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Apocalypse
17
And there came one of the seven angels, who had the
seven vials, and spoke with me, saying: Come, I will
shew thee the condemnation of the great harlot, who
sitteth upon many waters,
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication;
and they who inhabit the earth, have been made drunk
with the whine of her whoredom.
And he took me away in spirit into the desert. And I
saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet coloured beast, full
of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
And the woman was clothed round about with purple and
scarlet, and gilt with gold, and precious stones and
pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of the
abomination and filthiness of her fornication.
And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery; Babylon
the great, the mother of the fornications, and the abominations
of the earth.
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints,
and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered,
when I had seen her, with great admiration.
And the angel said to me: Why dost thou wonder? I will
tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast
which carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten
horns.
The beast, which thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall
come up out of the bottomless pit, and go into destruction:
and the inhabitants on the earth (whose names are not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the
world) shall wonder, seeing the beast that was, and
is not.
And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The
seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman
sitteth, and they are seven kings:
Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come:
and when he is come, he must remain a short time.
And the beast which was, and is not: the same also is
the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into destruction.
And the ten horns which thou sawest, are ten kings,
who have not yet received a kingdom, but shall receive
power as kings one hour after the beast.
These have one design: and their strength and power
they shall deliver to the beast.
These shall fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall
overcome them, because he is Lord of lords, and King
of kings, and they that are with him are called, and
elect, and faithful.
And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where
the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and nations, and tongues.
And the ten horns which thou sawest in the beast: these
shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and
naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with
fire.
For God hath given into their hearts to do that which
pleaseth him: that they give their kingdom to the beast,
till the words of God be fulfilled.
And the woman which thou sawest, is the great city,
which hath kingdom over the kings of the earth. |
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