 The Revelation, chapters 11 through 16 from the twentieth century New Testament. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by J. A. Carter, www.authenticlight.org. The twentieth century New Testament by a company of about twenty scholars. The Revelation, chapters 11 through 16. CHAPTER XI Then I was given a measure, like a rod, and a voice said to me, Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the worshippers there. But omit the court outside the temple, and do not measure that, for it has been given up to the nations, and the holy city will be under their heel for forty-two months. Then I will give permission to my two witnesses, and for those twelve hundred and sixty days they will continue teaching, clothed in sackcloth. These men are represented by the two olive trees and the two lamps that stand before the Lord of the earth. When any one wishes to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies, and whoever wishes to harm them will, in this way, inevitably perish. These men have the power to close the heavens that no rain may fall during the time that they are teaching, and they have the power to turn the streams into blood and to smite the land with any curse whenever they will. As soon as they have completed their testimony, the wild beast that ascends from the bottomless pit will make war upon them and conquer and kill them. Their dead bodies will lie in the streets of the great city which is mystically spoken of as Sodom and Egypt, where their master was crucified. Men of all peoples and tribes and languages and nations look at their dead bodies for three days and a half, and do not allow them to be laid in a grave. Those who live on the earth rejoice over them and are merry, and they will send presence to one another because these two prophets brought torments upon those who live on the earth. After three days and a half, the life-giving breath of God entered these men, and they stood up upon their feet, and a great terror took possession of those who were watching them. The two men heard a loud voice from heaven which said to them, Come up here, and they went up to heaven in the cloud, while their enemies watched them. At that very time a great earthquake occurred, a tenth part of the city fell, and seven thousand people perished in the earthquake. Those who escaped were much terrified, and praised the God of heaven. The second woe has passed, and there is a third woe soon to follow. Then the seventh angel blew, and loud voices were heard in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever. Of this the twenty-four counselors who were seated on their thrones before God prostrated themselves on their faces and worshipped him, saying, We thank thee, O Lord our God, the Almighty, who art and who wasst, that thou hast assumed thy great power and reigned. The nations were enraged, and thy wrath fell upon them. The time came for the dead to be judged, and for thee to give the reward to thy servants, the prophets, and to the people of Christ, and to those who reverence thy name, the high and the low alike, and destroy those who are destroying the earth. Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark containing his covenant was seen in his temple, and there followed flashes of lightning, cries, peals of thunder, and earthquake, and a great storm of hail. CHAPTER XII Then a great portent was seen in the heavens. A woman whose robe was the sun, and who had the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child, and she is crying out in the pain and agony of childbirth. Another portent was also seen in the heavens. There was a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems. His tail draws after it a third of the stars in the heavens, and it hurled them down on the earth. The dragon is standing in front of the woman who is about to give birth to the child, so that he may devour it as soon as it is born. The woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod, and her child was at once caught up to God upon his throne. But the woman fled into the wilderness, where there is a place prepared for her by God to be tended there for twelve hundred and sixty days. Then a battle took place in the heavens. Michael and his angels fought with the dragon. But though the dragon with his angels fought he did not prevail, and there was no place left for them any longer in the heavens. Then the great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the Devil and Satan, who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, which said, Now has begun the day of the salvation and power and dominion of our God, and the rule of his Christ, for the accuser of our brothers has been hurled down, he who has been accusing them before our God day and night, their victory was due to the blood of the Lamb and to the message to which they bore their testimony. In their love of life they shrank not from death. Therefore be glad, O heaven, and all who live in heaven, alas for the earth and for the sea, for the devil has gone down to you in great fury, knowing that he has but little time. When the dragon saw that he was hurled down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. To the woman were given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she might fly to her place in the wilderness where she is being tended for one year, and for two years, and for half a year in safety from the serpent. Then the serpent poured water from its mouth after the woman, like a river, so that it might sweep her away. But earth came to her help and opened her mouth and drank up the river which the dragon had poured out of its mouth. The dragon was enraged at the woman and went to fight with the rest of her offspring, those who laid to heart the commands of God and bared their testimony to Jesus, and he took his stand on the seashore. CHAPTER XIII Then I