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Fision of Christ among his churches. candlesticks one like unto the Son of 7 He that hath an ear, let nii neut man, clothed with a garment down to what the Spirit saith unto the churchthe foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. es; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which 14 His head and his hairs were white is in the midst of the paradise of God like wool, as white as snow; and his] 8 And unto the angel of the church eyes were ns a flame of fire; in Smyrna write; These things sait 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, the first and the last, which was dead, as if they burned in a furnace: and and is alive; his voice as the sound of many waters. 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, 16 And he had in his right haud and poverty, (but thou art rich,) and seven stars; and out of his mouth I know the blasphemy of them which went a sharp two-edged sword; and say they are Jews, and are not, but his countenance was as the sun shin-are the synagogue of Satan. eth in his strength. 10 Fear none of those things which 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil feet as dead. And he laid his right shall cast some of you into prison,that hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear ye may be tried; and ye shall have not; I am the first and the last: tribulation ten days: be thou faithful 18 I am he that liveth, and was unto death, and I will give thee a dead; and, behold, I am alive for crown of life. evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 12 And to the angel of the church in 20 The mystery of the seven stars, Pergamos write; These things saith which thou sawest in my right hand, he which hath the sharp sword with and the seven golden candlesticks. two edges; The seven stars are the angels of the 13 1 know thy works, and where seven churches; and the seven can-thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat rilesticks which thou sawest are the is and thou holdest fast my name, seven churches. and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my CHAP. II. UNTO the angel of the church of faithful martyr, who was slain among Ephesus write; These things you, where Satan dwelleth. saith be that holdeth the seven stars. 14 But I have a few things against in his right hand who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy la bour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and last found them liars: thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which pa-thing I hate. 3 And hast borne, and hast tience, and for my name's sake hast laboured and hast not fainted. 4 Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the church5 Remember therefore from whence es; To him that overcometh will 1 thou art fallen, and repent, and do the give to eat of the hidden manna, and first works; or else I will come unto will give him a white stone, and in thee quickly, and will remove thy the stone a new name written, which candlestick out of his place, except no man knoweth saving he that re thou repent. ceiveth it. 6 But this thou hast, that thou batest] 18 And unto the angel of the church the deeds of the Nicolaitunes, whichlin Thyatira write; These things saith ▲ also hate. the Son of God, who bath his eyes like Voice of the sparit CHAP. III. to the churches. unto a flame of fire, and his teet are not watch, I will come on thee as a tike fine brass ; 19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with 20 Notwithstandnig, I have a few me in white: for they are worthy. things against thee, because thou suf 6 He that overcometh, the same shall ferest that woman Jezebel, which be clothed in white raiment; and I calleth herself a prophetess, to teach will not blot out his name out of the and to seduce my servants to commit book of life, but I will confess his fornication, and to eat things sacrific-name before my Father, and before ed unto idols. his angels. 21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which ecarcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. 6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no mau shutteth; and shut teth, and no man openeth; 8 Í know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and 24 But into you I say, and unto the hast not denied my name. rest in Thyaura, As many as have not 9 Behold, I will make them of the this doctrine, and which have not synagogue of Satan, which say they Inown the depths of Satan, as they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; be. speak; I will put upon you none oth-hold, I will make thein to come and or burdeu; worship before thy feet, and to know 25 But that which ye have already, that I have loved thee. bold fast ull I come. 10 Because thou hast kept the word 26 And he that overcometh, and of my patience, I also will keep thee keepeth my works unto the end, to from the hour of temptation, which him will I give power over the na-shall come upon all the world, to try tions: them that dwell upon the earth. 27 And he shall rule them with a 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter that fas', which thou hast, that no mau shall they be broken to shivers; even take thy crown. as I received of my Father. 12 Him that overcometh will I make 23. And I will give him the morning a pillar in the temple oʻzy God, and star. The shall go no more out, and I will 29 He that bath an ear, let him hear write upon him the name of my God, what the Spirit saith unto the church- and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God; es. CHAP. III. AND unto the angel of the church and I will write upon him my new Sardis These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; 1 know thy works, at thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. name. 13 He that hath sn var, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write : These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God ; 15 I know thy works, that thou art 3 Remember therefore how thou|neither cold nor hot: I would thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, wert cold or hot. and repent. If therefore thou shalt] 16 So then, because thou at luke Tierone of God. Volume of prophecy and the second Last like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a mar. and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. REVELATION warm, and neither cold nor hot, will spue thee out of my mouth : 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. 18 1 counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy,holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory, and honour, and thanks, to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and 10 The four and twenty elders fall chasten: be zealous therefore, and re-down before him that sat on the throne, (ent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock: If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. and worship him that liveth for eve: and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thypleasure they are and were created. CHAP. V. 21 To him that overcometh will AND I saw in the right hand of eg. CHAP. IV him that sat on the throne a book written without and on the back side 2 And I saw a strong angel pro claiming with a loud voice, Who is AFTER this I looked, and, behold, worthy to open the book, and to loose a door was opened in heaven: the seals thereof? and the first voice which I heard was 3 And no man in heaven, nor in as it were of a trumpet talking with earth, neither under the earth, was me; which said, Come up hither, and able to open the book, neither to look I will show thee things which must be hereafter. thereon. 