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Through My Bible Yr 03 – February 03

Luke 1:39-56

Luke 1

Mary Visits Elizabeth

³⁹In those days Mary got up and hurried to the hill country, to a town of Judah. ⁴⁰She entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹Just as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. ⁴²She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! ⁴³But why am I so favored that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴In fact, just now, as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy! ⁴⁵Blessed is she who believed, because the promises spoken to her from the Lord will be fulfilled!”

Mary’s Song

⁴⁶Then Mary said,

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
⁴⁷and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
⁴⁸because he has looked with favor on the humble state of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed,
⁴⁹because the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is
his name.
⁵⁰His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.
⁵¹He has shown strength with his arm.
He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
⁵²He has brought down rulers from their thrones.
He has lifted up the lowly.
⁵³He has filled the hungry with good things, but the rich he has sent
away empty.
⁵⁴He has come to the aid of his servant Israel, remembering his mercy,
⁵⁵as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring^[1] forever.

⁵⁶Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then returned to her home.

Footnotes

Luke 1:55 Or seed

Through My Bible Yr 03 – February 02

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Luke 1:26-38

Luke 1

The Angel Gabriel Appears to the Virgin Mary

²⁶In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth, ²⁷to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women.”^[1]

²⁹But she was greatly troubled by the statement and was wondering what kind of greeting this could be. ³⁰The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God. ³¹Listen, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus. ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. ³³He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.”

³⁴Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”

³⁵The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. ³⁶Listen, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age even though she was called barren, and this is her sixth month. ³⁷For nothing will be impossible for God.”

³⁸Then Mary said, “See, I am the Lord’s servant. May it happen to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.

Footnotes

Luke 1:28 A few witnesses to the text omit this sentence. (“Witnesses to the text” mentioned in footnotes may include Greek manuscripts, lectionaries, translations, and quotations in the church fathers.)

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Luke 1:1-25

Luke 1

Introduction

¹Many have undertaken to compile an account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, ²an account like those handed down to us by those who were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word from the beginning. ³For this reason, it seemed good to me also, since I followed everything closely from the beginning, to write an orderly account to you, most excellent Theophilus, ⁴so that you may know the certainty of the things you were taught.

The Angel Gabriel Appears to Zechariah

⁵In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ⁶They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and righteous decrees of the Lord. ⁷They did not have a child because Elizabeth was unable to bear children, and they were both well along in years. ⁸On one occasion, while Zechariah was serving as priest before God and his division was on duty, ⁹he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. ¹⁰The whole crowd of people were praying outside the temple during the hour of the incense offering.

¹¹An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ¹²When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and overcome by fear. ¹³But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear a son for you, and you are to name him John. ¹⁴You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, ¹⁵because he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to drink wine or beer. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. ¹⁶He will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God. ¹⁷He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, to turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare a people who are ready for the Lord.”

¹⁸Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this, because I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years?”

¹⁹The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God and was sent to speak to you in order to tell you this good news. ²⁰Now listen, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at the proper time.”

²¹Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering what was taking him so long in the temple. ²²When he did come out, he was unable to speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them and remained unable to speak.

²³When the days of his priestly service were completed, he went back to his home.

²⁴After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived. She kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying, ²⁵“The Lord has done this for me in the days when he looked with favor on me and took away my disgrace among the people.”

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Revelation 22:6-21

Revelation 22

Jesus Is Coming Soon

⁶The angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets,^[1] sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”

⁷“And look: I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who holds on to the words of the prophecy of this book.”

⁸I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I bowed down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. ⁹But he said to me, “Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and also with those who hold on to the words of this book. Worship God!”

¹⁰The angel also said to me:

Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near.
¹¹Let the one who is unjust continue to be unjust.
Let the one who is filthy continue to be filthy.
Let the one who is just continue to do what is just.
Let the one who is holy continue to be holy.

Jesus Speaks

¹²Look, I am coming soon and my reward is with me, to repay each one according to what he has done. ¹³I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. ¹⁴Blessed are those who wash their robes,^[2] so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and so that they may enter through the gates into the city. ¹⁵Outside are the dogs, that is, the sorcerers, the adulterers, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

¹⁶I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.

¹⁷The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears this say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who wants the water of life take it as a gift.

¹⁸I give this warning to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. ¹⁹And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the Tree^[3] of Life and in the Holy City, which are written in this book.

²⁰The one who testifies about these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

²¹The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ^[4] be with all the saints.^[5] Amen.

Footnotes

Revelation 22:6 A few witnesses to the text read the God of the holy prophets.
Revelation 22:14 Some witnesses to the text read who do his commandments.
Revelation 22:19 Some witnesses to the text read Book.
Revelation 22:21 A few witnesses to the text omit Christ.
Revelation 22:21 A few witnesses to the text read be with all of you or with everyone.

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Revelation 21:22 – 22:5

Revelation 21

²²I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. ²³The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God has given it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. ²⁴The nations^[1] will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory^[2] into it. ²⁵There is no day when its gates will be shut, for there will be no night in that place. ²⁶They will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. ²⁷Nothing that is unclean and no one who does what is detestable or who tells lies will ever enter it, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Paradise Restored

Revelation 22

¹The angel showed me the^[3] river of the water of life, which was as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb. ²In the middle of the city’s street and on each side of the river was a tree of life that yielded twelve kinds of fruit. The tree yields its fruit every month, and its leaves are for the healing of the nations.

