¹⁹And the temple of God opens in heaven, and there is seen in his temple^# the ark of his testament: and there follow lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

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CHAPTER 12

¹And there appears a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars: ²And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. ³And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads. ⁴And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered, to devour her child as soon as it was born. ⁵And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. ⁶And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared of God, so that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred sixty days. ⁷And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, ⁸And did not prevail; nor was their place found any more in heaven. ⁹And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. ¹⁰And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers is cast down, who accused them day and night before our God. ¹¹And they overcome him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they do not love their lives even to death.

¹²Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time. ¹³And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the man child. ¹⁴And two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. ¹⁵And the serpent cast water out of his mouth as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. ¹⁶And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. ¹⁷And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.