saw, rising out of the sea, a wild beast with ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names. The beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave it his power and his throne and wide dominion. One of its heads seemed to me to have been mortally wounded, but its deadly wound had been healed. The whole earth followed the beast, wondering, and men worshipped the dragon because he had given his dominion to the beast. While as they worshipped the beast they said, Who can compare with the beast, and who can fight against it? The beast was given a mouth that spoke proudly and blasphemously, and it was empowered to work its will for forty-two months. It opened its mouth only to blaspheme God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, those who dwell in his tabernacle in heaven. It had been permitted to fight with Christ's people and to conquer them, and it had received power over men of every tribe and people and language and nation. All who are living on earth will worship it, all whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life, the Lamb that has been sacrificed from the foundation of the world. That him who has ears hear, whoever is destined for captivity goes into captivity, whoever shall kill with the sword must inevitably be killed with the sword. Here there is need for endurance and faith on the part of Christ's people. Then I saw rising out of the earth another wild beast. It had two horns, like those of a lamb, and its voice was like a dragon's. It exercises all the authority of the first beast under its very eyes, and it makes the earth and all who are living on it worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great marvels, even causing fire to fall from the heavens to the earth before men's eyes, and in consequence of the marvels which it was allowed to perform under the eyes of the beast, it is able to deceive all who are living on the earth. It bids those who live on the earth to make a statue in honor of the beast, who despite the wound from the sword, yet lived. It was permitted to breathe life into the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might speak, and it was also permitted to cause all who refuse to worship the image of the beast, to be put to death. High and low, rich and poor, freemen and slaves, it causes a brand to be put on the right hand or on the forehead of every one of them, so that no one is able to buy or sell except those that bear this brand, either the name of the beast or the number indicated by the letters of his name. Here there is need for discernment, that him who has the ability compute the number of the beast, for the number indicates a man's name. Its number is six hundred and sixty-six. CHAPTER XIV Then in my vision I saw the lamb standing on Mount Zion. With him were a hundred and forty-four thousand men, with his name and the name of his father written on their foreheads. And I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of a loud peal of thunder. The sound that I heard was like the music of harpers playing on their harps. They are singing what seems to be a new song, before the throne and before the four creatures and the counselors. And no one was able to learn that song, except the hundred and forty-four thousand, who had been redeemed from earth. These are the men who never defiled themselves in their intercourse with women, they are as pure as virgins. These are the men who follow the lamb wherever he goes. They are redeemed as the first fruits of mankind for God and for the lamb. No lie was ever heard upon their lips. They are beyond reach of blame. Then I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven. He had the good news decreed from eternity to announce to those who dwell on the earth to men of every nation and tribe and language and people. And he cried in a loud voice, reverence God, and give him praise for the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all springs of water. Then a second angel followed, crying, She has fallen, she has fallen, Babylon the Great, who has made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her licentiousness. Then a third angel followed them, crying in a loud voice. Whoever worships the beast and its image and receives its brand on his forehead or on his hand, that man shall drink the maddening wine of God that has been poured unmixed into the cup of his wrath, and he shall be tortured with fire and sulfur before the eyes of the holy angels and before the eyes of the Lamb. The smoke from their torture rises for ever and ever, and they have no rest day nor night, those who worship the beast and its image, and all who are branded with its name. Here there is need for endurance on the part of Christ people, those who lay to heart the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, Right, blessed are the dead, who from this hour die in union with the Lord. Yes, answers the spirit, that they may rest from their toil. Their good deeds go with them. Then in my vision I saw a white cloud, and on the cloud that was sitting one like a man. On his head he had a crown of gold and in his hand a sharp sickle. Then another angel came out from the temple crying in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud. Take your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come. The harvest of earth is ready. He who was sitting on the cloud brought his sickle down upon the earth and the harvest of earth was reaped. Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle. Then another angel came out of the altar. He had power over fire, and he called in a loud voice to the angel that had the sharp sickle. Take your sharp sickle and gather the bunches from the vine of earth, for its grapes are ripe. The angel brought his sickle down on the earth and gathered the fruit of the vine of earth and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God. The grapes were trodden in the press outside the city, and blood came out of the press rising as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of two hundred miles. CHAPTER XV Then I saw another portent in the heavens, a great and marvelous portent. Seven angels with the seven last curses, because with them the wrath of God is ended. Then I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire, and standing by this sea of glass holding out the harps of God, I saw those who had come victorious out of the conflict with the beast and its image and the number that formed its name. They are singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. Great and marvelous are thy deeds, O Lord, our God, the Almighty. Righteous and true are thy ways, Eternal King. Who will not reverence and praise thy name, O Lord? Thou alone art holy. All nations will come and worship before thee, for thy judgments have become manifest. After this I saw that the inmost shrine of the Tabernacle of Revelation in heaven was opened, and out of it came the seven angels with the seven curses. They were adorned with precious stones, pure and bright, and had golden girdles round their breasts. One of the four creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God who lives forever and ever. The temple was filled with the smoke from the glory and majesty of God, and no one could enter the temple until the seven curses inflicted by the seven angels were at an end. CHAPTER XVI. Then I heard a loud voice which came from the temple saying to the seven angels, Go and empty the seven bowls of the wrath of God upon the earth. The first angel went, and emptied his bowl upon the earth, and it turned to loathsome and painful sores upon all who bore the brand of the beast and who worshiped its image. Then the second angel emptied his bowl upon the sea, and it turned to blood like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died, every thing in the sea. Then the third angel emptied his bowl upon the rivers and springs of water, and it turned to blood. And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, thou who art and who wasst, the holy one, in inflicting this judgment, for men shed the blood of Christ's people and of the prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve. And I heard the response from the altar, Yes, O Lord our God, the almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. Then the fourth angel emptied his bowl upon the sun, and he was permitted to scorch men with fire, and men were scorched by the intense heat. They blasphemed the name of God who controlled these curses, but they did not repent and give him praise. Then the fifth angel emptied his bowl upon the throne of the beast, and darkness fell upon its kingdom. Men nod their tongues in pain and blaspheme the God of heaven because of their pain and because of their sores, yet they did not repent of what they had done. Then the sixth angel emptied his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and the water in the river was dried up so that the road for the kings of the east might be made ready. And I saw three foul spirits like frogs come from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet. They are the spirits of demons and perform marvels. They go to kings all over the world to collect them for the battle on the great day of Almighty God. I am coming like a thief. Happy will he be who is on the watch and keeps his clothing at hand so that he will not have to walk about unclothed and let men see his nakedness. And the spirits collected the kings at the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon. Then the seventh angel emptied his bowl upon the air. A loud voice came from the throne in the temple. It said, All is over. There followed flashes of lightning, cries and peals of thunder, and there was a great earthquake such as had not occurred since man began to be upon the earth, none so great, and the great city was torn in three, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the maddening wine-cup of his wrath, and every island vanished and the mountains disappeared. Great hail stones, a pound in weight, are falling upon men from the heavens, and men blasphemed God because of the curse of the hail, for it was a very terrible curse. End of CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 16 THE REVELATION CHAPTER 17 THROUGH 22 FROM THE TWENTYTH CENTURY NEW TESTIMENT This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by J. A. Carter, www.authenticlight.org. THE TWENTYTH CENTURY NEW TESTIMENT by a company of about twenty scholars. THE REVELATION CHAPTER 17 THROUGH 22 CHAPTER 17 Then one of the seven angels, who held the seven bowls, came and spoke to me. From here he said, and I will show you the sentence passed upon that great harlot, who is seated at the meeting of many waters, and with whom all the kings of the earth have had licentious intercourse, while all who live upon the earth have been made drunk by the wine of her licentiousness. And he bore me away in a trance to a lonely place, and I saw a woman seated upon a scarlet beast which was covered with blasphemous names. It had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet and glittering with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup full of idolatrous abominations and the unclean fruits of her licentiousness, while on her forehead there was written this mystic name, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and of all idolatrous abominations upon earth. And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of Christ's people and with the blood of the martyrs for Jesus. When I saw her I was amazed beyond measure, but the angel said to me, Why are you amazed? I will tell you the mystic meaning of the vision of this woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her. The