REVELATION 6-18
Chapter 6
The First Seal - Rider on White Horse
1Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven
seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures
saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.” 2
I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat
on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he
went out conquering and to conquer.
The Second Seal - War
3When He broke the second seal, I heard the
second living creature saying, “Come.” 4 And
another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat
on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth,
and that men would slay one another; and a great
sword was given to him.
The Third Seal - Famine
5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the
third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and
behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair
of scales in his hand. 6> And I heard something
like a voice in the center of the four living creatures
saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three
quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the
oil and the wine.”
The Fourth Seal - Death
7 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard
the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.”
8 I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he
who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was
following with him. Authority was given to them over a
fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine
and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
The Fifth Seal - Martyrs
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw
underneath the altar the souls of those who had been
slain because of the word of God, and because of the
testimony which they had maintained; 10 and
they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long,
O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging
and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the
earth?” 11 And there was given to each of them
a white robe; and they were told that they should rest
for a little while longer, until the number of their
fellow servants and their brethren who were to be
killed even as they had been, would be completed also.
The Sixth Seal - Terror
12 I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and
there was a great earthquake; and the sun became
black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon
became like blood; 13 and the stars of the sky
fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs
when shaken by a great wind. 14 The sky was
split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and
every mountain and island were moved out of their
places. 15 Then the kings of the earth and the
great men and the commanders and the rich and the
strong and every slave and free man hid themselves
in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;
16 and they said to the mountains and to the
rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of
Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the
Lamb; 17 for the great day of their wrath has
come, and who is able to stand?”
An Interlude
Chapter 7
1 After this I saw four angels standing at the
four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds
of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth
or on the sea or on any tree. 2 And I saw
another angel ascending from the rising of the sun,
having the seal of the living God; and he cried out
with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was
granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying,
“Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we
have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”
The 144,000
4 And I heard the number of those who were
sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed
from every tribe of the sons of Israel: 5 from
the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from
the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of
Gad twelve thousand, 6 from the tribe of Asher
twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve
thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,
7 from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from
the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of
Issachar twelve thousand, 8 from the tribe of
Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph
twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve
thousand were sealed.
A Multitude from the Tribulation
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a
great multitude which no one could count, from every
nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing
before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white
robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10
and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation
to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
11 And all the angels were standing around the
throne and around the elders and the four living
creatures; and they fell on their faces before the
throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen,
blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and
honor and power and might, be to our God forever and
ever. Amen.” 13 Then one of the elders answered,
saying to me, “These who are clothed in the white
robes, who are they, and where have they come from?”
14 I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he
said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the
great tribulation, and they have washed their robes
and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 For
this reason, they are before the throne of God; and
they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who
sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
16 They will hunger no longer, nor thirst
anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any
heat; 17 for the Lamb in the center of the t
hrone will be their shepherd, and will guide them to
springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every
tear from their eyes.”
The Seventh Seal - the Trumpets
Chapter 8
1 When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there
was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and
seven trumpets were given to them. 3 Another
angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden
censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he
might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the
golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And
the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the
saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.
5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it
with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth;
and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and
flashes of lightning and an earthquake. 6 And
the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared
themselves to sound them. 7 The first sounded,
and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and
they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth
was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up,
and all the green grass was burned up. 8 The
second angel sounded, and something like a great
mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea;
and a third of the sea became blood, 9 and a
third of the creatures which were in the sea and had
life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell
from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third
of the rivers and on the springs of waters. 11
The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of
the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the
waters, because they were made bitter. 12 The
fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a
third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck,
so that a third of them would be darkened and the day
would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the
same way. 13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle
flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe,
woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of
the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels
who are about to sound!”
The Fifth Trumpet - the Bottomless Pit
Chapter 9
1 Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star
from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key
of the bottomless pit was given to him. 2 He
opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the
pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and
the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. 3
Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and
power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have
power. 4 They were told not to hurt the grass of
the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only
the men who do not have the seal of God on their
foreheads. 5 And they were not permitted to kill
anyone, but to torment for five months; and their
torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it
stings a man. 6> And in those days men will seek
death and will not find it; they will long to die, and
death flees from them. 7 The appearance of the
locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on
their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their
faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like
the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth
of lions. 9 They had breastplates like
breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was
like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to
battle. 10 They have tails like scorpions, and
stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men
for five months. 11 They have as king over them, the
angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and
in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. 12 The
first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming
after these things.
