Revelation 12:1-14:20

The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon

And a great ^asign appeared ^bin heaven: ^ca woman ^dclothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 And she was with child, and she *^acried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth. 3 Then ^aanother sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red ^bdragon having ^cseven heads and ^dten horns, and on his heads were ^eseven diadems. 4 And his tail *swept away a ^athird of the stars of heaven and ^bthrew them to the earth. And the ^cdragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth ^dhe might devour her child. 5 And ^ashe gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to ¹^brule all the ²nations with a rod of iron; and her child was ^ccaught up to God and to His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there ¹she would be nourished for ^a1,260 days.

War in Heaven

7 And there was war in heaven, ^aMichael and his angels waging war with the ^bdragon. The dragon and ^chis angels waged war, 8 and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. 9 And the great ^adragon was thrown down, the ^bserpent of old who is called the devil and ^cSatan, who ^ddeceives the whole ¹world. He was ^ethrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 Then I heard ^aa loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the ^bsalvation, and the power, and the ^akingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^caccuser of our brothers has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. 11 And they ^aovercame him because of ^bthe blood of the Lamb and because of ^cthe word of their witness, and they ^ddid not love their life even to death. 12 For this reason, ^arejoice, O heavens and ^byou who ¹dwell in them. ^cWoe to the earth and the sea, because ^dthe devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only ^ea short time.”
13 And when the ^adragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted ^bthe woman who gave birth to the male child. 14 But the ^atwo wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly ^binto the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for ^ca time and times and half a time, from the ¹presence of the serpent. 15 And the ^aserpent ¹poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. 16 ¹But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon ²poured out of his mouth. 17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman and went off to ^amake war with the rest of her ^bseed, who ^ckeep the commandments of God and ^dhave the witness of Jesus.

The Beast from the Sea

And the ¹dragon stood on the sand of the ²seashore.
Then I saw a ^abeast coming up out of the sea, having ^bten horns and ^bseven heads, and on his horns were ^cten diadems, and on his heads were ^dblasphemous names. 2 And the beast which I saw was ^alike a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^ba bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^ca lion. And the ^ddragon gave him his power and his ^ethrone and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been ¹slain fatally, and his ^afatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^bmarveled and followed after the beast. 4 And they worshiped the ^adragon because he ^agave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^bWho is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” 5 And there was given to him a mouth ^aspeaking ¹great boasts and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^bforty-two months was given to him. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^athose who ¹dwell in heaven.
7 And it was also given to him to ^amake war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over ^bevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. 8 And all who ^adwell on the earth will worship him, everyone ^bwhose name has not been ¹written ^cfrom the foundation of the world in the ^dbook of life of ^ethe Lamb who has been slain. 9 ^aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 ^aIf anyone ¹is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^bif anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^cthe perseverance and the faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

11 Then ^aI saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had ^btwo horns like a lamb and he was speaking as a ^cdragon. 12 And he ^aexercises all the authority of the first beast ¹^bin his presence. And he makes ^cthe earth and those who dwell in it to ^dworship the first beast, whose ^efatal wound was healed. 13 And he ^adoes great signs, so that he even makes ^bfire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. 14 And he ^adeceives ^bthose who dwell on the earth because of ^cthe signs which were given to him to do ¹^din the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the ^ewound of the sword and has come to life. 15 And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ¹speak and cause ^aas many as do not ^bworship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 And he causes all, ^athe small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, that they ¹be given a ^bmark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17 and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^amark, either ^bthe name of the beast or ^cthe number of his name. 18 ^aHere is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number ^bof man; and his number is ¹666.

The Lamb and the 144,000

Then I looked, and behold, ^athe Lamb was standing on ^bMount Zion, and with Him ^c144,000, having ^dHis name and the ^dname of His Father written ^eon their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like ^athe sound of many waters and like the ^bsound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of ^charpists playing on their harps. 3 And they *¹sang ^aa new song before the throne and before the ^bfour living creatures and the ^celders. And ^dno one could learn that song except the ^e144,000 who had been ^apurchased from the earth. 4 ^aThese are the ones who are not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who ^bfollow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been ^cpurchased from among men ^das first fruits to God and to the Lamb. 5 And ^ano lie was found in their mouth; they are ^bblameless.

The Messages of the Three Angels

6 Then I saw another angel flying in ^amidheaven, having ^ban eternal gospel to proclaim to ^cthose who ¹inhabit the earth, and to ^devery nation and tribe and tongue and people. 7 And he said with a loud voice, “^aFear God, and ^bgive Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who ^cmade the heaven and the earth and sea and ^dsprings of waters.”
8 And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “¹^aFallen, fallen is ^bBabylon the great, she who has ^cmade all the nations drink of the ^dwine of the wrath of her ²sexual immorality.”
9 Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone ^aworships the beast and his ^bimage, and receives a ^cmark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 and he also will drink of the ^awine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ¹in full strength ^bin the cup of His rage, and he will be tormented with ^cfire and ²brimstone in the presence of the ^dholy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the ^asmoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; ^bthey have no rest day and night, those who ^cworship the beast and his ^cimage, and ¹whoever receives the ^dmark of his name.” 12 Here is ^athe perseverance of the saints who ^bkeep the commandments of God and ¹^ctheir faith in Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘^aBlessed are the dead who ^bdie in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” ^csays the Spirit, “so that they may ^drest from their labors, for their ^edeeds follow with them.”

Reaping the Earth’s Harvest

14 Then I looked, and behold, a ^awhite cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one ^blike ¹a son of man, having a golden ^ccrown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. 15 And another angel ^acame out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sits on the cloud, “¹^bPut in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the ^charvest of the earth ²is ripe.” 16 Then He who sits on the cloud ¹swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel ^acame out of the sanctuary which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. 18 Then another angel, ^athe one who has authority over fire, came out from ^bthe altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “¹^cPut in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters ²from the vine of the earth, ^dbecause her grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel ¹swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into ^athe great wine press of the wrath of God. 20 And ^athe wine press was trodden ^boutside the city, and ^cblood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, ¹for a distance of ²1,600 stadia.