³There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him. ⁴They will see his face. His name will be on their foreheads. ⁵There will no longer be any night or any need for lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.

Footnotes

Revelation 21:24 A few witnesses to the text add of those who are saved.
Revelation 21:24 Some witnesses to the text add and the honor of the nations.
Revelation 22:1 Some witnesses to the text add pure.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 29

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Revelation 21:9-21

Revelation 21

The New Jerusalem

⁹One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls that were filled with the seven last plagues came and spoke with me. He said, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

¹⁰He carried me away in spirit to a great and high mountain, and he showed me the^[1] Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. ¹¹It has the glory of God. Its radiance is similar to a very precious stone, like crystal-clear jasper.

¹²It has a large, high wall. It has twelve gates. Twelve angels are at the gates, and twelve names are engraved on the gates, the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. ¹³Three gates are on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. ¹⁴The city’s wall also has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the Lamb’s twelve apostles.

¹⁵The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod so that he could measure the city, its gates, and its wall. ¹⁶The city is laid out as a square. Its length and width are equal. He measured the city with the measuring rod: 12,000 stadia.^[2] Its length, width, and height are equal. ¹⁷He also measured its wall by human measurement, which was what the angel used: 144 cubits.

¹⁸The wall is made of jasper, and the city is pure gold, like pure glass. ¹⁹The foundations of the city’s wall had been adorned with every kind of precious stone.

The first foundation is jasper,
the second sapphire,
the third agate,
the fourth emerald,
²⁰the fifth onyx,
the sixth ruby,^[3]
the seventh diamond,^[4]
the eighth beryl,
the ninth topaz,
the tenth turquoise,^[5]
the eleventh jacinth,
the twelfth amethyst.

²¹The twelve gates are twelve pearls. Each of the gates is made out of one pearl. And the street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.

Footnotes

Revelation 21:10 A few witnesses to the text add great and.
Revelation 21:16 The measurements are not converted to modern equivalents because that would make it more difficult to recognize the symbolical significance of the original numbers.
Revelation 21:20 Or carnelian. The specific identification of these gems is uncertain. This translation uses names of recognizable modern gemstones, even if they might not have the same mineral makeup as the ancient stones.
Revelation 21:20 Or chrysolite
Revelation 21:20 Or chrysoprase

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 28

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Revelation 21:1-8

Revelation 21

The New Heaven and the New Earth

¹Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And the sea no longer existed. ²And I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

³And from the throne^[1] I heard a loud voice that said, “Look! God’s dwelling is with people. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God. ⁴He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain, because the former things have passed away.”

⁵The one who was seated on the throne said to me, “Look, I am making everything new!” He also said, “Write, for these words are trustworthy and true.” ⁶And he said to me:

It is done.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
To anyone who is thirsty,
    I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
⁷The one who overcomes
    will inherit these things.
I will be his God,
    and he will be my son.
⁸But those who are cowardly, unbelieving, detestable,
    murderers, adulterers, sorcerers, idolaters, and all the liars
    will have their share in the lake burning with fire and sulfur,
    which is the second death.

Footnotes

Revelation 21:3 Some witnesses to the text read from heaven.

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Revelation 20:11-15

Revelation 20

The Final Judgment

¹¹Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence, and no place was found for them. ¹²I also saw the dead, great and small, standing in front of the throne, and books were opened. Another book was also opened, which is the Book of Life. The dead were judged by the things written in the books, according to what they had done. ¹³The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and the Grave^[1] gave up the dead that were in them, and they were judged, each one according to what he had done.

¹⁴Death and the Grave^[2] were thrown into the Lake of Fire. The Lake of Fire is the second death. ¹⁵If anyone’s name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the Lake of Fire.

Footnotes

Revelation 20:13 Or Hell, Greek Hades
Revelation 20:14 Or Hell, Greek Hades

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 26

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Revelation 20:1-10

Revelation 20

Christ and Satan

¹Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven. He had the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand. ²He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, bound him for a thousand years, ³threw him into the abyss, locked it, and set a seal on it, so that he could no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years come to an end. After this he must be released for a short time.

They Lived and Reigned With Christ

⁴Then I saw thrones, and those who were sitting on them were given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshipped the beast and his image, and they did not receive his mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. ⁵(The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years came to an end.) This is the first resurrection.

⁶Blessed and holy is the one who has a share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them. Instead they will be priests of God and of Christ. And they will reign with him for a thousand years.

Satan Defeated

⁷When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be released from his prison. ⁸He will go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle. They are as numerous as the sand of the sea.

⁹They came up over the broad expanse of the earth, and they surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of^[1] heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰And the Devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are. There they will be tormented day and night, forever and ever.

Footnotes

Revelation 20:9 A few witnesses to the text omit God out of.

