Revelation 12
(1) A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. (2) She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth. (3) Then another sign appeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven crowns. (4) Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child. (5) She gave birth to a Son, a male who is going to rule all nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne. (6) The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, to be nourished there for 1,260 days.
(7) Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought, (8) but he could not prevail, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer. (9) So, the great dragon was thrown out the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
(10) Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God, day and night, has been thrown down. (11) They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; for they did not love their lives to the point of death. (12) Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you with great fury, because he knows his time is short.
(13) When the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the male child. (14) The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, times, and half a time. (15) From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. (16) But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. (17) So, the dragon was furious with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring, those who keep the commands of God and hold firmly to the testimony about Jesus. (18) The dragon stood on the sand of the sea.
Revelation 13
(1) And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns, and on its heads were blasphemous names. (2) The beast I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority. (3) One of its heads appeared to be fatally wounded, but its fatal wound was healed. The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast. (4) They worshiped the dragon because he gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to wage war against it?”
(5) The beast was given a mouth to utter boasts and blasphemies. It was allowed to exercise authority, for forty-two months. (6) It began to speak blasphemies against God: to blaspheme his name and his dwelling those who dwell in heaven. (7) And it was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation. (8) All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.
(9) If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen. (10) If anyone is to be taken captive,
into captivity he goes. If anyone is to be killed with a sword, with a sword he will be killed. This calls for endurance and faithfulness from the saints.
(11) Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. (12) It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf and compels the earth and those who live on it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. (13) It also performs great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in front of people. (14) It deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that it is permitted to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. (15) It was permitted to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. (16) And it makes everyone small and great, rich and poor, free and slave to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, (17) so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of its name. (18) This calls for wisdom: Let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, because it is the number of a person. Its number is 666.
Revelation 14
(1) Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. (2) I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of cascading waters and like the rumbling of loud thunder. The sound I heard was like harpists playing on their harps. (3) They sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, but no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. (4) These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, since they remained virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed from humanity as the first fruits for God and the Lamb. (5) No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
(6) Then I saw another angel flying high overhead, with the eternal gospel to announce to the inhabitants of the earth to every nation, tribe, language, and people. (7) He spoke with a loud voice: “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
(8) And another, a second angel, followed, saying, “It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen. She made all the nations drink the wine of her sexual immorality, which brings wrath.”
(9) And another, a third angel, followed them and spoke with a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, (10) he will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, which is poured full strength into the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb, 11and the smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever. There is no rest, day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or anyone who receives the mark of its name. (12) This calls for endurance from the saints, who keep God’s commands and their faith in Jesus.”
(13) Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they will rest from their labors, since their works follow them.”
(14) Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and one like the Son of Man, was seated on the cloud, with a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. (15) Another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the one who was seated on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe.” (16) So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
(17) Then another angel who also had a sharp sickle came out of the temple in heaven. (18) Yet another angel, who had authority over fire, came from the altar, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vineyard of the earth, because its grapes have ripened.” (19) So, the angel swung his sickle at the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. (20) Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses’ bridles for about 180 miles.
Revelation 15
(1) Then I saw another great and awe-inspiring sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven last plagues; for with them God’s wrath will be completed. (2) I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, its image, and the number of its name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God. (3) They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the Lamb:
Great and awe-inspiring are your works,
Lord God, the Almighty;
just and true are your ways,
King of the nations.
(4) Lord, who will not fear
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All the nations will come
and worship before you
because your righteous acts
have been revealed.
(5) After this I looked, and the heavenly temple the tabernacle of testimony was opened. (6) Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes wrapped around their chests. (7) One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God who lives forever and ever. (8) Then the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
Revelation 16
(1) Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”
(2) The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its image.
(3) The second poured out his bowl into the sea. It turned to blood like that of a dead person, and all life in the sea died.
(4) The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. (5) I heard the angel of the waters say, You are just, the Holy One, who is and who was, because you have passed judgment on these things. (6) Because they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, you have given them blood to drink; they deserve it! (7) I heard the altar say, “Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and just are your judgments.”
(8) The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. It was allowed to scorch people with fire, (9) and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.
(10) The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues because of their pain (11) and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they did not repent of their works.
(12) The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east. (13) Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet. (14) For they are demonic spirits performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God, the Almighty. (15) “Look, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who is alert and remains clothed, so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame.” (16) So, they assembled the kings at the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.
(17) Then the seventh poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” (18) There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. And a severe earthquake occurred like no other since people have been on the earth, so great was the quake. (19) The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nation’s fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God’s presence; he gave her the cup filled with the wine of his fierce anger. (20) Every island fled, and the mountains disappeared. (21) Enormous hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe.
Revelation 17
(1) Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the judgment of the notorious prostitute, who is seated on many waters. (2) The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those who live on the earth became drunk on the wine of her sexual immorality.” (3) Then he carried me away in the Spirit, to a wilderness.