beast that you saw was, but is not, and is about to rise out of the bottomless pit and is on its way to destruction. Those who are living on earth will be amazed, those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see that the beast was, but is not, and yet will come. Here there is need for the discerning mind. The seven heads are seven mountains upon which the woman is seated. They are also seven kings, of whom five have fallen, and one remains while one is not yet come. When he comes he must stay for a little while. So must the beast that was, but is not. He counts as an eighth king, although he is one of the seven and is on his way to destruction. The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received their kingdoms, but for an hour they receive the authority of kings, together with the beast. These kings are of one mind in surrendering their power and authority to the beast. They will fight with the lamb, but the lamb will conquer them, for he is the Lord of lords and king of kings. So too will those with him who have received the call and are chosen and faithful. And the angel said to me, The waters that you saw, where the harlot is seated, are throngs of people and men of all nations and languages. The ten horns that you saw and the beast, they will hate the harlot and cause her to become deserted and strip her bare. They will eat her very flesh and utterly consume her with fire, for God has put it into their minds to carry out his purpose in carrying out their common purpose and surrendering their kingdoms to the beast until God's decrees shall be executed. As for the woman whom you saw, she is the great city that holds sway over all the kings of the earth. CHAPTER XVIII After this I saw another angel descending from heaven, invested with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. With a mighty voice he cried, She has fallen, she has fallen, Babylon the great, she has become an abode of demons, a stronghold of every wicked spirit, a stronghold of every foul and hateful bird. For after drinking the maddening wine of her licentiousness all the nations have fallen, while all the kings of the earth have had licentious intercourse with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the excess of her luxury. Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate in her sins and that you may not suffer from the curses inflicted upon her. For her sins are heaped up to the heavens, and God has not forgotten her misdeeds. Pay her back the treatment with which she has treated you, yes repay twice over what her actions deserve. In the cup which she mixed for you, mix for her as much again. For her self-glorification and her luxury give her now an equal measure of torture and misery. In her heart she says, I sit here as a queen, no widow am I, I shall never know misery. Therefore in one day shall these curses befall her. Death, misery, and famine, and she shall be utterly consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who condemned her. All the kings of the earth who had licentious intercourse with her and shared her luxury will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke from the burning city while they stand at a distance horrified at her torture and cry. Alas, alas, great city, almighty city of Babylon, in a single hour your judgment fell, and the merchants of the earth weep and wail over her because no longer does anyone buy their cargos. Their cargos of gold or silver or precious stones or pearls or fine linen or purple robes or silk or scarlet cloth, nor their many scented woods, nor their many articles of ivory, nor their many articles of choicest wood or brass or iron or marble, nor their cinnamon or spice or incense or perfumes or frankincense or wine or oil or fine flour or wheat or cattle or sheep, nor their horses or chariots or slaves, nor the bodies and souls of men. The fruit that your soul craved is no longer within your reach and all deities and luxuries are lost to you never to be found again. The merchants who sold these things and grew rich by her will stand at a distance weeping and wailing, horrified at her torture and crying. Alas, alas, great city, oh city clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet cloth, oh city adorned with gold ornaments and precious stones and pearls. In a single hour your vast wealth vanished. Every ship's captain, and all who sail to any port and sailors, and all who get their living from the seas stood at a distance, and seeing the smoke from the burning city cried, What city can compare with the great city? They threw dust on their heads, and as they wept and wailed they cried, Alas, alas, great city, all who have ships on the sea grew rich through her magnificence. In a single hour it has vanished. Rejoice over her, O heaven and people of Christ and apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her. Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, crying, So shall Babylon the great city be violently overthrown, never more to be seen. No more shall the music of harpers or minstrels or flute players or trumpeters be heard in you. No more shall any worker skilled in any art be found in you. No more shall the sound of a mill be heard in you. No more shall the light of a lamp shine in you. No more shall the voices of bridegroom and bride be heard in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth, for all the nations were deceived by your magical charms. Yes, an in her was to be found the blood of the prophets and of Christ's people and of all who have been put to death upon the earth. CHAPTER 19 After this I heard what seemed to be a great shout from a vast throng in heaven crying, Halleluia to our God belong salvation and glory and power, for true and righteous are his judgments, for he has passed judgment upon the great harlot who is corrupting