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CHAPTER 17

THEN ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS
SAID TO ME, COME I WILL SHOW
PUNISHMENTS THAT I ARRANGE WILL
DEAL THAT PROSTITUTE A BLOW.

WITH HER THE KINGS OF THE WHOLE EARTH
DID ADULTERIES COMMIT.
HER WINE FILLED THEM WITH SUCH GREAT MIRTH
THEY WERE TO HER EVIL KNIT.

II
THEN HE CARRIED ME IN SPIRIT
TO A DESERT WHERE I SAW
A WOMAN SITTING ON SCARLET;
IT WAS A BEAST WITHOUT LAW.

IT HAD SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS
COVERED WITH BLASPHEMOUS NAMES.
PURPLE AND SCARLET HER ADORNS;
GOLD AND PRECIOUS JEWELS HER GAME.

III
IN HER HAND A GOLDEN CUP HELD
FILLED WITH TRULY AWFUL THINGS.
ON HER FOREHEAD THEN I BEHELD
WHAT MADE HER SO LOVED BY KINGS.

SHE WAS BABYLON THE GREAT WHORE;
MOTHER OF ALL PROSTITUTES.
MOTHER OF ALL GOD DOES ABHOR;
SHE ALL EVIL INSTITUTES.

IV
SHE WAS DRUNK WITH THE BLOOD OF SAINTS;
THOSE WHO LOVED THE LORD JESUS.
WHEN JOHN SEES HER HE ALMOST FAINTS;
THE ANGEL EXPLAINS TO US.

THE BEAST WHICH HE SAW WHO ONCE WAS
NOW IS NOT BUT IS TO COME-
FROM THE ABYSS, AND WHEN HE DOES
HE WILL BE DESTROYED LIKE SCUM.



V
PEOPLE WILL BE SO ASTONISHED;
THOSE NOT WRITTEN IN GOD'S BOOK.
THEY HAVE BEEN BY GOD ADMONISHED,
BUT STILL TO THIS BEAST THEY LOOK.

THIS CALLS FOR A MIND WITH WISDOM;
SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN HILLS.
THEY REPRESENT SEVEN KINGDOMS
FIVE ARE GONE, ONE'S TO COME STILL.

VI
WHEN HE COMES HE MUST FOR AWHILE
REMAIN LIKE THE ONE WHO IS.
THE BEAST WHO IS OF THE MOST VILE
IS IN EVIL QUITE A WHIZ.

EIGHTH KING HE IS BUT OF SEVEN
WHO ONCE WAS AND NOW IS NOT.
HE WILL BE DESTROYED BY HEAVEN
FOR HIS REBELLIOUS PLOT.

VII
THE TEN HORNS YOU SAW ARE TEN KINGS
WHO HAVE KINGDOMS NOT RECEIVED.
BUT ALONG WITH THE BEAST, THESE KINGS
WILL BE TOTALLY DECEIVED.

THEY WILL MAKE WAR AGAINST THE LAMB;
WHO EVER HEARD OF SUCH THINGS?
TRYING TO DEFEAT THE I AM,
LORD OF LORD, AND KING OF KINGS.

VIII
THE ANGEL TOLD ME THE WATERS
ON WHICH THE PROSTITUTE SITS
ARE THE WORLD OF MEN AND DAUGHTERS;
NO LANGUAGE ON EARTH OMITS.

BEAST AND TEN HORNS ARE FILLED WITH HATE
FOR THIS WHORE THEY BRING TO SHAME.
THEY LEFT HER NAKED AND FLESH ATE,
BURNED HER WITH FIRE, CURSED HER NAME.



IX
FOR GOD PUT IT INTO THEIR HEARTS
HIS PURPOSE TO ACCOMPLISH.
EACH WOULD AGREE TO PLAY THEIR PARTS
UNTIL THEY GOD'S WORD FINISH.

THE WOMEN IS THE GREAT CITY
RULER OF THE KINGS ON EARTH.
BUT HER JUDGMENT WE CAN'T PITY
SHE REJECTED ALL OF WORTH.





CHAPTER 18

THEN ANOTHER ANGEL CAME DOWN;
HE HAD GREAT AUTHORITY.
EARTH WAS LIT UP BY HIS RENOWN;
SPLENDOR EVERYWHERE MEN SEE.