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Revelation 19:11-21

Revelation 19

The Rider on the White Horse

¹¹I saw heaven standing open, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and he judges and makes war in righteousness. ¹²His eyes are like blazing flames, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him, which no one knows except he himself. ¹³He is also clothed in a garment that had been dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. ¹⁴The armies in heaven, which were clothed with white, clean, fine linen, were following him on white horses. ¹⁵Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. He will shepherd them with an iron staff. He himself is going to trample the winepress of the fierce anger of the Almighty God. ¹⁶On his garment and on his thigh this name is written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

¹⁷I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he called out with a loud voice to all the birds that were flying in the middle of the sky. He said:

Come, gather together for God’s great supper,
¹⁸    so that you can eat the flesh of kings,
    and the flesh of military leaders,
    and the flesh of mighty men,
    and the flesh of horses and of their riders,
    and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, and small and great.

¹⁹Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army. ²⁰The beast was captured along with the false prophet who performed miracles on his behalf, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and had worshipped its image. These two were thrown alive into the Lake of Fire, which burns with sulfur. ²¹The rest were killed with the sword that comes out of the mouth of the rider on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.

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Revelation 18:21 – 19:10

Revelation 18

²¹A mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and, as he threw it into the sea, he said:

This is the way Babylon, the great city,
    will be overthrown with violence and
    will never again be found.
²²The sound of harpists and musicians, flutists and trumpeters,
    will never be heard in you again.
No craftsman of any trade
    will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
    will never be heard in you again.
²³The light of a lamp
    will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
    will never be heard in you again,
because your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
because your witchcraft led all the nations astray,
²⁴and the blood of prophets and saints was found in this city,^[1]
along with the blood of all those who were slain on the earth.

The Church’s Victory

Revelation 19

¹After these things I heard what seemed to be the loud sound of an immense crowd in heaven, saying:

Alleluia!
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
²    for his judgments are true and just,
        because he has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality,
        and he has avenged his servants’ blood that was shed by her hand.

³A second time they said, “Alleluia! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”

⁴Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures bowed down and worshipped God, who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!”

⁵And from the throne came a voice that said, “Praise our God, all you his servants and you who fear him, small and great.”

The Wedding Supper of the Lamb

⁶And I heard what seemed to be the roar of a large crowd or the roar of many waters or the sound of loud rumblings of thunder, saying:

Alleluia!
For the Lord our^[2] God, the Almighty, reigns.
⁷Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory,
because the wedding of the Lamb has come.
His bride has made herself ready,
⁸and she was given bright, clean, fine linen to wear.
(In fact, the fine linen is the “not guilty” verdicts pronounced on the saints.)

⁹The angel said to me, “Write: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.” He also said to me, “These are the true words of God.” ¹⁰And I bowed down at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers, who have the testimony about Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Footnotes

Revelation 18:24 Literally in her
Revelation 19:6 A few witnesses to the text omit our.

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Revelation 18:1-20

Revelation 18

Babylon Has Fallen

¹After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was given light by his glory. ²He called out with a loud voice, saying:

Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the Great.
She has become a dwelling place for demons,
    and a prison for every unclean spirit,
    and a prison for every unclean bird,^[1]
    and a prison for every unclean and hated beast.
³For all the nations have drunk from^[2] the wine of her adulterous desire,
    and the kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
    and the merchants of the earth became rich from the abundance of her luxury.

⁴And I heard another voice from heaven say:

Come out of her, my people,
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    and so that you will not receive any of her plagues,
⁵because her sins have reached heaven
    and God has remembered her crimes.
⁶Pay her back even as she has paid.
Pay her back double for what she has done.
In the cup that she mixed, mix her a double portion.
⁷As much glory and luxury as she gave herself,
give that much torture and grief to her,
    because in her heart she says:
            I sit as a queen,
            I am not a widow, and
            I will never mourn.
⁸For this reason her plagues will come on a single day:
death, mourning, and famine,
and she will be burned in fire,
    because the Lord God, who judges her, is powerful.

Some Mourn Babylon’s Destruction

⁹“The kings of the earth who committed adultery and lived in luxury with her will weep and mourn for her when they see the smoke from her burning. ¹⁰They will stand far away because of terror at her torment and say:

Woe, woe, the great city,
Babylon, the strong city!
For your judgment came in a single hour.

¹¹“The merchants of the earth also weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymore, ¹²a cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet fabric, every kind of aromatic wood and ivory article, and every article made of precious wood, brass, iron, and marble; ¹³also cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, high quality flour, grain, cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages, as well as bodies and souls of people.

¹⁴“The fruit your soul desired has left you. All your costly and splendid things have passed away from you. No one will ever find them again.

¹⁵“The merchants who sold those things and were made rich by Babylon will stand far away out of terror at her torment. They are going to weep and mourn, ¹⁶saying:

Woe, woe to the great city that was clothed in fine linen
and purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls,
¹⁷ because such great wealth was made a wasteland in a single hour.

“Every ship captain and all the ocean travelers and the sailors and those who make their living on the sea stood far away ¹⁸and cried out when they saw the smoke rise from her burning. They said, ‘Who is like the great city?’ ¹⁹They threw dust on their heads and cried out as they wept and mourned, saying:

Woe, woe to the great city
by whom all who have ships on the sea were made rich from her treasures,
because she was made a wasteland in a single hour.
²⁰Rejoice over her, heaven,
also you saints, apostles, and prophets,
because God has judged her for the judgment you received from her.”

