Rejoicing in Heaven 1 UST Next I heard what sounded like a huge crowd in heaven. They were shouting,“Hallelujah! God has saved us! Our God is glorious and mighty! BSB BSB: After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
2 UST Praise him because he judges completely fairly! He has punished the evil city that was like a prostitute, because the people of that city persuaded many other people to act immorally as they did. Praise him because he has punished them for murdering his servants!” BSB BSB: For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
3 UST The crowd shouted again, saying,“Hallelujah! The smoke of the fire that is burning that city will go up forever!” BSB BSB: And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
4 UST Then the 24 elders and the four living creatures prostrated themselves and worshiped God, who sits on the throne. They said:“It is true! Hallelujah!” BSB BSB: And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
5 UST Then someone spoke from the throne and said,“All of you who are his servants, praise our God! All of you who honor him, praise him, every one of you!” BSB BSB: Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
The Marriage of the Lamb 6 UST Then I heard something like the noise of a huge crowd of people. They were making a loud sound like the sound of a huge waterfall or loud claps of thunder. They were shouting,“Hallelujah! Our Lord God, who rules over everything, reigns! BSB BSB: And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
8 UST God has given her clean white clothes to wear. They are fine- linen clothes.”(That fabric represents the right things that God’ s people do.) BSB BSB: She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
9 UST Then the angel said to me,“Write how fortunate the people are whom God invites to the feast when the Lamb marries his wife!” He also said to me,“God has said this, and it is true!” BSB BSB: Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
10 UST Immediately I prostrated myself in front of the angel to worship him. But he said to me,“Do not worship me! I am just your fellow servant and the fellow servant of other believers who speak the truth about Jesus. God has sent me here to serve you by helping you understand the prophetic vision he has given you because you want to speak the truth about Jesus. God is the one you should worship!” BSB BSB: So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
The Rider on the White Horse 11 UST Then I saw the heavens open up, and I saw something amazing: Jesus riding on a white horse! Those who truly know Jesus call him Always Trustworthy. He judges all people according to what is right, and he fights against people who do what is wrong. BSB BSB: Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
12 UST Now his eyes shone like a burning flame. He wore many royal crowns on his head. There was a name on his clothing. Only he knows what that name means. BSB BSB: He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
13 UST Blood covered the cloak that he was wearing. Another of his names is the Word of God. BSB BSB: He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
14 UST The heavenly armies were following him. They were riding on white horses. They were wearing clean, white linen clothes. BSB BSB: The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.
15 UST Jesus had a sharp sword extending from his mouth. He will use it to defeat the rebellious people groups. He himself will rule them so powerfully that no one will be able to resist him. He will destroy his enemies as if they were grapes that he was crushing in a winepress. He will do this for God, who rules over everything and will punish his enemies thoroughly because of their sins. BSB BSB: And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
16 UST A title appeared on his cloak at his thigh:“This is the King who rules over all other kings and the Lord who rules over all other lords.” BSB BSB: And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Defeat of the Beast and False Prophet 17 UST Then I saw an angel standing in the light of the sun. He called loudly to all the flesh- eating birds flying high in the sky,“Come and gather for the large feast that God is providing for you! BSB BSB: Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
18 UST Come and eat the flesh of God’ s enemies who will die in this battle! Eat the flesh of kings, of army commanders, of people who fought powerfully, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of many other kinds of people.” BSB BSB: so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”
19 UST Then I saw the beast and the kings of earth with their armies. They had gathered together to fight against the rider on the horse and his army. BSB BSB: Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.
20 UST But the rider on the white horse captured the beast and the false prophet. The false prophet is the one who had performed miracles in the beast’ s presence. By doing that he had deceived the people who had accepted the beast’ s mark on their foreheads and who had worshiped its image. Then God threw the beast and the false prophet alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. BSB BSB: But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
21 UST And the rider on the horse killed the rest of their armies with his sword, the one that extended from his mouth. Birds came and ate as much as they wanted of the flesh of the people and horses that he had killed. BSB BSB: And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
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