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If any man into captivity leadeth, into captivity he shall go. If any man kill with the sword, it behoveth him by the sword to be killed. This is the patience and the faith of the saints.


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And I saw another beast of prey ascending from the earth; and he had two horns like those of the lamb, and he spake as the dragon.


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And all the authority of the first beast of prey he exercised before him; and he made the earth and those who inhabit therein to worship the first beast of prey, whose wound of death was healed.


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And he wrought great signs, as that also he would make fire to come down from heaven upon earth before men.


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And he will seduce those who dwell upon earth to the making an image of the beast of prey who had the wound of the sword and lived.


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And it was given to him to give spirit to the image of the beast of prey, <n>[that the image also of the beast of prey should speak, Polyglots.]</n> and to cause that all those whosoever who worshipped not the image of the beast of prey should be killed.


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And he caused all, small and great, and rich and poor, and sons of freedom and slaves, to have given to them a signature upon their right hands, or upon their foreheads;


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as that no man might be able to buy or sell, unless he had the signature of the name of the beast of prey, or the number of his name.


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Here is wisdom. Let him who hath mind, calculate the number of the beast of prey; for the number is of man; and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six.


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AND I saw, and, behold, the Lamb stood upon the mountain of Sion, and with him the number, an hundred and forty and four thousand, who had his name, and the name of his Father, written upon their foreheads.


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And I heard a voice from heaven, as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of great thunder; and the voice which I heard was as harpers striking on their harps.


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And they hymned a new hymn before the throne, and before the four living-ones, and the presbyters. And no man was able to learn the hymn, but the hundred and forty and four thousand <n>[who were redeemed from the earth, Ibid.]</n>.


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These are they who with women have not been defiled, for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goeth. These by Jeshu were redeemed from men, first-fruits unto Aloha and to the Lamb.


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And I saw another angel flying through heaven, who with blood* had the everlasting gospel to preach to them who dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe, and tongue and people; <n>[* So SCHAFF, DE DIEU, and GUTBIR'S texts: but the Polyglots have not "with blood," a reading which admits of the same explanation as that given page 469.]</n>


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saying with a great voice, Serve Aloha, and give him glory: for the hour of his judgment cometh: and worship him who made heaven and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.


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And another angel, a second, followed him, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babel the Great, which of the wine of the rage of her fornication hath made all nations to drink.


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And another angel, a third, followed them saying with a great voice, If any man worship the beast of prey and his image, and receive his mark on his brow, or in his hand,


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he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of Aloha, which is mingled without sparing* in the cup of his anger. And he shall be tormented in fire and sulphur, before his holy angels and before the throne: <n>[* Vide SCHLEUSNER, sub? (No. 2,) which is the word here incorporated into the Syrian text.]</n>


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And the smoke of their torment for ever and ever will ascend. And they have no rest day and night who worship the beast of prey and his image.


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And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write, blessed are the dead who in Aloha die from now. Yes, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, for their works follow with them.


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And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud sat (one) like the Son of man, having on his head a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp sickle.


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And another angel came forth from the altar who had authority over the fire, and he cried with a great cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, Send forth thy sharp sickle, and reap the clusters of the vintage of the earth; for the grapes of the earth are ripe.


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And the angel thrust forth his sickle unto the earth, and reaped the vintage of the earth, and he cast into the winepress of the wrath of Aloha the Great.


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And the winepress was trodden <n>[without the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, Polyglot.]</n> unto the bridles of the horses, a thousand and six hundred stadia.


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AND I saw another sign in heaven, great and wondrous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is completed the wrath of Aloha.


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And I saw as a sea of brightness commingled with fire; and them who had won-the-victory from the beast of prey, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing on the sea of brightness, having the harps of Aloha.


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And they sang the song of Musha the servant of Aloha, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wondrous are thy works, Lord God Omnipotent; just and true are thy ways, king of ages!