Footnotes

Revelation 18:2 Some witnesses to the text read unclean and hated bird and omit and a prison for every unclean and hated beast.
Revelation 18:3 Some witnesses to the text read For all the nations have fallen as a result of.

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Revelation 17

The Vision of the Great Prostitute

¹One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me. He said, “Come, I will show you the judgment on the great prostitute who is sitting on many waters. ²The kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and those who make their home on the earth have become drunk on the wine of her immorality.”

³The angel carried me in spirit into a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ⁴The woman was clothed with purple and scarlet and was adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. In her hand was a gold cup full of abominations and the filth of her sexual immorality. ⁵And on her forehead this name was written:

Mystery

Babylon the Great,

the mother of the prostitutes

and of the abominations of the earth.

⁶And I saw that this woman was drunk from the blood of the saints and the blood of Jesus’ martyrs.

Explanation of the Woman and the Beast

When I saw her, I was greatly amazed. ⁷And the angel said to me, “Why are you amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, the one that has seven heads and ten horns. ⁸The beast that you saw: He existed, is no more, and he is about to come out of the abyss and go to destruction. Those who make their home on the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the creation of the world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because he existed, is no more, and will exist again.

⁹“A mind that has wisdom is needed here: The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman is sitting. They are also seven kings. ¹⁰Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, but when he comes, he must remain for a little while.

¹¹“The beast that existed and is no more is the eighth king (who is one of the seven) and is going to go to destruction. ¹²The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but along with the beast they will receive authority like kings for one hour. ¹³They share one purpose and they will give their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them, because he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Those who are with him are the called, the elect, and the believing.”

¹⁵The angel also said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is sitting, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. ¹⁶The ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute and will cause her to be abandoned and naked. They will also eat her flesh and burn her with fire. ¹⁷For God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose, namely, to agree to give their royal authority to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled. ¹⁸The woman whom you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

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Revelation 16

The First Five Bowls

¹I heard a loud voice from the temple say to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”

²The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and horrible and painful sores came on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshipped his image.

³The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man, and every living creature in the sea died.

⁴The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they^[1] turned into blood. ⁵And I heard the angel of the waters say:

You are righteous, the one who is and who was, the Holy One,^[2]
because you have made these judgments.
⁶ Because they poured out the blood of saints and prophets,
you have given them blood to drink.
They deserve it.

⁷And I heard the incense altar, saying,^[3] “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are your judgments.”

⁸The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to burn people with fire. ⁹People were scorched by the fierce heat. Then they blasphemed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, but they did not repent and give him praise.

¹⁰The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. The beast’s kingdom was darkened. People gnawed their tongues in their torment. ¹¹They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their torments and their sores. But they did not repent of their deeds.

The Sixth Bowl: The Battle of Armageddon

¹²The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings coming from the east. ¹³I saw three unclean spirits, like frogs, which came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. ¹⁴They are, in fact, miracle-working, demonic spirits, which go out to the kings of the whole earth^[4] to bring them together for the battle on the great day of the Almighty God.

¹⁵“Look: I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes on, so that he does not walk around naked and his shame is not seen.”

¹⁶Then they brought them together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

The Seventh Bowl: The End of the World

¹⁷The seventh angel poured out his bowl on the air. And a loud voice came out of the temple^[5] from the throne, saying, “It is done.” ¹⁸There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and crashes of thunder. There was also a great earthquake of a kind that has not occurred since mankind has been^[6] on the earth.

¹⁹And the great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. Babylon the Great was remembered by God, and he gave her the wine cup filled with his fierce wrath. ²⁰Every island vanished, and the mountains could no longer be found. ²¹Massive hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell on people from the sky. And the people blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, because the plague was so severe.

Footnotes

Revelation 16:4 Some witnesses to the text read it.
Revelation 16:5 A few witnesses to the text read and who will be instead of the Holy One.
Revelation 16:7 A few witnesses to the text read And I heard another, saying from the altar.
Revelation 16:14 A few witnesses to the text read the kings of the earth and of the whole world.
Revelation 16:17 A few witnesses to the text add of heaven.
Revelation 16:18 Some witnesses to the text read man has been.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 20

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Revelation 15

The Angels With the Seven Last Plagues

¹Then I saw another great and remarkable sign in heaven: seven angels with seven plagues—the last plagues, because in them God’s wrath is completed.

²And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire. I also saw those who had won the victory over the beast and his image^[1] and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass. They held the harps of God, ³and they were singing the song of Moses, God’s servant, and the song of the Lamb. They said:

Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways, King of the Nations.^[2]
⁴Who will not fear you,^[3] Lord,
and who will not praise your name?
You alone are holy!
All the nations will come and will bow down before you,
because your righteous verdicts have been revealed.

⁵After these things I looked, and the sanctuary of the Tent of the Testimony was opened in heaven. ⁶The seven angels who hold the seven plagues came out of the sanctuary. They were clothed with clean bright linen, and they wore gold sashes around their chests.