The Sixth Trumpet - Army from the East
13 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a
voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is
before God, 14 one saying to the sixth angel who
had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound
at the great river Euphrates.” 15 And the four
angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and
month and year, were released, so that they would kill
a third of mankind. 16 The number of the armies
of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the
number of them. 17 And this is how I saw in the
vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders
had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and
of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the
heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire
and smoke and brimstone. 18 A third of mankind
was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the
smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their
mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in
their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are
like serpents and have heads, and with them they do
harm. 20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed
by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their
hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of
gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of
wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 21
and they did not repent of their murders nor of their
sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.
The Angel and the Little Book
Chapter 10
1 I saw another strong angel coming down out of
heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon
his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet
like pillars of fire; 2 and he had in his hand
a little book which was open. He placed his right foot
on the sea and his left on the land; 3 and he
cried out with a loud voice, as when a lion roars; and
when he had cried out, the seven peals of thunder
uttered their voices. 4 When the seven peals of
thunder had spoken, I was about to write; and I heard a
voice from heaven saying, “Seal up the things which the
seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write
them.” 5 Then the angel whom I saw standing on
the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to
heaven, 6 and swore by Him who lives forever and
ever, who created heaven and the things in it, and the
earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things
in it, that there will be delay no longer, 7 but
in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he
is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished,
as He preached to His servants the prophets. 8
Then the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again
speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take the book which
is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea
and on the land.” 9 So I went to the angel,
telling him to give me the little book. And he said to
me, “Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach
bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
10 I took the little book out of the angel's
hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey;
and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.
11 And they *said to me, “You must prophesy again
concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and
kings.”
The Two Witnesses
11 Then there was given me a measuring rod like
a staff; and someone said, “Get up and measure the
temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in
it. 2 Leave out the court which is outside the
temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to
the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy
city for forty-two months. 3 And I will grant
authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy
for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in
sackcloth.” 4 These are the two olive trees and
the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the
earth. 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire
flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so
if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this
way. 6 These have the power to shut up the sky,
so that rain will not fall during the days of their
prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn
them into blood, and to strike the earth with every
plague, as often as they desire. 7 When they
have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up
out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome
them and kill them. 8 And their dead bodies will
lie in the street of the great city which mystically is
called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was
crucified. 9 Those from the peoples and tribes
and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies
for three and a half days, and will not permit their
dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. 10 And those who
dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and
celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another,
because these two prophets tormented those who dwell
on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half
days, the breath of life from God came into them, and
they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon
those who were watching them. 12 And they heard
a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up
here.” Then they went up into heaven in the cloud, and
their enemies watched them. 13 And in that hour
there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city
fell; seven thousand people were killed in the
earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory
to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe is past;
behold, the third woe is coming quickly.
The Seventh Trumpet - Christ's Reign Forseen
15 Then the seventh angel sounded; and there
were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of
the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of
His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”
16 And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their
thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped
God, 17 saying, “We give You thanks, O Lord God,
the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have
taken Your great power and have begun to reign. 18
And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and
the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time
to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints
and those who fear Your name, the small and the great,
and to destroy those who destroy the earth.” 19
And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened;
and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and
there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of
thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.
The Woman, Israel
Chapter 12
*** (My added note: Look up the Revelation 12 sign that
occurred on September 23, 2017) ***
1 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman
clothed 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 cried out, being
in labor and in pain to give birth.
The Red Dragon, Satan
3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: and
behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten
horns, and on his heads were seven diadems. 4
And his tail *swept away a third of the stars of heaven
and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood
before the woman who was about to give birth, so that
when she gave birth he might devour her child.
The Male Child, Christ
5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is
to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her
child was caught 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 she would be nourished for one thousand two
hundred and sixty days.
The Angel, Michael
7 And there was war in heaven, Michael and his
angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his
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 dragon was thrown
down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and
Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down
to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of
our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for
the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who
accuses them before our God day and night. 11
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb
and because of the word of their testimony, and they
did not love their life even when faced with death.
12 For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you
who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because
the devil has come down to you, having great wrath,
knowing that he has only a short time.” 13 And
when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the
earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the
male child. 14 But the two wings of the great
eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly
into the wilderness to her place, where she was
nourished for a time and times and half a time, from
the presence of the serpent. 15 And the serpent
poured 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 But the earth helped the woman,
and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river
which the dragon poured out of his mouth. 17 So
the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to
make war with the rest of her children, who keep the
commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
The Beast from the Sean
chapter 13
1 And the dragon stood on the sand of the
seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea,
having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were
ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
2 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard,
and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth
like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his
power and his throne and great authority. 3 I
saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his
fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed
and followed after the beast; 4 they worshiped
the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast;
and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the
beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” 5
There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words
and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-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, those who dwell in heaven.
