Jer. xv. 2. c. xix. 16. authority was given to it, over 8 and all the inhabiters of 9 If any one hath an ear, let him hear: 10"If any one is ordained "to captivity, he must go; if "any one to the sword, he "must be slain by the sword:" here is the patience and the faith of the saints. 11 And I saw another wild beast, coming up out of the earth; and it had horns like a lamb, but spake as a dragon: 12 and it exerciseth all the authority of the first beast, before it; and causeth the earth, and them that dwell on it, to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed: to give breath to the image of the beast; that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause all those who would not worship the image of the beast, to be killed : 16 and it causeth all, both the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free and the bond, to receive its marks on their right hand, or on their forehead; 17 and, that no one might buy or sell, but he who hath the mark, namely, the name of the beast, or the number of its name. 18 Here is wisdom: Let him that hath the understanding, compute the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man; and its number, is sIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX. CHAPTER XIV. 13 and it doth great wonders, AND I looked, and, behold, even to make fire come down 14 and it deceiveth my people, the Lamb stood on the mount Sion; and, with him, an hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, loud as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder; and the voice which I heard, was as the voice of harpers harping 15 and it was granted to it, with their harps : 3 and they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living-creatures and the elders and no one was able to learn that song, but the hundred and forty-four thousand, who were redeemed from the earth: 4 these are they, who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins: these are they, who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth: for 5 these, have been redeemed by Jesus from among men, a first-fruit to God and to the Lamb; 6 and, in their mouth, no falsehood hath been found: for, they are blameless. 7 And I saw an angel, flying in mid-heaven, having the Everlasting Gospel, to preach to them that inhabit the earth; even to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people; 8 saying, with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give glory "to Him, for the hour of His no rest, day nor night. 13"Here is the patience of "the saints, who keep the com"mandments of God, and the "faith of Jesus." 14 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, Blessed "from henceforth are the dead "who die in the Lord: Yea, "saith the Spirit, that they 66 may rest from their labours; "and their works follow with "them." 15 And I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and one like a son of man sitting on the cloud, having a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand: 16 and another angel came out from the Sanctuary, crying i. e. the nations generally. Matt. iv. 29. i. e. the Jewish nation particularly. Ps. lxxx. 8. Is. v. 1-7. Mark, xiv. 1-12. with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Thrust in "thy sickle, and reap: for the “time to reap is come; for the "Harvest of the earth is ripe :" 17 and he that sat on the cloud, thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 18 And another angel came out from the Sanctuary which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle: 19 and, another angel came out from the altar, who had authority over the fire; and he cried, with a loud cry, to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, "Thrust in thy sharp "sickle, and gather the clus"ters of the Vine of the earth; "for the grapes of the earth are fully ripe :" 20 and the angel thrust in his sickle on the earth, and gathered the grapes of the vine of the earth, and cast them into the great wine-vat of the fury of God: 21 and the wine-vat was trodden, out of the city; and blood came out of the wine-vat, even to the bridles of the horses, to the distance of a thousand and i. e. 200 miles. six hundred furlongs. CHAPTER XV. AND, I saw another great and marvellous sign in heaven; seven angels, having the Seven last Scourges; for, in them the fury of God is finished. 2 And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mingled with fire; and I saw those who had gained the victory over the image of the beast, and over the beast itself, and over the number of its name, standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God: 3 and they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God; and Exod. xv. 1. the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvellous are thy "works, Lord God Almighty; 'just and true are thy ways, "thou King of the nations! 4 "Who will not fear thee, O Jer. x. 7. "Lord, and glorify thy name? "for thou only art holy for they will all come and wor ship before thee; for thy just "judgments are made mani"fest!" 5 And, after these things, I looked, and the Sanctuary of the tabernacle of the Testimony c. xl. 19. in heaven, was opened; 6 and the seven angels that have the Seven Scourges, came forth; who were clothed in pure white linen, and girded round their breasts with golden girdles: 7 and, one of the four livingcreatures gave to the seven C. Heb. ix. 8. angels Seven golden Cups, full P. Ixxv. 8. of the fury of God who liveth for ever and ever: 8 and the Sanctuary was filled with the smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no one was able to enter into the Sanctuary, until the Seven Scourges of the seven angels were finished. CHAPTER XVI. AND, I heard a great voice saying to the seven angels, "Go ye, and pour out on the earth the Seven Cups of the fury of God." 2 And the first went, and poured out his Cup on the earth; and a noisome and grievous sore fell on the men that had the mark of the beast, and on them that worshipped its image. 3 And the second angel, poured out his Cup on the sea; and it became as the blood of one dead and every living thing that hath breath died in the sea. 4 And the third, poured out his Cup on the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood: 5 and I heard the angel of the waters say, "Thou art just, "who art, and who wast, Holy; "because thou hast adjudged "these things: 6" for they have shed the "blood of saints and prophets, "and thou hast given them "blood to drink they are worthy of it:" 7 and I heard the altar say, "Even so, Lord God Almighty, "true and just are thy judg"ments!" 8 And the fourth, poured out his Cup on the sun; and it was given to him in charge, to scorch the men with fire: 9 and the men were scorched with great heat; and the men blasphemed the name of the God, that hath authority over these Scourges, but repented not, to give him glory. 10 And the fifth, poured out his Cup on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became darkened; 11 and, they gnawed their tongues through the pain; and blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores, but repented not of their works. 12 And the sixth, poured out his Cup on the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared: 13 and I saw three unclean spirits, like frogs, come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the wild beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet: 14 for they are the spirits of devils, working miracles; which go forth to the kings of the c. xiii. 11. 2 Cor. v. 3. c. xi. 14. whole inhabited earth, to gather them together to the battle of CHAPTER XVII. that day, the great day of God AND one of the seven angels Almighty: 15 "Behold, I come as a thief! "Blessed is he that watcheth; "and that keepeth on his gar"ments; that he walk not 66 naked, and they see his "shame!" 16 and he gathered them together, to the place called, in Hebrew, Ar-Magedon. 17 And the seventh, poured out his Cup into the air; and a loud voice came out of the Sanctuary of Heaven, from the throne, saying, "IT IS DONE!" 18 and there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings and a great earthquake, such, that so great an earthquake hath not been, since men have been on the earth : : 19 and the Great City was reduced to three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and the GREAT BABYLON came in remembrance before God, to give to her the Cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath: 20 and every island fled away, and the mountains were not found: 21 and a great hail, about the weight of a talent, fell down out of heaven on the men ; and the men blasphemed God, because of the scourge of the hail, for its scourge is exceeding great. which had the Seven Cups, came and spake to me; saying, "Come hither; I will shew "thee the judgment of the great Harlot that sitteth on "the many waters; 2 "with whom the kings of "the earth have committed "fornication, and the inha"bitants of the earth have "been made drunken with "the wine of her fornication." 3 And he carried me away, in the spirit, into a wilderness: and I saw a Woman sitting on a scarlet-coloured wild beast full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns : 4 and the Woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and was decked with gold and precious stones and pearls; having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the filthinesses of her fornication: |