WITH A MIGHTY VOICE HE SHOUTED
FALLEN!, FALLEN, BABYLON.
SHE BECAME A CITY HAUNTED
BY EVERY EVIL DEMON.

II
EVERY EVIL AND UNCLEAN BIRD
MADE ITS DETESTABLE HAUNT.
NATIONS DRUNKER THAN EVER HEARD
DID HER EVIL LIFE-STYLE FLAUNT.

KINGS WITH HER COMMIT ADULTERY;
MERCHANTS OF THE EARTH GROW RICH.
THEY LOVE EXCESSIVE LUXURY;
THAT'S WHY GOD CALLS US TO SWITCH.

III
COME OUT OF HER YOU MY PEOPLE,
IS GOD'S CALL UNTO HIS OWN.
IF YOU STAY AND SIN YOU'RE FEEBLE,
HER PLAGUE THEN TOO YOU MUST OWN.

HER SINS ARE PILED UP TO HEAVEN;
GOD HAS REMEMBERED HER CRIMES.
GIVE BACK TO HER AS SHE'S GIVEN;
DOUBLE WHAT SHE GAVE AT TIMES.

IV
GIVE HER AS MUCH TORTURE AND GRIEF
AS THE LUXURY SHE HAD.
IN HER HEART SHE BOASTED BELIEF
AS QUEEN SHE'LL NOT HAVE IT BAD.

ONE DAY PLAGUES WILL OVERTAKE HER;
DEATH, MOURNING AND FAMINE TOO.
SHE WILL BE CONSUMED BY FIRE;
GOD'S JUDGMENT ON HER IS DUE.

V
KINGS WHO SHARED WITH HER LUXURY
SEE HER BURN AND START TO WEEP.
TORMENTED BY HER INJURY
STAND AND CRY OVER THIS HEAP.

THEY CRY WOE! WOE IS THIS CITY,
GREAT CITY OF BABYLON.
NOW THIS GREAT POWER WE PITY,
IN ONE HOUR YOUR DOOM HAS COME.

VI
MERCHANTS OF THE EARTH WEEP AND MOURN;
THEIR GOODS DON'T SELL ANYMORE.
EVERY LUXURY SHIPS HAVE BORNE
HAVE NO BUYERS AS BEFORE.

CARGOES OF PRECIOUS METALS, GEMS,
THE FINEST OF CLOTH AND SILK;
WOOD, IVORY, THINGS MADE OF THEM;
BRONZE, IRON, MARBLE AND THEIR ILK.

VII
CARGOES OF CINNAMON AND SPICE,
INCENSE, MYRRH AND FRANKINCENSE.
WINE, OLIVE OIL AND GRAINS SO NICE,
ANIMALS AND MAN'S ESSENCE.

THAT WHICH YOU LONGED FOR IS NOW GONE;
VANISHED ARE ALL YOUR RICHES.
YOU AGAIN WILL NEVER COME ON;
GOD HAS MADE CRUCIAL SWITCHES.

VIII
IT IS YOUR TIME NOW FOR MOURNING;
MERCHANTS WEEP AS THEY CRY OUT.
NO LONGER ARE YOU ADORNING
THOSE GREAT RICHES YOUR ABOUT.

ALL HAS BEEN LOST IN ONE HOUR;
ALL THAT GREAT ENORMOUS WEALTH.
HOW COULD ONE OF SUCH GREAT POWER
END UP IN SUCH AWFUL HEALTH.



IX
CAPTAINS, SAILORS, ALL ON THE SEA
WHO THERE MAKE THEIR LIVELIHOOD,
SAW THE SMOKE OF THIS GREAT CITY,
WEEPING AS FAR OFF THEY STOOD.

THEY CRIED WOE! WOE, O GREAT CITY
WHERE MEN WITH SHIPS BECAME RICH.
IN ONE HOUR SUCH A PITY,
SHE'S NOW JUST MUD IN A DITCH.

X
REJOICE OVER HER O HEAVEN!
ALL GOD'S PEOPLE NOW REJOICE.
GOD HAS FOR YOU NOW GOT EVEN
PUNISHING HER FOR HER CHOICE.