the earth by her licentiousness, and he has taken vengeance upon her for the blood of his servants. Again they cried, Halleluia, and the smoke from her ruins rises for ever and ever. Then the twenty-four counsellors and the four creatures prostrated themselves and worshiped God, who was seated upon the throne, crying, Amen, Halleluia, and from the throne there came a voice which said, Praise our God, all you who serve him, you who reverence him both high and low. Again I heard what seemed to be the shout of a vast throng like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud peals of thunder crying, Halleluia, for the Lord is king, our God the Almighty, let us rejoice and exalt, and we will pay him honour for the hour for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready, and to her it has been granted to robe herself in fine linen, white and pure, for that linen is the good deeds of the people of Christ. Then a voice said to me, Right, blessed are those who have been summoned to the marriage feast of the Lamb. And the voice said, These words of God are true. I prostrated myself at the feet of him who spoke to worship him, but he said to me, Forbear, I am your fellow-servant, and the fellow-servant of your brothers who bear their testimony to Jesus. Worship God, for to bear testimony to Jesus needs the inspiration of the prophets. Then I saw that heaven lay open. There appears a white horse. Its rider is called faithful and true. Righteously does he judge and make war. His eyes are flaming fires. On his head there are many diadems, and he wears a name written which no one knows but himself. He has been clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood, and the name by which he is called is the Word of God. The armies of heaven followed him, mounted on white horses, and clothed in fine linen, white and pure. From his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which to smite the nations, and he will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the grapes in the press of the maddening wine of the wrath of Almighty God, and on his robe and on his thigh he has this name written, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Then I saw an angel standing on the sun. He cried in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven. Gather and come to the great feast of God, to eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all freemen and slaves and of high and low. Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to fight with him, who sat on the horse and with his army. The beast was captured, and with him was taken the false prophet who performed the marvels before the eyes of the beast, with which he deceived those who had received the brand of the beast and those who worshipped his image. Alive! They were thrown both of them into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. The rest were killed by the sword which came out of the mouth of him who rode upon the horse, and all the birds fed upon their flesh. CHAPTER XX Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, the primeval serpent who is the devil or Satan, and bound him in chains for a thousand years. He flung him into the bottomless pit and locked it and set his seal upon it, that he should not deceive the nations any more until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let loose for a while. Then I saw thrones, and to those who took their seats upon them authority was given to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony to Jesus and because of the message of God, for they had refused to worship the beast or its image and had not received the brand on their foreheads and on their hands. They were restored to life, and they reigned with the Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead were not restored to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy will he be who shares in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and the Christ, and they will reign with him for the thousand years. When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose from his prison, and he will come out to deceive the nations that live in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog. He will come to gather them together for battle, and their number will be as great as the sand on the seashore. They went up over the breadth of the whole earth and surrounded the camp of Christ's people and the beloved city. Then fire fell from the heavens and consumed them, and the devil, their deceiver, was hurled into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet already were, and they will be tortured day and night, for ever and ever. Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, no place was left for them, and I saw the dead high and low standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, the Book of Life, and the dead were judged according to their actions by what was written in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and death and the Lord of the place of death gave up their dead, and they were judged one by one each according to his actions. Then death and the Lord of the place of death were hurled into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire, and all whose names were not found written in the Book of Life were hurled into the lake of fire. CHAPTER XXI. Then I saw new heavens and a new earth. The former heavens and the former earth had passed away, and the sea had ceased to be. And I saw the holy city, Jerusalem, descending new out of heaven from God, like a bride adorned in readiness for a husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, which said, See, the tabernacle of God is set up among men. God will dwell among them, and they will be his peoples, and God himself will be among them, and he will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, nor will there be any more grief, or crying, or pain. The old order has passed away, and he who was seated on the throne said, See, I make all things new. And he said, Write this, for these words may be trusted and are true. And he said to me, They are fulfilled. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him who thirsts, I will give of the spring of the water of life freely. He who conquers shall enter into possession of these things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But as for cowards, unbelievers, the degraded, murderers, the impure, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the burning lake of fire and sulfur. That is the second death. Then one of the seven angels, who had the seven bowls and were laden with the seven last curses, came and spoke to me. Some here he said, And I will show you the bride, the wife of the lamb. He carried me away in a trance to a great high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, descending out of heaven from God, filled with the glory of God. Its brilliance was like that of some very precious stone, like a jasper, transparent as crystal. It had a great high wall in which were twelve gates, and at these gates there were twelve angels, and there were names inscribed on the gates. The names of the twelve tribes of the Israelites. There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, on which were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the lamb. And the angel who was speaking to me had as a measure a gold rod, with which to measure the city and its gates and its wall. The city is square. The length and the breadth are the same. The angel measured with his rod. It was twelve hundred miles. Its length and breadth and height are equal. Then he measured the wall. It was two hundred eighty-eight feet, as men measure, that is, as the angel measured. The material of the wall of the city was jasper, and the city was built of pure gold which shone like clear glass. The foundations of the wall of the city were ornamented with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was a jasper. The second a sapphire. The third a calcedoni. The fourth an emerald. The fifth a sardonyx. The sixth a carnalion. The seventh chrysalite. The eighth a beryl. The ninth a topaz. The tenth a chrysopraise. The eleventh a hyacinth. And the twelfth an amethyst. The twelve gates were made of twelve pearls, each gate of one pearl. The street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass. And I saw no temple there, for the Lord our God, the Almighty, and the Lamb are its temple. The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp was the Lamb. The nations walk by the light of it, and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it. Its gates will never be shut by day, and there will be no night there. And men will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. Never shall any unhallowed thing enter it, nor he whose life is shameful and false, but only those whose names have been written in the Lamb's book of life. CHAPTER XXII And the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, issuing from the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of the street of the city. On each side of the river was a tree of life which bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Everything that is accursed will cease to be. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. Night will cease to be. They have no need of the light of a lamp, nor have they the light of the sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign for ever and ever. Then the angel said to me, These words may be trusted and are true. The Lord, the God that inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants what must quickly take place. But he said, I will come quickly. Blessed will he be who lays to heart the words of the prophecy contained in this book. It was I, John, who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I prostrated myself in worship at the feet of the angel that showed them to me. But he said to me, Forbear, I am your fellow-servant, and the fellow-servant of your brothers, the prophets, and of all who lay to heart the words in this book. Worship God. Then the angel said to me, Do not keep secret the words of the prophecy contained in this book, for the time is near. Let the wrongdoer continue to do wrong, the filthy-minded man continue to be filthy, the righteous man continue to act righteously, and the holy-minded man continue to be holy. I will come quickly. I bring my rewards with me to give to each man what his actions deserve. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the ending and the end. Blessed will they be who wash their robes that they may have the right to approach the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates. Outside will be the filthy, the sorcerers, the impure, the murderers, the idolaters, and all who love the false and live it. I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear testimony to you about these things before the churches. I am the scion and the offspring of David, the bright star of the morning. Come, say the spirit and the bride, and let him who hears say come. Let him who thirsts come. Let him who will take the water of life freely. I declare to all who hear the words of the prophecy contained in this book. If anyone adds to it, God will add to his troubles the curses described in this book, and if anyone takes away any of the words in the book containing this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city as described in this book. Anybody whose testimony this is says assuredly I will come quickly. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. May the blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ be with his people. End of Chapter 17 through 22. End of the Revelation. End of the 20th Century New Testament.