I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. (4) The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, jewels, and pearls. She had a golden cup in her hand filled with everything detestable and with the impurities of her prostitution. (5) On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth. (6) Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
(7) Then the angel said to me, “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast, with the seven heads and the ten horns, that carries her. (8) The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss and go to destruction. Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and is to come.
(9) This calls for a mind that has wisdom. “The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated. They are also seven kings: (10) Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes, he must remain for only a little while. (11) The beast that was and is not, is itself an eighth king, but it belongs to the seven and is going to destruction. (12) The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. (13) These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast. (14) These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
(15) He also said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. (16) The ten horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her up with fire. (17) For God has put it into their hearts to carry out his plan by having one purpose and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled. (18) And the woman you saw is the great city that has royal power over the kings of the earth.”
Revelation 18
(1) After this I saw another angel with great authority coming down from heaven, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. (2) He called out in a mighty voice:
It has fallen,
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a home for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast.
(3) For all the nations have drunk
the wine of her sexual immorality,
which brings wrath.
The kings of the earth
have committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth
have grown wealthy from her sensuality and excess.
(4) Then I heard another voice from heaven:
Come out of her, my people,
so that you will not share in her sins
or receive any of her plagues.
(5) For her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
(6) Pay her back the way she also paid,
and double it according to her works.
In the cup in which she mixed,
mix a double portion for her.
(7) As much as she glorified herself and indulged her sensual and excessive ways,
give her that much torment and grief.
For she says in her heart,
“I sit as a queen;
I am not a widow,
and I will never see grief.”
(8) For this reason, her plagues will come in just one day —
death and grief and famine.
She will be burned up with fire,
because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.
(9) The kings of the earth who have committed sexual immorality and shared her sensual and excessive ways will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke from her burning. (10) They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying,
Woe, woe, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in a single hour
your judgment has come.
(11) The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any longer (12) cargo of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; all kinds of fragrant wood products; objects of ivory; objects of expensive wood, brass, iron, and marble; (13) cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and slaves human lives.
(14) The fruit you craved has left you. All your splendid and glamorous things are gone; they will never find them again. (15) The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, (16) saying, Woe, woe, the great city,
dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, adorned with gold, jewels, and pearls; (17) for in a single hour such fabulous wealth was destroyed! And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off (18) as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out, “Who was like the great city?” (19) They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning,
Woe, woe, the great city,
where all those who have ships on the sea
became rich from her wealth;
for in a single hour she was destroyed.
(20) Rejoice over her, heaven,
and you saints, apostles, and prophets,
because God has pronounced on her the judgment she passed on you!
(21) Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
In this way, Babylon the great city will be thrown down violently and never be found again.
(22) The sound of harpists, musicians,
flutists, and trumpeters
will never be heard in you again;
no craftsman of any trade
will ever be found in you again;
the sound of a mill
will never be heard in you again;
(23) the light of a lamp
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again. All this will happen because your merchants were the nobility of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
(24) In her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all those slaughtered on the earth.
Revelation 19
(1) After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multitude in heaven, saying,
Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God, (2) because his judgments are true and righteous, because he has judged the notorious prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality; and he has avenged the blood of his servants that was on her hands. (3) A second time they said, Hallelujah! Her smoke ascends forever and ever!
(4) Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who is seated on the throne, saying, Amen! Hallelujah!
(5) A voice came from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all his servants, and the ones who fear him, both small and great!
(6) Then I heard something like the voice of a vast multitude, like the sound of cascading waters, and like the rumbling of loud thunder, saying, Hallelujah, because our Lord God, the Almighty, reigns!
(7) Let us be glad, rejoice, and give him glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has prepared herself. (8) She was given fine linen to wear, bright and pure. For the fine linen represents the righteous acts of the saints.
(9) Then he said to me, “Write: Blessed are those invited to the marriage feast of the Lamb!” He also said to me, “These words of God are true.”
(10) Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold firmly to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
(11) Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges and makes war. (12) His eyes were like a fiery flame, and many crowns were on his head. He had a name written that no one knows except himself. (13) He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God. (14) The armies that were in heaven followed him on white horses, wearing pure white linen. (15) A sharp sword came from his mouth, so that he might strike the nations with it. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God, the Almighty. (16) And he has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
(17) Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he called out in a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying high overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, (18) so that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of military commanders, the flesh of the mighty, the flesh of horses and of their riders, and the flesh of everyone, both free and slave, small and great.”
(19) Then I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and against his army. (20) But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with it the false prophet, who had performed the signs in its presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. (21) The rest were killed with the sword that came from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds ate their fill of their flesh.
Revelation 20
(1) Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven holding the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand. (2) He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. (3) He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.
(4) Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (5) The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. (6) Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
(7) When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison (8) and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea. (9) They came up across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them. (10) The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
(11) Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them. (12) I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books. (13) Then the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them; each one was judged according to their works. (14) Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. (15) And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.