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The Revelation of St. John the Divine

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- Chapter 12 -

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A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars was on her head.
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She was pregnant, and she was crying out in birth pains, in the anguish of childbirth.
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Then another sign was seen in heaven: Look! There was a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and there were seven crowns on his heads.
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His tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them down to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth, he would devour her child.
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She gave birth to a son, a male child, who would rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was snatched away to God and to his throne,
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and the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her, so she could be taken care of for 1,260 days.

The War in Heaven

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Now there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought back.
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But the dragon was not strong enough to win. So there was no longer any place in heaven for him and his angels.
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The great dragon-that old serpent called the devil or Satan, who deceives the whole world-was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
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Then I heard a loud voice in heaven: “Now have come the salvation, the power, the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, the one who accused them before our God day and night.
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They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not love their lives even to death.
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Therefore, rejoice, you heavens, and all who reside in them. But woe to the earth and to the sea because the devil has gone down to you. He is filled with terrible anger, because he knows he only has a little time.

The Woman Persecuted

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When the dragon realized he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
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But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she would flee to the place prepared for her in the wilderness. This was the place where she would be taken care of, for a time, times, and half a time-out of the serpent’s presence.
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The serpent poured water out of his mouth like a river, that he would make a flood to sweep her away.
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But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon was pouring out of his mouth.
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Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war with the rest of her descendants, those who obey God’s commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus.
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1
A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
2
She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
3
Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
4
His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
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She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
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The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.

The War in Heaven

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There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.
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They didn’t prevail. No place was found for them any more in heaven.
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The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
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I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
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They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
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Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.”

The Woman Persecuted

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When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
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Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
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The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
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The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon spewed out of his mouth.
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The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring,(a) who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.

Footnotes

(a)12:17 or, seed
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