⁷One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels the seven gold bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. ⁸And the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power. No one was able to enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

Footnotes

Revelation 15:2 A few witnesses to the text add and his mark.
Revelation 15:3 Some witnesses to the text read ages. A few witnesses read saints.
Revelation 15:4 A few witnesses to the text omit you.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 19

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Revelation 14:14-20

Revelation 14

The Harvest

¹⁴Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man. He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵Another angel came out of the temple and cried with a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud, “Swing your sickle and begin reaping, for the time to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is very ripe.” ¹⁶And the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

¹⁷Another angel, who also had a sharp sickle, came out of the temple, which is in heaven. ¹⁸And another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and cried with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and harvest the grape clusters from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹Then the angel swung his sickle over the earth, and he harvested the earth’s vine and threw it into the great winepress of God’s wrath. ²⁰The winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.^[1]

Footnotes

Revelation 14:20 Stadia is plural for the Greek stadion. Each stadion was about 606 feet. The distance here would be more than 180 miles.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 18

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Revelation 14:6-13

Revelation 14

The Three Angels

⁶Then I saw another angel flying in the middle of the sky. He had the everlasting gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth, to every nation, tribe, language, and people. ⁷He said with a loud voice:

Fear God and give him glory,
because the hour of his judgment has come.
Worship him who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water.

⁸Another angel, a second,^[1] followed. He said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great,^[2] who made every nation drink from the wine of her adulterous desire.”

⁹Another angel, a third one, followed them. He said with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰he will also drink from the wine of God’s wrath, which has been poured undiluted^[3] into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. ¹¹And the smoke of their torment is going to rise forever and ever. Those who worship the beast and his image, and anyone who receives the mark of his name, are going to have no rest day and night.”

¹²Here patient endurance is needed by the saints, who hold on to the commands of God and their faith in Jesus. ¹³And I heard a voice from heaven say,^[4] “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “because they will rest from their labors, for their works follow them.”

Footnotes

Revelation 14:8 A few witnesses to the text omit a second.
Revelation 14:8 A few witnesses to the text add city.
Revelation 14:10 Wine was often mixed with water in the ancient world in order to dilute it.
Revelation 14:13 A few witnesses to the text add to me.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 17

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Revelation 14:1-5

Revelation 14

The Lamb and the 144,000

¹Then I looked, and there was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. ²And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of a loud thunderclap. The sound that I heard was also like the sound of harpists playing their harps. ³They were singing^[1] a new song in front of the throne and the four living creatures and the elders. No one was able to learn that song except the 144,000, who had been purchased from the earth. ⁴These are the ones who were not defiled with women, because they are virgins. They continually follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb. ⁵And no lie was found in their mouths. They are blameless.^[2]

Footnotes

Revelation 14:3 A few witnesses to the text add as it were.
Revelation 14:5 A few witnesses to the text add before the throne of God.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 16

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Revelation 13:11-18

Revelation 13

The Beast From the Earth

¹¹Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like the Lamb, and he spoke like the dragon. ¹²He exercises all the authority of the first beast on his behalf. He causes the earth and those who make their home on it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. ¹³He performs great miracles, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of people. ¹⁴He also deceives those who make their home on the earth because of the miracles that he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who make their home on the earth to make an image for the beast who had been wounded by the sword but lived.

¹⁵This beast was also given the ability to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast spoke and caused whoever did not worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶He also makes all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, ¹⁷in order that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark—the name of the beast or the number of his name. ¹⁸Here is wisdom: Let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, because it is the number of a man. His number is 666.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 15

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Revelation 13:2-10

Revelation 13

²The beast that I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority. ³One of his heads seemed to have been fatally wounded,^[1] but his fatal wound was healed.

And the whole world that followed the beast was amazed. ⁴They worshipped the dragon because he gave authority to the beast. They worshipped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can go to war against him?” ⁵The beast was also given a mouth that spoke arrogant and blasphemous things. He was given authority to do these things for forty-two months.

⁶The beast opened his mouth to speak blasphemies against God: to blaspheme his name, his dwelling, and^[2] those who dwell in heaven. ⁷He was also given permission to wage war against the saints and to overcome them, as well as authority over every tribe and people and language and nation. ⁸All those who make their home on the earth will worship the beast—those whose names have^[3] not been written from the beginning of the world in the Book of Life, which belongs to the Lamb that was slain.^[4]

⁹If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

¹⁰If anyone is to be imprisoned,^[5] he is going to be imprisoned.
If anyone is to be killed^[6] with a sword, he is going to be killed with a sword.

Here patient endurance and confidence are needed by the saints.

Footnotes

Revelation 13:3 Literally slaughtered to death
Revelation 13:6 Or namely or that is.
Revelation 13:8 Some witnesses to the text read the one whose name has.
Revelation 13:8 Or written in the Book of Life, which belongs to the Lamb that was slain from the beginning of the world.
Revelation 13:10 A few witnesses to the text read The person who leads someone into prison.
Revelation 13:10 A few witnesses to the text read If anyone kills.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 14

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Revelation 12:10 – 13:1

Revelation 12

¹⁰I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying:

Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God
    and the authority of his Christ,^[1]
because the accuser of our brothers^[2] has been thrown down,
    the one who accuses them before our God day and night.
¹¹They conquered him
    because of the blood of the Lamb and
    because of the word of their testimony.
They did not love their lives in the face of death.
¹²For this reason, rejoice, you heavens and those who dwell in them.
Woe to the earth and the sea,
    for the Devil has gone down to you.
    He is full of rage, because he knows that his time is short.

