, Come out of her, my people, mystery of the woman, and of the beast that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that carrieth her, which hath the seven that ye receive not of her plagues. heads, and ten horns.

5 For her sins have reached unto heaven 8 The beast that thou sawest, was, and is and God hath remembered her iniquities not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless 6 Reward her even as she rewarded pit, and go into perdition: and they that you, and double unto her double according dwell on the earth shall wonder, (whose to her works: in the cup which she hath names were not written in the book of life filled, fill to her double.

from the foundation of the world,) when 7 How much she hath glorified herself, they behold the beast that was, and is not, and lived deliciously, so much torment and and yet is. sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, 9 And here is the mind which hath wis-I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall dom. The seven heads are seven moun-see no sorrow. tains, on which the woman sitteth.

8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one 10 And there are seven kings: five are day, death, and mourning, and famine; and fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet she shall be utterly burned with fire: for come; and when he cometh, he must strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. continue a short space. 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of herburning,

11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas! that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

13 These have one mind, and shall give 11 And the merchants of the earth shall their power and strength unto the beast. weep and mourn over her; for no man 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, buyeth their merchandise any more: and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine they that are with him are called, and linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and chosen, and faithful. all thyine wood,and all manner of vessels of 15 And he saith unto me, The waters ivory,and all manner of vessels of most prewhich thou sawest, where the whore sit- cious wood, and of brass, and iron, and teth, are peoples, and multitudes, and na- marble, tions, and tongues.

13 And cinnamon, and odours, and oint

16 And the ten horns which thou sawest ments, and frankincense, and wine, and upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and shall make her desolate and naked, and and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. slaves, and souls of men.

17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from three, and thou shalt find them no more at all.

God es prazsed in heaven.

CHAP. XIX. The marriage of the Lamb.

15 The merchants of these things which great multitude, and as the voice of many were made rich by her, shall stand afar off, waters, and as the voice of mighty thunfor the fear of her torment, weeping and derings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord wailing, God omnipotent reigneth.

16 And saying, Alas, alas! that great 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give city, that was clothed in fine linen, and honour to him: for the marriage of the purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, Lamb is come, and his wife hath made and precious stones, and pearls! herself ready.

17 For in one hour so great riches is come 8 And to her was granted that she should to nought. And every ship-master, and all be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: the company in ships, and sailors, and as for the fine linen is the righteousness of many as trade by sea, stood afar off, saints.

18 And cried when they saw the smoke. 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed of her burning, saying, What city is like are they which are called unto the marunto this great city! riage-supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas! that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse; and he that sat upon 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone him was called Faithful and True, and in like a great mill-stone, and cast it into righteousness he doth judge and make war. the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he

22 And the voice of harpers, and musi- himself. cians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall 13 And he was clothed with a vesture be heard no more at all in thee; and no dipped in blood and his name is called craftsman of whatsoever craft he be, shall The Word of God. be found any more in thee; and the sound of a mill-stone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

23 And the light of a candle shall shine 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp no more at all in thee; and the voice of the sword, that with it he should smite the nabridegroom and of the bride shall be heard tions: and he shall rule them with a rod no more at all in thee: for thy merchants of iron: and he treadeth the wine-press of were the great men of the earth; for by the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

17 And I saw an angel standing in the CHAP. XIX. sun; and he cried with a loud voice, sayAoife tuch people in heaven, say heaven, Come, and gather yourselves toND after these things I heard a great ing to all the fowls that fly in the midst of ing, Alleluia: Salvation, and glory, and ho-gether unto the supper of the great God; Dour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her for nication, and hath avenged the blood of bis servants at her hand.

the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And of the earth, and their armies, gathered toher smoke rose up for ever and ever.

4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

gether to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived 5 And a voice came out of the throne, them that had received the mark of the saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, beast, and them that worshipped his imand ye that fear him, both small and great. age. These both were cast alive into a 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

The last resurrection.