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Who shall not fear thee, Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art <n>[good, Polyglot.]</n> and holy and just; therefore all nations shall come and worship before thee; because thy judgments are revealed.


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And the seven angels came forth, having the seven plagues, from the temple, clothed in linen pure, resplendent, and girded at their breasts with zones of gold.


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And one of the four living-ones gave to the seven angels SEVEN VIALS of gold, which were full of the wrath of Aloha, who liveth for ever and ever.


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And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of Aloha, and from his power. And no man was able to enter the temple, until should be completed the seven plagues of the seven angels.


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AND I heard a great voice <n>[from the temple, Polyglot.]</n> saying to the seven angels, Go, and pour forth the seven vials of the wrath of Aloha upon the earth.


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And the first went, and poured his vial upon the earth: and there became an ulcer, evil and painful, upon the men who had the mark of the beast of prey, and who worshipped the image of him.


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And the second angel poured his vial upon the sea; and it became blood as of the dead, and every living soul died which was in the sea.


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And the third angel poured his vial upon the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters, and they became blood.


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And I heard the angel of the waters saying, righteous art Thou, who art, and who wast, and just; because thou hast judged these.


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For the blood of saints and of prophets have they shed, and blood to them hast thou given to drink for they are worthy.


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And I heard from the altar <n>[voices]</n> saying, Yes, Lord God Almighty! True and just is thy judgment.


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and men were scorched with great heat; and men blasphemed the name of Aloha who hath power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.


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And the fifth poured his vial upon the throne of the beast of prey; and his kingdom became darkness, and they gnawed their tongues from pain;


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and they blasphemed the God of heaven from their pains, and from their ulcers, and repented not of their works.


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And the sixth poured his vial upon the great river Phrat, and his waters were dried, that might be prepared the way of the kings who (are) from the rising of the sun.


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And I saw from the mouth of the dragon, and from the mouth of the beast of prey, and from the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.


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For they are spirits of demons, working signs; they go to the kings of the whole inhabited world, to gather them to the battle of the great day of Aloha the Omnipotent.


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And BEHOLD, I COME, as the thief. Blessed is he who watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest naked he walk, and they see his shame.


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And the seventh poured his vial upon the air; and a great voice went forth from the temple, from the throne, saying, IT IS DONE.


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And there were lightnings and thunders and voices, and a great movement, such as was not since men were upon earth, as this movement so great.


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And the great city became three parts, and the city of the nations fell; and Babel the great was remembered before Aloha, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.


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And great hail, as of a talent (in weight), was from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed Aloha from the plague of hail, because the plague thereof was exceeding great.


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AND one of the seven angels who had the seven vials came and spake with me, saying, Come; I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot, which sitteth upon many waters:


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with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and they who dwell in the earth have been made drunk by the wine of her fornication.


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And he led me into the desert, in the spirit; and I saw a woman sitting on a beast of prey which was red,<n>[Sumoqo.]</n> full of names of blasphemy, (and) having seven heads and ten horns.


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And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet,<n>[Zachurith.]</n> and golden with gold <n>[Madhabo b'dhabo.]</n> and precious stones and pearls; having a cup of gold in her hand, full of pollutions and uncleanness of her fornications <n>[by which she hath polluted]</n> the earth.


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And upon her forehead the name was written, Mystery: Babel the Great, the Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth.


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And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jeshu; and I wondered, when I saw, with great wonder.


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And the angel said to me, Why wonderest thou? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast of prey which beareth her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns.


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The beast of prey which thou seest, was, and is not; and will ascend from the abyss, and go into perdition: and they who dwell on the earth will admire, they whose name is not written in the book of life from the foundations of the world, while they see the beast of prey, who was, and is not, and draweth nigh.


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Here is the mind of him who hath wisdom: The seven heads are seven hills where the woman sitteth upon them.


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And the kings are seven; five have fallen, one is, the other not yet hath come: and when he hath come, a little while it behoveth him to abide.