The Dragon Persecutes the Woman

¹³When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman, who had given birth to the male child. ¹⁴Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman so that she might fly to her place in the wilderness, where she is to be fed for a time, and times, and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent. ¹⁵And the serpent spewed water out of his mouth, like a river, after the woman, in order to carry her away in the flowing water. ¹⁶But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river, which the dragon had spewed out of its mouth.

¹⁷The dragon was angry about what had happened to the woman, and he went away to make war against the rest of her children—those who keep the commandments of God and who hold on to the testimony about Jesus.

¹⁸And he^[3] stood on the shore of the sea.

The Beast From the Sea

Revelation 13

¹I saw a beast rising out of the sea. He had ten horns with ten crowns on his horns, and seven heads with blasphemous names^[4] on his heads.

Footnotes

Revelation 12:10 Or Anointed One
Revelation 12:10 When context indicates it, the Greek word for brothers may refer to all fellow believers, male and female.
Revelation 12:18 Some witnesses to the text read I.
Revelation 13:1 Some witnesses to the text read a blasphemous name.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 13

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Revelation 12:1-9

Revelation 12

The Dragon and the Child

¹A great sign appeared in the sky: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. ²She was pregnant, and she cried out in pain and agony as she gave birth.

³Another sign also appeared in the sky: There was a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. ⁴His tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman, who was about to give birth, so that he could devour the child as soon as it was born.

⁵She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. ⁶Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God in order that she might be fed there for 1,260 days.

War in Heaven

⁷There was also a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought with the dragon. The dragon fought back along with his angels, ⁸but he was not strong enough. There was no longer a place for them^[1] in heaven. ⁹The great dragon was thrown down—the ancient serpent, the one called the Devil and Satan, the one who leads the whole inhabited earth astray—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Footnotes

Revelation 12:8 Some witnesses to the text read him.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 12

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Revelation 11:15-19

Revelation 11

The Seventh Trumpet: The End of the World

¹⁵Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying:

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and
of his Christ,^[1]
and he will reign forever and ever.

¹⁶The twenty-four elders, who were sitting on their thrones before God, also fell on their faces and worshipped God, ¹⁷saying:

We thank you, Lord God Almighty, who is, and who was,^[2]
    because you have taken your great power and reigned.
¹⁸The nations were angry, and your anger has come.
And the time has come
    when the dead are to be judged, and
    when you will give the reward to your servants the prophets
            and to your saints,
            namely, to those who fear your name, the small
                and the great, and
    when you will destroy those who destroy the earth.

¹⁹And God’s temple in heaven was opened and the Ark of his Covenant was seen in his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

Footnotes

Revelation 11:15 Or Anointed One
Revelation 11:17 A few witnesses to the text add and who is coming.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 11

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Revelation 11:1-14

Revelation 11

The Two Witnesses

¹Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me. He said,^[1] “Stand up and measure the incense altar and the temple of God and those who worship in it. ²Exclude the outer court of the temple and do not measure it, because it has been given to the heathen. They will trample the holy city for forty-two months. ³I will commission my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

⁴These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that are standing before the Lord of the earth. ⁵If anyone wants to harm them, fire is going to come out of their mouths and consume their enemies. If anyone should want to harm them, it is necessary that he be killed in this way.

⁶These two have the authority to shut the sky so that no rain falls during the days when they are prophesying. They also have authority over the waters, to turn them into blood, and the authority to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

The Beast That Kills the Two Witnesses

⁷When they finish their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will fight against them, conquer them, and kill them. ⁸Their dead bodies will lie on the street of the great city, which spiritually^[2] is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

⁹Some from the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days and will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. ¹⁰Those who dwell on the earth will also rejoice over them and celebrate by sending gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

¹¹After three and a half days the breath of life from God came into them. They stood on their feet, and a great fear fell on those who saw them. ¹²And I^[3] heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” They went up into heaven in a cloud, as their enemies watched them. ¹³At that moment there was also a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed by the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave praise to the God of heaven.

¹⁴The second woe is past. See, the third woe is coming soon.

Footnotes

Revelation 11:1 Some witnesses to the text read The angel stood there and said.
Revelation 11:8 Or because of its spiritual condition
Revelation 11:12 Some witnesses to the text read they.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 10

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Revelation 10

The Angel With a Little Scroll

¹Then I saw another powerful angel coming down out of heaven. He was clothed with a cloud, a rainbow was over his head, his face was like the sun, his feet were like pillars of fire, ²and he had in his hand a little scroll, which had been opened. He put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land, ³and he cried out with a loud voice, just as a lion roars. And when he cried out, the seven thunders spoke using their own voices.

⁴When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Seal up the things that the seven thunders said, and do not write them down.”

⁵The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven, ⁶and he swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created the sky and the things in it, the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it. He said, “There will be no more delay. ⁷Instead, in the days of the sound made by the seventh angel, that is, when he is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will also be completed, exactly as he made this good news known to his servants the prophets.”

John’s Commission to Prophesy

⁸The voice that I heard from heaven also spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that has been opened in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” ⁹I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little scroll.”