REVELATION.

The heavenly Jerusalem. 21 And the remnant were slain with the the lake of fire. This is the second death. sword of him that sat upon the horse, which 15 And whosoever was not found writsword proceeded out of his mouth and ten in the book of life was cast into the all the fowls were filled with their flesh. lake of fire.

CHAP. XX.

AND I saw an angel come down from

heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

CHAP. XXI.

AND I saw a new heaven and a new

for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that was no more sea.

old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, 2 And I John saw the holy city, new and bound him a thousand years, Jerusalem, coming down from God out of 3 Andcast him into the bottomless pit,and heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that her husband. he should deceive the nations no more, till 3 And I heard a great voice out of heathe thousand years should be fulfilled; and ven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God after that he must be loosed a little season. is with men, and he will dwell with them, 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon and they shall be his people, and God himthem, and judgment was given unto them: self shall be with them, and be their God. and I saw the souls of them that were be- 4 And God shall wipe away all tears headed for the witness of Jesus, and for the from their eyes; and there shall be no word of God, and which had not worship-more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, ped the beast, neither his image, neither neither shall there be any more pain: for had received his mark upon their fore- the former things are passed away. heads, or in their hands; and they lived 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Behold, I make all things new. And be 5 But the rest of the dead lived not said unto me, Write: for these words are again until the thousand years were finish-true and faithful.

ed.

This is the first resurrection.

6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

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6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall And when the thousand years are ex-be my son. pired,Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and 8 And shall go out to deceive the na- the abominable, and murderers, and whoretions which are in the four quarters of the mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them to-all liars, shall have their part in the lake gether to battle: the number of whom is which burneth with fire and brimstone: as the sand of the sea. which is the second death.

9 And they went up on the breadth of 9 And there came unto me one of the the earth, and compassed the camp of the seven angels, which had the seven vials saints about, and the beloved city: and full of the seven last plagues, and talked fire came down from God out of heaven, with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew and devoured them. thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

10 And the devil that deceived them was 10 And he carried me away in the spirit cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, to a great and high mountain, and showed where the beast and the false prophet are, me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, deand shall be tormented day and night for scending out of heaven from God, ever and ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper-stone, clear as crystal;

12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, angels, and names written thereon, which stand before God; and the books were are the names of the twelve tribes of the opened and another book was. opened, children of Israel.

which is the book of life: and the dead were 13 On the east, three gates; on the north, judged out of those things which were writ-three gates; on the south,three gates; and ten in the books, according to their works. on the west,three gates. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 15 And he that talked with me, bad 14 And death and hell were cast into a golden reed to measure the city, and

14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

The river and tree of life.

CHAP. XXII.

God the light of the new city. the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. they need no candle, neither light of the 16 And the city lieth foursquare, and sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: the length is as large as the breadth: and and they shall reign for ever and ever. he measured the city with the reed, twelve 6 And he said unto me, These sayings thousand furlongs. The length, and the are faithful and true. And the Lord God breadth, and the height of it are equal. of the holy prophets sent his angel to 17 And he measured the wall thereof, a shew unto his servants the things which hundred and forty and four cubits, accord-must shortly be done. ing to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb es the light thereof.

24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

CHAP. XXII.

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7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.

9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy stili.

12 And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning-star.

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17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

heareth the words of the prophecy of this 18 For I testify unto every man that book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, 19 And if any man shall take away from and yielded her fruit every month: and the words of the book of this prophecy, God the leaves of the tree were for the healing shall take away his part out of the book of of the nations. life, and out of the holy city, and from

3 And there shall be no more curse: but the things which are written in this book. the throne of God and of the Lamb shall 20 He which testifieth these things saith, be in it; and his servants shall serve him: Surely I come quickly: Amen. Even so, 4 And they shall see his face; and his come, Lord Jesus. name shall be in their foreheads.

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 5 And there shall be no night there; and be with you all. Amen.

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