After this I heard a loud voice as of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Halleluia, the salvation and glory and power of our God, for true and righteous are his judgments, for he has judged the great harlot who destroyed the earth with her fornication, and avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Halleluia, and her smoke ascends forever and ever. And the twenty-four elders fell down, and the four cherubs, and worshipped God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen, halleluia. And a voice came out from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all his servants and those that fear him, small and great. And I heard them as the voice of a great multitude, and as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunders, saying, Halleluia, for the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and his wife has prepared herself, and it was given her to be arrayed in fine linen white and clean;—for fine linen represents the righteous ordinances of the saints.

And he said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are called to the wedding supper of the Lamb. And he told me, These are the true words of God. And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See [that you do it] not; I am your fellow-servant and of your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it is called faithful and true, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. And his eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; he has a name written that no man knows except himself, and he is clothed in a mantle dipped in blood, and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies of heaven follow him upon white horses, clothed with fine white clean linen. And out of his mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it he may smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he shall tread the wine-press of the indignant wrath of God Almighty. And he has on the mantle and on the thigh his name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

And I saw an angel standing on the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, assemble yourselves to the great supper of God, that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of chiliarchs and the flesh of mighty [men] and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all, both free-men and servants and both small and great. And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled together to make war with him that sat on the horse and with his army. And the beast was taken and with him the false prophet who performed miracles before him, with which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worship his image; and the two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulphur. And the rest were killed with the sword of him that sits on the horse, which proceeded out of his mouth, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

And I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he took the dragon, which is the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut him up and put a seal over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were finished; after that he must be released a short time.

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years; the rest of the dead did not live till the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection; on these the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and Christ, and reign with him a thousand years.

And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be released from his prison, and go forth to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, the Gog and the Magog [the king and the people], and to assemble them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the encampment of the saints and the beloved city; and fire came down from heaven and consumed them. And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where also the beast and the false prophet [were cast], and they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

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