7 It was also given to him to make war with the
saints and to overcome them, and authority over every
tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.
8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him,
everyone whose name has not been written from the
foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb
who has been slain. 9 If anyone has an ear, let
him hear. 10 If anyone is destined for captivity,
to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword,
with the sword he must be killed. Here is the
perseverance and the faith of the saints.
The Beast from the Earth
11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the
earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as
a dragon. 12 He exercises all the authority of
the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth
and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast,
whose fatal wound was healed. 13 He performs
great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out
of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. 14
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of
the signs which it was given him to perform in the
presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the
earth to make an image to the beast who *had the wound
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 speak and
cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast
to be killed. 16 And he causes all, the small
and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free
men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right
hand or on their forehead, 17 and he provides
that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the
one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or
the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let
him who has understanding calculate the number of the
beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number
is six hundred and sixty-six.
The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion
Chapter 14
1 Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was
standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one 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, like the sound of many
waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the
voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists
playing on their harps. 3 And they sang a new
song before the throne and before the four living
creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the
song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who
had been purchased from the earth. 4 These are
the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they
have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who
follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been
purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to
the Lamb. 5 And no lie was found in their mouth;
they are blameless.
Vission of the Angel with the Gospel
6 And I saw another angel flying in midheaven,
having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live
on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue
and people; 7 and he said with a loud voice,
“Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His
judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and
the earth and sea and springs of waters.” 8 And
another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen,
fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the
nations drink of the wine of the passion of her
immorality.”
Doom for Worshipers of the Beast
9 Then another angel, a third one, followed them,
saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast
and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on
his hand, 10 he also will drink of the wine of
the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the
cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the
presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their
torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day
and night, those who worship the beast and his image,
and whoever receives the mark of his name.” 12
Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the
commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. 13
And 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 that they may rest from
their labors, for their deeds follow with them.”
The Reapers
14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and
sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, having
a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His
hand. 15 And another angel came out of the
temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on
the cloud, “Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour
to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is
ripe.” 16 Then He who sat on the cloud swung His
sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple
which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.
18 Then another angel, the one who has power over
fire, came out from the altar; and he called with a
loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying,
“Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from
the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.”
19 So the angel swung his sickle to the earth
and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth,
and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath
of God. 20 And the wine press was trodden
outside the city, and blood came out from the wine
press, up to the horses' bridles, for a distance of
two hundred miles.
A Scene of Heaven
Chapter 15
1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and
marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which
are the last, because in them the wrath of God is
finished. 2 And I saw something like a sea of
glass mixed with fire, and those who had been victorious
over the beast and his image and the number of his name,
standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God.
3 And they sang the song of Moses, the
bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
“Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the
Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of
the nations! 4 “Who will not fear, O Lord, and
glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; For all the
nations will come and worship before You, For Your
righteous acts have been revealed.”
5 After these things I looked, and the temple of
the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened,
6 and the seven angels who had the seven plagues
came out of the temple, clothed in linen, clean and
bright, and girded around their chests with golden
sashes. 7 Then one of the four living creatures
gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the
wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. 8 And
the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God
and from His power; and no one was able to enter the
temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were
finished.
Six Bowls of Wrath
Chapter 16
1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple,
saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the
earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.” 2
So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on
the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant
sore on the people who had the mark of the beast and
who worshiped his image. 3 The second angel
poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood
like that of a dead man; and every living thing in the
sea died. 4 Then the third angel poured out his
bowl into the rivers and the springs of waters; and
they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of
the waters saying, “Righteous are You, who are and who
were, O Holy One, because You judged these things;
6 for they poured out the blood of saints and
prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They
deserve it.” 7 And I heard the altar saying,
“Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are
Your judgments.” 8 The fourth angel poured out
his bowl upon the sun, and it was given to it to scorch
men with fire.9 Men were scorched with fierce
heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the
power over these plagues, and they did not repent so
as to give Him glory. 10 Then the fifth angel
poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his
kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues
because of pain, 11 and they blasphemed the God
of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and
they did not repent of their deeds. 12 The
sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river,
the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that
the way would be prepared for the kings from the east.
Armageddon
13 And I saw coming out of the mouth of the
dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of
the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits
like frogs; 14 for they are spirits of demons,
performing signs, which go out to the kings of the
whole world, to gather them together for the war of
the great day of God, the Almighty. 15
(“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one
who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will
not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”)
16 And they gathered them together to the place
which in Hebrew is called Har-Magedon.
