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They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek [tongue] he has the name Apollyon.

And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was on his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;

and he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;

And the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished the mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his slaves the prophets.

And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world has become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign forever and ever.

And the temple of God that is in heaven was opened; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

And there was seen another sign in heaven: and look, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems.

And his tail draws the third part of the stars of heaven, and casts them to the earth: and the dragon stands before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.

And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels [going forth] to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels;

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now has come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers is cast down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns, and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and on his heads names of blasphemy.

And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.

And [I saw] one of his heads as though it had been smitten to death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;

and they worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast? And who is able to war with him?

And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, [even] those that dwell in the heaven.