He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.” ¹⁰I took the little scroll out of the angel’s hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. ¹¹And they said to me, “It is necessary that you prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 09

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Revelation 9

The Fifth Trumpet—The Locusts From Hell

¹Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen out of heaven to the earth, and the key to the pit of the abyss was given to him. ²He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke came up out of the pit like the smoke from a huge furnace. The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit. ³And out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given the kind of power that scorpions of the earth have. ⁴They were told not to harm the earth’s grass, any green plant, or any tree, but only those people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads.

⁵Indeed, they were not given permission to kill these people but only to torture them for five months. And the pain they cause is like the pain caused by a scorpion when it stings a person. ⁶In those days people will seek death but will certainly not find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.

⁷The locusts looked like horses ready for battle. On their heads were what appeared to be crowns that were like gold. Their faces looked like human faces. ⁸They had hair that looked like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. ⁹They had breastplates that appeared to be made of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses charging into battle. ¹⁰They had tails with stingers like those of scorpions, and in their tails they had power to hurt people for five months.

¹¹They have the angel of the abyss over them as their king. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.^[1]

¹²One woe is past. Look! After these things two more woes are coming.

The Sixth Trumpet

¹³Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice speak from the four^[2] horns of the gold incense altar that is before God. ¹⁴It said to the sixth angel, the one with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” ¹⁵And the four angels who had been prepared for this hour, day, month, and year were let loose so that they could kill a third of the people.

¹⁶The number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million. I heard their number. ¹⁷And this is what I saw in the vision of the horses and their riders: They had breastplates that were fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and sulfur. ¹⁸As a result of these three plagues, the fire and the smoke and the sulfur that came out of their mouths, a third of mankind was killed. ¹⁹For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like snakes that have heads, which they use to cause injuries.

²⁰The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands by giving up their worship of demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, or wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk. ²¹And they did not repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immoralities, or their thefts.

Footnotes

Revelation 9:11 Both Abaddon and Apollyon mean Destroyer.
Revelation 9:13 Some witnesses to the text omit four.

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Revelation 8

The Seventh Seal: Seven Angels With Seven Trumpets

¹When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ²And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

³Another angel, holding a gold censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given a large amount of incense to offer together with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar that was in front of the throne. ⁴And the smoke of the incense went up from the hand of the angel before God, together with the prayers of the saints.

⁵The angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth. Then there came crashes of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

The First Four Trumpets

⁶The seven angels, who had the seven trumpets, prepared to sound them. ⁷The first sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, and^[1] a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

⁸Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea became blood, ⁹a third of the creatures that live in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a huge star, blazing like a lamp, fell from the sky. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ¹¹The name of the star was Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood.^[2] Many of the people died from these waters because they had been made bitter.

¹²Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, as well as a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them became dark. And there was no light for a third of the day and likewise for the night.

¹³Then I looked and I heard a single eagle^[3] flying in the middle of the sky, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those whose home is on the earth because of the remaining trumpet blasts of the three angels who are about to sound their trumpets.”

Footnotes

Revelation 8:7 A few witnesses to the text omit A third of the earth was burned up, and.
Revelation 8:11 Wormwood refers to a bitter herb that was used as medicine to kill intestinal worms.
Revelation 8:13 A few witnesses to the text read angel.

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Revelation 7

The Church on Earth

¹After this I saw four angels, who stood at the four corners of the earth. They were holding back the four winds of the earth so that the wind could not blow on the earth, the sea, or any tree.

²And I saw another angel coming up from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He called out with a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to harm the earth and the sea. He said, ³“Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of God’s servants.”

⁴And I heard the number of those sealed:

144,000 sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel:

⁵from the tribe of Judah,	12,000, who were sealed,
from the tribe of Reuben,	12,000,
from the tribe of Gad,	12,000,
⁶from the tribe of Asher,	12,000,
from the tribe of Naphtali,	12,000,
from the tribe of Manasseh,	12,000,
⁷from the tribe of Simeon,	12,000,
from the tribe of Levi,	12,000,
from the tribe of Issachar,	12,000,
⁸from the tribe of Zebulun,	12,000,
from the tribe of Joseph,	12,000,
from the tribe of Benjamin,	12,000, who were sealed.

The Church in Heaven

⁹After these things I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing in front of the throne and of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰They called out with a loud voice and said:

Salvation comes from our God, who sits on the throne, and from
the Lamb.

¹¹All the angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures. They fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, ¹²saying:

Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and
power and might belong to our God forever and ever. Amen.

¹³One of the elders spoke to me and said, “These people dressed in white robes, who are they and where did they come from?”

And I answered him, “Sir, you know.”

¹⁴And he said to me:

These are the ones who are coming out of the great tribulation.
They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of
    the Lamb.
¹⁵    Because of this they are in front of the throne of God,
    and they serve him day and night in his temple.
He who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.
¹⁶They will never be hungry or thirsty ever again.
The sun will never beat upon them, nor will any scorching heat,
¹⁷    for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd.
He will lead them to springs of living water.
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

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Revelation 6

The Vision of the Seven Seals: The First Four Seals

¹And I watched when the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. And I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come.”^[1]

²And I looked, and there was a white horse, and its rider held a bow. A crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

³When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come.”^[2] ⁴And another horse, a fiery red one, went out. Its rider was given power to take peace away from the earth so that people would slaughter one another. And a great sword was given to him.