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And the beast of prey which was and is not, this is an Eighth, and is of the Seven, and is unto perdition.


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And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, the men who kingdom not yet have received; but authority as kings one hour receive with the beast of prey.


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They with the Lamb will make war, and the Lamb will overcome them; for he is the Lord of lords, and the King of kings, and they who are with him (are) the called and the chosen and the faithful.


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And he said to me, The waters which thou sawest where the harlot is sitting, are peoples, and assemblages, and tongues.


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And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast of prey, will hate the harlot, and make her desolate and naked; and her flesh they will eat, and herself burn with fire.


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For Aloha hath ingiven it to their hands that they might do his will, and perform one will to give their kingdom to the wild beast, until shall be fulfilled the words of Aloha.


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AFTER these I saw another angel descending from heaven, having great power; and the earth brightened with his glory.


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And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen hath Babel the Great, and hath become a den of demons, and the keep of every unclean spirit, and the keep of every unclean and abominable bird, and the keep of every unclean and abominable beast of prey.


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For that of the wine of her rage have all nations drunk; and the kings of the earth have with her committed fornication, and the merchants of the earth from the power of her luxuriance have become rich.


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And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE, that you be not partakers of her sins, and lest of her plagues you receive.


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For her sins have reached <n>[Lit. adhered.]</n> unto heaven, and Aloha hath remembered her iniquity.


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Deal with her as she hath dealt with you, and double to her according to her works. In the cup which she mingled mingle to her double.


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How much she hath pleased herself to be wanton, all this give her suffering and sorrow. For she said in her heart, I sit the queen, and am not a widow, and sorrow I see not.


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Therefore in one day will come these her plagues, death and sorrow and hunger; and in fire she will burn, for mighty is the Lord God who judgeth her.


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And the kings of the earth who with her have committed fornication, and have been wanton, shall weep and lament and wail over her, when they see the smoke of her burning;


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standing from far, for fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, that great city Babel, that mighty city! For in one hour hath come thy judgment.


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No more (shall there be in thee) the burden of gold, and of silver and of precious stones, and of pearls; and of fine linen, and of purple, and of silk and scarlet; and of every aromatic wood, and every vessel of elephant's-tooth, and every vessel of wood of great price, and of brass and of iron and of marble;


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and cinnamon and omomun* and perfumes, and ointment and frankincense and wine and oil, and fine meal, and wheat, and cattle, and slaves, and horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. <n>[* Spikenard. Gr. text, - which the Syr. retains untranslated.]</n>


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And the fruit of the desire of thy soul hath gone from thee, and all those things which are delicious and brilliant have perished from thee, and the merchants of these things will find them no more.


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They who were made rich by her from afar will stand for fear of her torment, and wail and be sorrowful,


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saying, Woe, woe, that great city, which was arrayed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and golded with gold, and (adorned) with precious stones and pearls; for in one hour hath been destroyed wealth like this.


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And every captain and every pilot who navigateth to the place, and the mariners, and all who serve on the sea, stood from afar,


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And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and lamenting, and saying, Woe, woe, that great city, in which were made rich all they who have ships in the sea, from the preciousness of her! For in one hour she becometh desolate!


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Rejoice over her, heaven, and the angels and apostles and prophets, because Aloha hath judged your judgment upon her.


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And an angel took a stone, as a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with force is cast down Babel the great city, and to be found no more.


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And the voice of harpers, and of musicians, and of singers, and of trumpeters, shall be heard in thee no more. And no artificer, nor art, shall more be found in thee.


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And the light of a lamp shall be seen in thee no more. And the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard in thee no more. For thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy sorcery were all nations seduced.


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And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all those who had been killed upon the earth.


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AFTER these I heard a great voice of a multitudinous host in heaven, saying, Halleluia! Salvation, and power, and glory, and honour, be unto our God.


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For true and righteous are his judgments; because he hath judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.