THEN A MIGHTY ANGEL PICKED UP
A BOULDER OF A GREAT SIZE.
THIS HE SAID IS THE JUDGMENT CUP
BY WHICH GOD WILL HER CHASTISE.

XI
HE THREW THAT BOULDER IN THE SEA
WITH SUCH VIOLENCE HE SAID,
BABYLON WILL NO LONGER BE
SHE'S THROWN DOWN AND NOW IS DEAD.

MUSIC THERE WILL NEVER BE HEARD;
NO WORKMAN'S TRADE WILL BE FOUND.
ALL LIGHT BLOTTED OUT, NOT JUST BLURRED,
NEVER AGAIN MILLSTONE SOUND.

XII
NO VOICE OF THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM
WILL BE HEARD IN YOU AGAIN.
YOU WHO LED ECONOMIC BOOM
CASTING MAGIC SPELLS ON MEN.

YOU LED SO MANY MEN ASTRAY
SHEDDING BLOOD OF GOD'S DEAR SAINTS.
NOW IT'S COME TO THAT GREAT PAY DAY
WHEN GOD'S WRATH HAS NO RESTRAINTS.




CHAPTER 19

AFTER THIS I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED
LIKE THE ROAR OF MULTITUDES.
HEAVEN WITH PRAISES ABOUNDED
FILLED WITH GRATEFUL ATTITUDES.

THEY WERE SHOUTING HALLELUJAH,
SALVATION, GLORY AND POW'R
BELONG TO OUR GOD WHO HAS THE
JUDGMENTS THAT TRUE AND JUST ARE.

II
HE CONDEMNED THE GREAT PROSTITUTE
WHO HAD CORRUPTED THE EARTH.
NOTHING COULD BE SAID TO REFUTE
SHE DESTROYED LIVES OF GREAT WORTH.

SHE SHED THE BLOOD OF GOD'S SERVANTS;
NOW HER OWN BLOOD WOULD BE SHED.
IT'S TO LATE FOR HER TO RECANT;
GOD'S REVENGE FALLS ON HER HEAD.

III
SHOUTS AGAIN OF HALLELUJAH
ROSE UP ALONG WITH HER SMOKE.
ALSO AMEN, HALLELUJAH
WERE WORDS THAT THE ELDERS SPOKE.

A VOICE FROM GOD'S THRONE WAS SAYING
PRAISE OUR GOD ALL WHO FEAR HIM.
SMALL AND GREAT SHOULD BE CONVEYING
JOYFUL GRATITUDE TO HIM.

IV
THEN I HEARD WHAT TO ME SOUNDED
LIKE A MIGHTY MULTITUDE.
NOISES EVERYWHERE ABOUNDED
EXPRESSING THEIR GRATITUDE.

HALLELUJAH, FOR OUR GOD REIGNS
LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD.
GIVE HIM GLORY FOR HE NOW DEIGNS
THE LAMBS WEDDING TO BE HAD.


V
HIS BRIDE HAS MADE HERSELF READY;
FINE LINEN SO BRIGHT AND CLEAN.
RIGHTEOUS ACTS THAT KEPT HER STEADY
IS WHAT HER CLEAN GARMENTS MEAN.

THEN THE ANGEL SAID TO ME, WRITE
BLESSED ARE THOSE INVITED
TO THIS WEDDING OF GREAT DELIGHT.
GOD AND MAN ARE UNITED.

VI
JOHN FELL TO WORSHIP AT HIS FEET,
BUT THE ANGEL SAID DO NOT.
WITH GOD'S WORSHIP I DON'T COMPETE
HE ONLY DESERVES THAT SLOT.

I LIKE YOU AM JUST A SERVANT;
JESUS IS THE ONE I SERVE.
ALL YOUR WORSHIP UNTO HIM GRANT,
AND FROM SUCH ACTS NEVER SWERVE.

VII
I SAW HEAVEN STANDING OPEN,
AND BEFORE ME A WHITE HORSE.
A FAITHFUL AND TRUE CITIZEN
ROAD, AND IT WAS CHRIST, OF COURSE.

