Chapter 12 The Woman and the Dragon
¹And 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,²and being with child, and crying out with contractions and anguish to deliver. ³And another sign was seen in heaven, and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns,⁴and his tail is pulling one third of the stars from heaven; and it threw them to the earth. And the dragon took his stand in front of the woman who was about to deliver, so that he might devour the child whenever it was born. ⁵And she bore a son, a male child, who was destined to shepherd all the nations with a rod of iron. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. ⁶And the woman fled to the desert, to where she has a place prepared there by God, so that there they might take care of her for 1,260 days.
⁷And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels must make war with the dragon. And the dragon made war, and his angels also, ⁸and he was not strong enough, neither was their place found anymore in heaven. ⁹And the great dragon was thrown out, that ancient serpent, which is called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, he was thrown to the earth, and his angels thrown along with him. ¹⁰And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying,
"Now has come the salvation and power and kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown out, the one accusing them before our God day and night, ¹¹and these have overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even unto death. ¹²“Rejoice over this, O heaven, and you who dwell therein! Woe to the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you with great fury, because he knows that he has but little time."
¹³And when the dragon saw that he was thrown to the earth, he went after the woman that bore the male child. ¹⁴And she was given the two wings of a great eagle to fly to the desert to that place of hers where she gets taken care of for a time, times, and half a time, away from the face of the serpent. ¹⁵And the serpent poured water from his mouth like a river after the woman, to cause her to be swept away by a flood, ¹⁶and the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the flood that the dragon had poured from his mouth. ¹⁷And the dragon was enraged over the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commandments of God and bearing the witness of Jesus. ¹⁸And he stood at the shore of the sea.
Chapter 13 The Beast out of the Sea
¹And I saw a beast coming up from the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns ten crowns, and on its heads a name that is blasphemy. ²And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and the feet of it like a bear's, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave his power to him, and his throne, and great authority. ³And one of his heads was as slain to death, and the fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was filled with wonder and followed after the beast, ⁴and they worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?"
⁵And there was given to him a mouth speaking big things and blasphemies, and authority was given to him to act for forty-two months. ⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemies toward God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, those tabernacling in heaven. ⁸And they worship him, all those dwelling on the earth, every one whose name is not written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world.
⁹If anyone has an ear, hear. ¹⁰If anyone is to be taken captive, into captivity he is going. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. Here is the endurance and faith of the saints.
The Beast out of the Earth
¹¹And I saw another beast, coming up from the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb, and it spoke as the dragon. ¹²And all the authority of the first beast it exercises before him. And he causes the earth and those dwelling in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed. ¹³And he performs great signs, such that he even causes fire to come down from heaven to earth before the people. ¹⁴And he deceives those dwelling on the earth by means of the signs which were given him to do before the beast, telling those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast which has the wound of the sword and yet has lived. ¹⁵And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, such that the image of the beast can even talk, and also to cause anyone who does not worship the image of the beast to be put to death. ¹⁶And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to provide themselves a mark on their right upper limb or on their forehead, ¹⁷and makes it so that no one is able to buy or sell without having the mark---the name of the beast or the number of his name.
¹⁸Here is wisdom: he who has the understanding should calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a human being; and his number is 666.