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And the four-and-twenty presbyters fell, and the four living-ones, and worshipped Aloha who sitteth upon the throne, saying, Amen, Halleluia!


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And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all his servants, and they who fear him, small and great.


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And I heard as the voice of a great host, as the voice of many waters, as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Halleluia, for the Lord our God the Omnipotent reigneth!


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Let us rejoice and exult and give glory unto him; because the marriage feast of the Lamb hath come, and his bride hath made herself ready.


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And it was given to her to be arrayed in fine linen, resplendent and pure; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.


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And he said to me, Write, Blessed are they who to the supper of the marriage feast of the Lamb are called. And he said to me, These my words are the true sayings of Aloha.


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And I fell before his feet to worship; and he said to me, See (that thou do it) not; thy fellowservant (am I), and of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jeshu. Aloha worship; for the testimony of Jeshu is the spirit of prophecy.


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And I saw heaven opened. And behold a white horse, and he who sat upon him was called the Faithful and the True; and in righteousness he judgeth and maketh war.


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But his eyes were as the flame of fire, and upon his head were many diadems, having names <n>[-]</n> written; and the name <n>[-]</n> which was written of him no man knoweth but himself.


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And he was arrayed in a vestment sprinkled with blood,<n>[-]</n> and his name was called The Word of Aloha.


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And the armies of heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in garments of fine linen, pure (and) white.


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And from his mouth went forth a sharp sword of two edges, that therewith he might smite the nations. And he will rule the nations with a rod of iron, and he will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of Aloha the Omnipotent.


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And I saw an angel standing in the sun. And he cried with a great voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come, gather to the great supper of Aloha;


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that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of chiefs of thousands, and the flesh of heroes, and the flesh of horses and them who sit upon them, and the flesh of all the sons of liberty and of the slaves, and of the small and of the great.


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And I saw the beast of prey, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war with him who sat on the throne, and with his armies.


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And the beast of prey was taken, and the false prophet with him who wrought signs before him, with which he deluded them who received the signature of the beast of prey, and them who worshipped his image; and living they were both cast into the lake of fire which burneth with sulphur.


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And the rest were slain with the sword of him who sat upon the horse; with that (sword) which went forth from his mouth. And all the fowls were satiated with their flesh.


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AND I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.


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And he laid hold of the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the deceiver, and Satana, who seduced all the habitable world, and bound him a thousand years;


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and cast him into the abyss, and shut and sealed over him, that he should no more seduce the nations, until the thousand years be completed: but after them he will be loosed a little time.


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And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and to the souls of them who had been cut asunder for the sake of the testimony of Jeshu, and for the word of Aloha, and them who had not worshipped the beast of prey nor his image, nor received his signature upon their forehead and upon their hands. And they lived and reigned with their Meshiha the thousand years.


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Blessed and holy is he who hath part in the first resurrection: upon them the second death hath not power; but they shall be priests of Aloha and of his Meshiha, and shall reign with him the thousand years.


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And when the thousand years shall be fulfilled, Satana will be loosed from the place of his keeping,


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and will go forth and seduce the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gug and Mogug, to gather them to war, of whom the number is as the sand of the sea.


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And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city; and fire descended from Aloha from heaven, and devoured them.


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And the accuser who seduced them was cast into the lake of fire and of sulphur, as was also the beast of prey and the false prophet; and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.


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And I saw a great white throne, and Him who sat thereon, from whom from his face fled earth and heaven; and place (as) to this was not found for them.


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And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is (the Book) of Life. And the dead were judged from the (records) which are written in the books according to their works.


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And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and shiul gave up the dead which were in them. And they were judged every one according to their works.


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AND I saw new heavens and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had gone, and the sea was no more.


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And the holy city, Urishlem the new, I saw descending from heaven from Aloha, prepared as the bride is decked for her husband.


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And I heard a great voice from heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of Aloha is with men; and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people; and Aloha himself will be with them, and will be their God.