⁵When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come.”^[3] And I looked, and there was a black horse. Its rider had a scale in his hand. ⁶And I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures say, “A quart^[4] of wheat for a denarius,^[5] and three quarts^[6] of barley for a denarius. And do not dilute^[7] the oil and the wine.”

⁷When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come.”^[8] ⁸And I looked, and there was a pale green horse. And its rider was named Death, and the Grave^[9] followed closely behind him. They were given power over a quarter of the earth, to kill people with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth.

The Fifth Seal: The Souls Under the Altar

⁹When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, under the incense altar I saw the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had maintained. ¹⁰And they called out with a loud voice, saying, “O Lord, holy and true, how long until you judge and exact justice for our blood from those who live on the earth?” ¹¹A white robe was given to each one of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until their number would be complete, when their fellow servants and their brothers^[10] would be put to death as they were.

The Sixth Seal: The Last Judgment

¹²And I watched when the Lamb opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair. The entire moon became like blood. ¹³The stars of the sky fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when it is shaken by a strong wind. ¹⁴The sky was removed like a scroll being rolled up. Every mountain and island was moved from its place.

¹⁵The kings of the earth, the nobles, the military leaders, the rich, the powerful, and everyone—slave or free—hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. ¹⁶And they kept saying to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, ¹⁷for the great day of their^[11] wrath has come. Who is able to stand?”

Footnotes

Revelation 6:1 Some witnesses to the text add and see.
Revelation 6:3 Some witnesses to the text add and see.
Revelation 6:5 Some witnesses to the text add and see.
Revelation 6:6 Or liter
Revelation 6:6 A denarius was about one day’s wage.
Revelation 6:6 Or liters
Revelation 6:6 Or adulterate
Revelation 6:7 Some witnesses to the text add and see.
Revelation 6:8 Or Hell, Greek Hades
Revelation 6:11 When context indicates it, the Greek word for brothers may refer to all fellow believers, male and female.
Revelation 6:17 Some witnesses to the text read his.

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Revelation 5

The Scroll With Seven Seals

¹And I saw a scroll in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, with writing on the front^[1] and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

²And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll by breaking its seals?” ³No one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. ⁴And I began to weep bitterly because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. ⁵Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping. Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed and is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Worthy Is the Lamb

⁶And I saw a Lamb standing in the center, near the throne, surrounded by the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders. The Lamb seemed to have been slain, and he had seven horns and seven eyes (these are the seven spirits of God that have been sent into all the world). ⁷The Lamb came and took the scroll out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne. ⁸And when the Lamb took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders bowed down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls full of incense (these are the prayers of the saints). ⁹And they sang a new song, saying:

You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals,
    because you were slain,
    and you bought us^[2] for God with your blood
        out of every tribe and language and people and nation.
¹⁰You made them^[3] to be a kingdom and priests for our God,
and they will reign on the earth.

¹¹And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels who were around the throne and around the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands upon thousands. ¹²With a loud voice they were saying:

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive
power and riches and
wisdom and strength and
honor and glory and blessing.

¹³I also heard every creature that is in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever.

¹⁴The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders bowed down and worshipped.

Footnotes

Revelation 5:1 Some witnesses to the text read inside.
Revelation 5:9 Most of the witnesses to the text read us in verse 9 and them in verse 10.
Revelation 5:10 A few witnesses to the text read us.

WELS CENTER FOR MISSION AND MINISTRY

Through My Bible Yr 03 – February 03

Luke 1:39-56

Luke 1

Mary Visits Elizabeth

Mary’s Song

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – February 02

Luke 1:26-38

Luke 1

The Angel Gabriel Appears to the Virgin Mary

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – February 01

Luke 1:1-25

Luke 1

Introduction

The Angel Gabriel Appears to Zechariah

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 31

Revelation 22:6-21

Revelation 22

Jesus Is Coming Soon

Jesus Speaks

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 30

Revelation 21:22 – 22:5

Revelation 21

Paradise Restored

Revelation 22

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 29

Revelation 21:9-21

Revelation 21

The New Jerusalem

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 28

Revelation 21:1-8

Revelation 21

The New Heaven and the New Earth

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 27

Revelation 20:11-15

Revelation 20

The Final Judgment

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 26

Revelation 20:1-10

Revelation 20

Christ and Satan

They Lived and Reigned With Christ

Satan Defeated

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 25

Revelation 19:11-21

Revelation 19

The Rider on the White Horse

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 24

Revelation 18:21 – 19:10

Revelation 18

The Church’s Victory

Revelation 19

The Wedding Supper of the Lamb

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 23

Revelation 18:1-20

Revelation 18

Babylon Has Fallen

Some Mourn Babylon’s Destruction

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 22

Revelation 17

The Vision of the Great Prostitute

Explanation of the Woman and the Beast

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 21

Revelation 16

The First Five Bowls

The Sixth Bowl: The Battle of Armageddon

The Seventh Bowl: The End of the World

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – January 20

Revelation 15