THE WAR AGAINST THE LAMB

 

6 When I saw her (Babylon)

I was Greatly Astonished.

7 Then the Angel said to me

“Why are you Astonished?

I will Explain to you

THE MYSTERY OF THE WOMAN

AND THE BEAST SHE RIDES,

Which has the Seven Heads

And Ten Horns.

8 The Beast, which you Saw,

ONCE WAS, NOW IS NOT,

AND YET WILL COME UP OUT OF THE ABYSS

AND GO TO ITS DESTRUCTION.

The Inhabitants of the Earth

Whose names have Not Been Written

IN THE BOOK OF LIFE

FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD

WILL BE ASTONISHED

WHEN THEY SEE THE BEAST,

Because it Once Was, Now is Not,

And Yet will Come.

9 THIS CALLS FOR A MIND WITH WISDOM.

The Seven Heads are Seven Hills

On which the Woman Sits.

10 They are also Seven Kings.

Five have Fallen, One Is,

The Other has Not Yet Come,

But when he does come,

HE MUST REMAIN FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

11THE BEAST WHO ONCE WAS,

And Now is Not,

IS AN EIGHTH KING.

He Belongs to the Seven

AND IS GOING TO HIS DESTRUCTION.

12 “THE TEN HORNS YOU SAW

ARE TEN KINGS

Who have Not Yet Received a kingdom,

BUT WHO FOR ONE HOUR

Will Receive Authority as kings

ALONG WITH THE BEAST.

13 THEY HAVE ONE PURPOSE

And Will Give their Power and Authority

To the Beast.

14 THEY WILL WAGE WAR

AGAINST THE LAMB,

But the Lamb will Triumph Over Them

BECAUSE HE IS THE LORD OF LORDS

AND KING OF KINGS--

And with Him Will Be

HIS CALLED CHOSEN

AND FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS.”

(Revelation 17:6-14, NIV)