Revelation - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1268

brethren who possess the evidence of with blood ; and His appointed title is sword drawn out of its sheath, so that jesus. Worship God ; for the evi- glence of jesus is the lifeof preach- I also saw the heaven opened 2 and

an Wmtxs Hoksx appeared; and its Rider was called Fmthful and True; for in justice He declares and wages wer. His eyes were like a. fiery Flame; md upon Hishead were many crowns. having ze. uemeinscribedmhich none except Himself could understand; and was dressed in e. robe sprinkled THE WORD OF GOD. The armies

in the heaven also followed Him upon white horses dressed in fine, pure, white muslin. And he had e sharp voice, calling to all the birds that {iy 20--8 REVELATION.

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IO YI I2 four Beings bowed,and paid homage to God,Who sits upon the throne, saying : 'So be it; hellelujeh !_’ Then a voice came out from the

Praise our God, all His servants !—y0u who reverence Him, the small and the great! Ilalso heard, like the voice of a

great throng, and as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of terrific. thunders, saying : ' Hallelujah 1 for the Lord God

Almighty has reigned! Let us rejoice and be glad, and give the honour to Him ; for the marriage ofthe Lamb has come; and His wife has prepared her- self. And it has been granted her to be robed in a pure radiant robe; for the robe is the righteousness of the Write, Happy

are those who are invited to the mar- And he These are the true So I fell down at his feet to pay him homage. But Refrain from it! I am your fellovwsewant, and of your 16 t8 with it he might smite the heathen. And He -will govern them with an iron `rod; and will _tread__the winepress of the fury of the indignation of the All-ruling God. And upon His robe and upon His thigh was written a name. KING or KINGS, AND LORD 01* LORDS. Then I sawasingle angel stationed

in the sun ; and he shouted with a loud the flesh of commanders; the Hash of the mighty; the flesh of horses and their riders; and ilesh of all, both free and enslaved, small and And I saw the beast, and the kings

of the earth, and their armies, musé tered to wage war against the Rider upon the horse, and against His army. But the beast was overpowered; and with him the false prophet who in his sight produced the wonders with which he deceived those who had received the brand of the beast, and those who adored his image. These two were thrown alive into the fiery Lake burning with Divine anger. And the remainder were slaughtered by the sword of the Rider upon the horse, which He drew from its sheath; and gil the birds were gorged with their les . 20 21 Mit mi1lemti1tm——a2th 3fizrbarhs. Then I saw an angel descending 20 from the heaven, having the key of the pit, and a great chain in his hand. And he overpowered the dragon, the old Serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and secured him for a thou- sand years; and hurled him into the pit, and closed and sealed it above him, so that he should no longer deceive the nations until the com- pletion of the thousand years. After this, he must be liberated for a. short time. Then I saw thrones, and they sat

upon them; and a charge was given to them and the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the evi- dence of jesus, and because of the Message of God; and whoever had not paid homage to the beast, nor his image, and had not received his mark upon their forehead and upon their hand-··—that they should live and reign with Christ a thousand years. (The re- mainder of the dead will not live until the completion of the thousand years.) This is the first resurrection, Happy and holy is the participator in the first resurrection I--over these the second death has no authority; but they shall be ministers of God and of the Messiah, and they reign with Him a thousand yeags. And when the thousand years are

Come, be ¢O11ecmd for completed, Satan will be liberated the great banquet of God; so that from his prison; and shall come out to you may devour the flesh of kings; deceive theuationswho areiuthe four 1268