Chapter 518

The angel asked him to continue to prophesy and testify. At this time he was given a reed, and a voice commanded him to measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worshiped in it. There is no need to measure the courtyard outside the temple, because it will be left to the Gentiles, who will trample the holy city for forty-two months. John heard again and said, "I will make my two witnesses preach a thousand two hundred and sixty days in sweaters." These two men will breathe out flames and consume their enemies who want to kill them; No rain will fall, the water will be turned into blood, and they can attack the world with all kinds of plagues at any time and at will. When they had finished their testimony, the beasts in the abyss would come up to fight them and kill them, and the dead bodies lay in the streets of the great city called Egypt or Sodom for three and a half days, and the people rejoiced over it. Three and a half days later, the anger of God entered their bodies, and they resurrected and obeyed God's call to go to heaven. Those who saw them were very frightened. earthquake.

The seventh angel sounded the trumpet, and John heard a voice from heaven proclaiming: "The kingdoms of the world have become the kingdoms of my God and of God's Christ." Then the twenty-four elders fell down on the ground and worshiped Almighty God, thanking him for his power. king. At this time, the temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of the covenant appeared in the temple, followed by lightning and thunder, earthquake and hail.

Various visions appeared in the sky: a woman wearing the sun and the moon, wearing a crown of twelve stars, crying in the pain of childbirth; a red dragon with seven heads, seven crowns and ten horns, and a third of the stars behind it. to devour the child that was about to be delivered before the woman. The woman gave birth to a boy and was immediately taken up to the throne of God, who will rule the nations with a rod of iron. The woman fled to the wilderness according to God's guidance, where she could survive for 1260 days.

The angel Michael and the messenger fought with the dragon and the messenger. The dragon was defeated and fell to the ground, so he chased the woman again. The woman got a big eagle and flew into the wilderness. The water was about to wash away the woman, but the earth opened up and swallowed the flood, and the woman was saved, but the dragon had to stand on the beach by the sea and get angry. This dragon was transformed into the ancient snake, Satan the devil.

At this time, a strange beast appeared in the sea, with ten horns wearing ten crowns, and blasphemous names on seven heads. Its body was like a leopard, its four feet were like a bear, and its mouth was as big as a lion. alright. The dragon handed over his authority and seat to the monster, and allowed it to exercise power for forty-two months. This beast blasphemed God, defeated the saints, and subdued all races, peoples, and countries. Then another monster came up from the ground. Its two horns were like a lamb, and its voice was like a giant. It gave power to send fire from the sky, so that everyone, big or small, rich or poor, would receive a mark on their right hand or forehead whether they were gods or slaves. , to get the name of the beast or the number of the name of the beast, this number is 666.

At the same time, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion, with a crowd of one hundred and forty-four thousand, and the name of the Lamb and the name of his Father were written on their foreheads; Together, with the sound of the piano, sing a new song. Three angels flew in the sky, to preach the eternal gospel to the people on the earth, and told people: the day of God's judgment has come; the adulterous city of Babylon has fallen; Pain, restless day and night.

A white cloud floated over, and sitting on it was a man like a son of man, wearing a golden crown, who harvested the ripe crops on the ground with a sharp sickle; another angel came out, harvested ripe grapes on the ground with a sickle, and then harvested Poured into the great drunkenness of God, blood gushed out of it immediately. Those who defeated the beast stood on the sea of ​​glass, playing the harp of God and singing the songs of Moses and the Lamb. Then the temple of the altar was opened, and the seven angels who were in charge of the seven plagues came out of the temple, dressed in linen and with a golden belt around their waists, and one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God. , let them fall to the ground.

The first angel poured out his bowl on the ground, and those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image were covered with sores.

The second angel poured his bowl into the sea, and the sea water turned into blood immediately, and all living things in the sea died.

The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the fountains of the waters, and the waters became water of blood.

The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was scorching, and the heat wave hit people.

The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and the kingdom of the beast was in darkness, and all the people in the kingdom were full of sores, and the pain was so great that they spit foul language and gnawed their tongues.

The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and the river dried up, and the way appeared; three unclean spirits, the spirits of demons, spit out from the mouths of the frog, the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet, and the three demons beckoned All the kings of the world meet at Armageddon for battle.

The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a voice from the throne in the temple said, "It's finished." Then lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, earthquakes and cities collapsed, the islands and mountains disappeared, and huge hailstones fell on people.

Taking one of the seven bowls, an angel called John and took him into the wilderness to see the great punishment. John saw a woman dressed in purple and scarlet, riding a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns, clothed in gold and silver, and rich in jewels, and holding in her hand a golden cup full of her filthy filth, with this inscription on her forehead: Mystery is Babylon the great, mother of all that is in the world and of all abominations." "He who drank with wine the blood of the saints and witnesses of Jesus. John was puzzled, and the angel explained to him the mystery of the seven-headed ten-horned beast she was riding on: the beast existed before, but it does not exist now, it will climb up from the bottomless pit, and it will return to perdition. Its seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, that is, seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is still alive, and the other has not yet come; and the ten horns of the beast are ten kings, who have not yet received the kingdom, but once they To gain power, will give power to the beast with one accord, and fight against the Lamb, but the Lamb, the God of gods and king of kings, will conquer the beast. The sitting waters imply many peoples, many peoples, many nations, and many tongues, that is, the great city that governs the kings of the earth.

At this time, another angel with great authority came down from heaven and announced loudly: The city of Babylon has fallen and has become the dwelling place of the devil and the nest of every unclean spirit and loathsome bird. "

Another voice from heaven said, let the people withdraw from the city, so as not to suffer the same punishment. For her extravagance, her sin, her injustice, God will punish her twice, and she will suffer and mourn, and be consumed by fire. The kings and gods of the earth who committed adultery with her, and the merchants who got rich from her, mourned and wept for her. But the saints, apostles, and prophets who were oppressed by her rejoiced that she was punished, because God had avenged them. To be continued.