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After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven
shouting: "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
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for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avernged on her
the blood of his servants."
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And again they shouted:
"Halleujah! The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever."
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The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God,
who was seated on the throne. And they cried: "Amen, Hallelujah!"
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Then a voice came from the throne, saying:
"Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, both small and great!"
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Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters
like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
"Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
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Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb
has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
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Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear."
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)
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Then the angel said to me, "Write: Blessed are those who are invited to
the wedding supper of the Lamb!' " And he added, "These are the true words of
God."
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At tis I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am
a fellowservant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony
of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
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I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse,
whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and
makes war.
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His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns.
He has a name written on him that no one knows but himself.
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He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
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The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses
and dressed in fine linen white and clean.
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Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations.
"He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury
of the wrath of God Almighty.
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On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
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And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all
the birds flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
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so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and mighty men, of horses
and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great."
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Then 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.
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But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed
the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those
who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image.
The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
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The rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth
of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