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And every tear shall be wiped away from their eyes, and death shall be no more; nor sorrow, nor clamour, nor pain, shall be any more; for the former things are passed away.


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And He who sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said, Write: for these are the faithful and true words of Aloha.


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And he said to me, I am Olaph and Thau, the Beginning and the End. To him who thirsteth I will give of the water of life freely.


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But the fearful, and the faithless, and sinners, and the unclean, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and servers of idols, and all liars, (shall have) their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and sulphur; which is the second death.


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And one of the seven angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, came and spake with me. saying, Come, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.


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And he led me in spirit upon a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Urishlem, descending from heaven from Aloha;


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having the glory of Aloha, as the clearness of light, like a stone of great price, as the stone Jaspon, resembling crystallos;


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having a wall great and high, which had twelve gates, and names written upon them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.


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On the east three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.


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And the wall of the city had twelve foundations; and upon them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.


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And he who talked with me had a measure, a rod of gold, that he might measure the city and the gates and the walls thereof.


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And the city was set four-square, and the length of it was as the breadth: and he measured the city with the rod, upon twelve stadia of twelve thousand. And the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.


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And he measured the wall of it, an hundred and forty and four measures of the cubits of a man, that is, of the angel.


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And the structure of the wall of it is (of) jaspis, and the city is of pure gold, like pure brightness.


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And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation was of jaspis, the second sathphiros, the third caledon, the fourth zmoragdo,


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the fifth sardonicos, the sixth sardion, the seventh crisuthilos, the eighth berulla, the ninth topadion, the tenth chrosoposius, the eleventh hyacinthos, the twelfth amuthistos.


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And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each of every one of the gates (a pearl), and each of every one of the pearls (a gate). And the wide street of the city was of pure gold as the brightness of light.


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And the city hath no need of the sun nor of the moon to enlighten it; for the glory of Aloha illuminateth it, and the light thereof is the Lamb.


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And the nations of the saved walk by the light of it, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and the honour of the nations into it.


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and nothing shall enter into it that defileth, nor that worketh uncleanness; but they who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.


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AND he showed me a river of waters of life, clear as crystal, coming forth from the throne of Aloha and of the Lamb.


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In the midst of the wide street of it, and by the river, here and there, (was) the tree of life, which produced twelve fruits, in every month giving each one its fruit. And the leaves of the tree (are) for the healing of the nations.


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And there shall be no more falling away; <n>[Nethro.]</n> and the throne of Aloha and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him.


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And night shall be no more: nor any need have they of the light of a lamp, or the light of the sun; for the Lord God enlighteneth them, and they will reign for ever and ever.


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And he said to me, These sayings are faithfulness and truth. And the Lord God of the spirit of the prophets hath sent me, his angel, to show to his servants the things which must soon be done.


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And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.<n>[Polyglot, "Of this prophecy."]</n>


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And also I Juhanon am he who heard and saw these. And when I had heard and seen, I fell to worship before the feet of the angel who showed them to me.


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And he said to me, See (that thou do it) not. I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them who keep the words of this book. Worship Aloha.


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He who doeth evil shall work evil still; and he who is filthy shall be filthy still; and the righteous shall still do righteousness, and the holy be holy still.


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Blessed are they who do his commandments, that they may have authority to the tree of life, and by the gates may enter into the city.


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Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and servers of idols, and every one who loveth and maketh a lie.


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I JESHU have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things before the churches. I am the root and the offspring of Dawid, as the bright, the morning star.


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AND THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, COME! AND HE WHO HEARETH SHALL SAY, COME! AND HE WHO THIRSTETH MAY COME, AND HE WHO WILLETH, TO TAKE THE WATERS OF LIFE FREELY.


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I testify to every one who heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, That if any man shall set upon them, Aloha will set upon him the plagues which are written in this book.


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And if any man make to cease from the words of the book of this prophecy, Aloha will make to cease his portion of the tree of life, and of the holy city of which is written in this book.