4 And 1 wept much, because no mai, was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. 2 And immediately I was in the Spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon Jike a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4 And round about the throne tuere 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst four and twenty seats: and upon the of the throne and of the four beasts, seats I saw four and twenty elders sit- and in the midst of the elders, stood ting, clothed in white raiment; and a Lamb as it had been slain, having they had on their beads crowns of gold. seven horns and seven eyes, which are 5 And out of the throne proceeded the seven Spirits of God sent forth lightnings, and thunderings,and voices: into all the earth. and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were sour beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. S And when be had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lami, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. The Mediator adored CHAP. VI, VII. Opening of the scalz 9 And they sung a new song, saying, of barley for a peiny: and see thor Thou art worthy to take the book,and hurt not the oil and the wine. to open the seals thereof; for thou 7 And when he had opened the wast slain, and hast redeemed us to fourth seal, I heard the voice of the God by thy blood out of every kin-fourth beast say, Come and see. dred, and tongue, and people, and 8 And I looked, and behold a pale nation ; horse: and his name that sat on him 10 And hast made us unto our God was Death, and hell followed with kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. hin: and power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 11 And 1 beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts,and the elders: and the number of them was ten thou- 9 And when he bad opened the inh sand times ten thousand, and thou-seal, I saw under the altar the souls of sands of thousands; them that were slain for the word of 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy God, and for the testimony which they is the Lamb that was slain to receive held: power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, 11 And white robes were given unto and all that are in them, heard I say every one of them; and it was said ing, Blessing, and honour, and glory, unto them, that they should rest yet and power, be unto him that sitteth for a little season, until their fellowupon the throne, and unto the Lamb, servants also, and their brethren, that for ever and ever. should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever, CHAP. VI. 12 And I beheld when be had opened the sixth seal, and, Jo, there was a great earthquake: and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the AND I saw when the lamb opened moon became as blood; one of the seals; and I beard, as 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto it were the noise of thunder, one of the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth the four beasts saying, Come and see. ber untimely figs, when she is shaken 2 And I saw, and behold a white of a mighty wind: horse: and he that sat on him had 14 And the heaven departed as a a bow; and a crown was given unto scroll when it is rolled together; and un: and he went forth conquering, every mountain and island were mov ed out of their places; and to conquer. 3 And when he had opened the secon seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty 4 And there went out another horse inen, and every bond-man, and every that was red; and power was given free-man, hid themselves in the dens, to him that sat thereon to take peace and in the rocks of the mountains: from the earth, and that they should 16 And said to the mountains and kill one another; and there was given rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from unto him a great sword. the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I bebeld, and, lo, a 17 For the great day of his wrath is black horse; and be that sat on him come; and who shall be able to stand? had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst CHAP. VIL of the four beasts say. A measure of AND after these things I saw four wheat for a penny, and three measures] angels standing on the four cor Heaven unveiled. REVELATION, The seven trumpets. ners of the earth, holding the fourjare arrayed in white robes ? and winds of the earth, that the wind whence came they? should not blow on the earth, nor on 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sit teth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, nei ther thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were scaled a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the chil- 17 For the Lamb, which is in the dren of Israel. midst of the throne, shall feed then 5 of the tribe of Juda were scaled and shall lead then unto living fountwelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reu-tains of waters; and God shall wipe ben were sealed twelve thousand. Of laway all tears from their eyes. the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve] CHAP. VII. thousand. AND when he had opened the sev 6 of the tribe of Aser were sealed enth seal, there was silence in twelve thousand. Of the tribe of heaven about the space of half an Nephthalm were sealed twelve thou-hour. sand. Of the tribe of Manasses were 2. And I saw the seven angels which sealed twelve thousand. stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 7. Of the tribe of Simeou were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were scaled twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much mcense, that he should offer it with 8. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed the prayers of all saints upon the twelve thousand, Of the tribe of Jo-goklen altar which was before the seph were sealed twelve thousand. Offthrone. the tribe of Benjamin were sealed 4 And the smoke of the incense, twelve thousand. which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended ́up before God out of the angel's band. 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast is into the earth and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightninge, and an earthquake. 9 After this 1 bebeld, and, Jo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, say 6 And the seven angels, which had ing, Salvation to our God which sitteth the seven trumpets, prepared themupon the throne, and unto the Lamb.jselves to sound. 11 And all the angels stood round 7 The first angel sounded, and there about the throne, and about the el-followed hail and fire mingled with ders and the four beasts, and fell before blood, and they were cast upon the the throne on their faces, and wor-earth; and the third part of trees was shipped God, burnt up, and all green grass was 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and burnt up. glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, 8 And the second angel sounded, and and honour, and power, and might, as it were a great mountain burning be unto our God for ever and ever. with fire was cast into the sea; and Amen. the third part of the sea became b1000: 13. And one of the elders answered, 9 And the third part of the creatures ayug unto me, What are these which] which were in the sea, and had life |