Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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1 After this I heard what
sounded like the roar of a
large crowd of people in heaven,
saying, “Praise God! Salvation, glory,
and power belong to our God!
2 True and just are his judgments!
He has condemned the prostitute
who was corrupting the earth with
her immorality. God has punished
her because she killed his servants.” note
3 Again they shouted, “Praise God!
The smoke from the flames that consume
the great city goes up forever
and ever!” note
4 The twenty-four elders
and the four living creatures fell
down and worshiped God, who was
seated on the throne. They said,
“Amen! Praise God!”
The Wedding Feast of the Lamb
5 Then there came from the
throne the sound of a voice, saying,
“Praise our God, all his servants and
all people, both great and small, who
have reverence for him!” note
6 Then I
heard what sounded like a crowd,
like the sound of a roaring waterfall,
like loud peals of thunder. I heard
them say, “Praise God! For the Lord,
our Almighty God, is King! note
7 Let us
rejoice and be glad; let us praise his
greatness! For the time has come for
the wedding of the Lamb, and his
bride has prepared herself for it.
8 She has been given clean shining
linen to wear.” (The linen is the good
deeds of God's people.)
9 Then the angel said to me,
“Write this: Happy are those who
have been invited to the wedding
feast of the Lamb.” And the angel
added, “These are the true words of
God.” note
10 I fell down at his feet to worship
him, but he said to me, “Don't do it!
I am a fellow servant of yours and of
your brothers, all those who hold to
the truth that Jesus revealed. Worship
God!”
10 For the truth that Jesus revealed is
what inspires the prophets.
The Rider on the White Horse
11 Then I saw heaven open, and
there was a white horse. Its rider is
-- --
called Faithful and True; it is with
justice that he judges and fights his
battles. note
12 His eyes were like a flame
of fire, and he wore many crowns on
his head. He had a name written on
him, but no one except himself
knows what it is. note
13 The robe he wore
was covered with blood. His name is
“The Word of God.” note
14 The armies of
heaven followed him, riding on
white horses and dressed in clean
white linen.
15 Out of his mouth came
a sharp sword, with which he will
defeat the nations. He will rule over
them with a rod of iron, and he will
trample out the wine in the wine
press of the furious anger of the Almighty
God. note
16 On his robe and on
his thigh was written the name:
“King of kings and Lord of lords.”
17 Then I saw an angel standing on
the sun. He shouted in a loud voice
to all the birds flying in midair:
“Come and gather together for
God's great feast!
18 Come and eat
the flesh of kings, generals, and soldiers,
the flesh of horses and their
riders, the flesh of all people, slave
and free, great and small!” note
19 Then I saw the beast and the
kings of the earth and their armies
gathered to fight against the one
who was riding the horse and
against his army.
20 The beast was
taken prisoner, together with the
false prophet who had performed
miracles in his presence. (It was by
those miracles that he had deceived
those who had the mark of the beast
and those who had worshiped the
image of the beast.) The beast and
the false prophet were both thrown
alive into the lake of fire that burns
with sulfur. note
21 Their armies were
killed by the sword that comes out
of the mouth of the one who was riding
the horse; and all the birds ate all
they could of their flesh.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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