Seventh Bowl of Wrath
17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl
upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple
from the throne, saying, “It is done.” 18 And
there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals
of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as
there had not been since man came to be upon the earth,
so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. 19
The great city was split into three parts, and the
cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was
remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine
of His fierce wrath. 20 And every island fled
away, and the mountains were not found. 21 And
huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came
down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God
because of the plague of the hail, because its plague
was extremely severe.
The doom of Babylon
Chapter 17
1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven
bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I
will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits
on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth
committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the
earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”
3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a
wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast,
full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten
horns. 4 The woman was clothed in purple and
scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and
pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of
abominations and of the unclean things of her
immorality, 5 and on her forehead a name was
written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF
HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” 6
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints,
and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I
saw her, I wondered greatly. 7 And the angel said to me,
“Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the
woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the
seven heads and the ten horns. 8 “The beast that
you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of
the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on
the earth, whose name has not been written in the book
of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder
when they see the beast, that he was and is not and
will come. 9 Here is the mind which has wisdom.
The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman
sits, 10 and they are seven kings; five have
fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he
comes, he must remain a little while. 11 The
beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth
and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.
12 The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who
have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive
uthority as kings with the beast for one hour. 13
These have one purpose, and they give their power and
authority to the beast.
Victory for the Lamb
14 These will wage war against the Lamb, and the
Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and
King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called
and chosen and faithful.” 15 And he *said to me,
“The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are
peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. 16
And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will
hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and
will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.
17 For God has put it in their hearts to execute
His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving
their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will
be fulfilled. 18 The woman whom you saw is the
great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
Babylon Is Fallen
Chapter 18
1 After these things I saw another angel coming
down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth
was illumined with his glory. 2 And he cried out
with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon
the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and
a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every
unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all the nations
have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality,
and the kings of the earth have committed acts of
immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have
become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.” 4 I
heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of
her, my people, so that you will not participate in her
sins and receive of her plagues; 5 for her sins
have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered
her iniquities. 6 Pay her back even as she has
paid, and give back to her double according to her
deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much
for her. 7 To the degree that she glorified
herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give
her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, 'I
sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see
mourning.'' 8 For this reason in one day her
plagues will come, pestilence and mourning and famine,
and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God
who judges her is strong.
Lament for Babylon
9 “And the kings of the earth, who committed
acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will
weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her
burning, 10 standing at a distance because of
the fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great
city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your
judgment has come.' 11 “And the merchants of
the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one
buys their cargoes any more— 12 cargoes of gold
and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen
and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of
citron wood and every article of ivory and every article
made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and
marble, 13 and cinnamon and spice and incense
and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and
fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes
of horses and chariots and slaves and human lives.
14 The fruit you long for has gone from you, and
all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed
away from you and men will no longer find them. 15
The merchants of these things, who became rich from her,
will stand at a distance because of the fear of her
torment, weeping and mourning, 16 saying, 'Woe, woe, the
great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple
and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones
and pearls; 17 for in one hour such great wealth
has been laid waste!' And every shipmaster and every
passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by
the sea, stood at a distance, 18 and were crying
out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What
city is like the great city?' 19 And they threw dust on
their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning,
saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had
ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour
she has been laid waste!' Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God
has pronounced judgment for you against her.” 12
Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great
millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will
Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence,
and will not be found any longer. 22 And the
sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and
trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no
craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer;
and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any
longer; 23 and the light of a lamp will not shine
in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and
bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your
merchants were the great men of the earth, because all
the nations were deceived by your sorcery. 24 And
in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and
of all who have been slain on the earth.”
Most people, including some of you, do not, and did not
want to hear about Jesus and the Bible. They did not
want to hear about all the prophesy laid out in the
pages of scripture. When I tried to talk to some of you
about it, you laughed at me asking, do you really
believe all that stuff? Some of you shunned me. Some
told me there were errors in that book, but could never
point them out. Some of you gave me scientific
explanations for Biblical events, or told me the Bible
is just a book of fairy tales. Some of you stopped being
my family or friend. When I started placing bible
verses at the end of my YouTube video's the number of
subscribers to my channel dropped. Trust me...I never
wanted anyone to read this letter. You might not have
listened to me or anyone else talking about Jesus;
however, I and others warned you about what has happened.
I'm fairly confident the fake news, main stream media is
labeling what happened with some words like, “The Great
Disappearance” or some other catchy, lighthearted phrase.
They might be telling you that the millions of missing
people where part of a large alien abduction. They are
wrong as usual. What just happened was the Rapture of
the church of Jesus Christ
(1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
In case there is no Internet or you cannot find a Bible,
following is Revelation 6-18 from the New American Standard
Bible 1997 (NASB1997):