WITH JUSTICE HE JUDGES, MAKES WAR;
HIS EYES ARE LIKE BLAZING FIRE.
HEAD WITH MANY CROWNS LIKE A CZAR;
A NAME, PART OF HIS ATTIRE.

VIII
NO ONE BUT HIMSELF COULD KNOW IT;
THIS NAME WAS UNIQUE, HIS OWN.
HIS ROBE DIPPED IN BLOOD DOES SHOW IT;
BY THE WORD OF GOD HE'S KNOWN.

THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN JOINED HIM;
RIDING ON WHITE HORSES TOO.
DRESSED IN CLEAN LINEN JUST LIKE HIM,
AND LIKE HIM LOYAL AND TRUE.



IX
OUT OF HIS MOUTH CAME A SHARP SWORD;
THE NATIONS HE WOULD STRIKE DOWN.
WITH IRON SCEPTER HE WAS LORD;
HIS RULE WOULD EVIL CONFOUND.

HE TREADS THE WINEPRESS OF FURY;
WRATH, ALL EVIL HE AWARDS.
ON HIS THIGH HIS NAME ALL CAN SEE;
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

X
THEN I SAW AN ANGEL STANDING
IN THE SUN WHO CRIED ALOUD.
TO ALL THE BIRDS WHO WERE FLYING
AT GOD'S SUPPER YOU'RE ALLOWED.

YOU CAN COME, EAT THE FLESH OF KINGS,
GENERALS AND MIGHTY MEN,
HORSES, RIDERS, AND ALL SUCH THINGS;
ANY FLESH FOR WHICH YOU YEN.

XI
THEN I SAW THE BEAST AND HIS KINGS
GATHERED AGAINST CHRIST TO WAR.
BUT IT DIDN'T LAST LONG, HIS FLING
COLLAPSED AND FELL THROUGH THE FLOOR.

HE WAS CAPTURED, AND HIS PROPHET
WHO WITH SIGNS THE WORLD DECEIVED.
THEY WERE TO ALL MANKIND A THREAT,
NOW THEIR JUDGMENT THEY RECEIVED.

XII
FIREY LAKE OF BURNING SULPHUR;
THIS THERE FINAL DESTINY.
THEY WERE AGENTS OF LUCIFER;
NOW THEY'LL WITH HIM EVER BE.

THE WHITE RIDER KILLED THEIR ALLIES
WITH A SWORD IN HIS MOUTH HELD.
ALL THE BIRDS SAW THIS AS THEIR PRIZE
GORGING ON ALL WHO WERE FELLED.





CHAPTER 20

OUT OF HEAVEN CAME AN ANGEL
WITH A KEY TO THE ABYSS.
WITH A CHAIN HE DID THEN COMPEL
SATAN TO ABANDON BLISS.

HE WAS BOUND FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS,
AND THROWN INTO THE ABYSS.
NOW ALL THE WORLD CAN GIVE THREE CHEERS,
THIS DECEIVER THEY WON'T MISS.

II
WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE ENDED,
FOR A SHORT TIME HE'LL BE FREE.
HIS NATURE CANNOT BE MENDED,
EVIL HE'LL FOREVER BE.

I SAW THRONES ON WHICH WERE SEATED
THOSE GIVEN POWER TO JUDGE.
AND THE SOULS OF THOSE BEHEADED
BECAUSE THEIR FAITH WOULD NOT BUDGE.

III
THEY REFUSED TO WORSHIP THE BEAST;
THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE HIS MARK.
THEIR LIFE WITH CHRIST NEVER WILL CEASE;
ON HIS REIGN THEY TOO EMBARK.

WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE ENDED
THE REST OF THE DEAD THEN LIVE.
IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
YOU AIM FOR THIS POSITIVE.

IV
THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION
BLESSED THOSE WHO HAVE A PART.
IN THE SECOND DEATH CONNECTION
BY GOD'S GRACE THEY'RE SET APART.

THEY WILL THEN REIGN ONE THOUSAND YEARS,
AS THE PRIESTS OF GOD AND CHRIST.
THEY WILL NEVER SEE DEATH OR TEARS;
GRATEFUL JESUS PAID THE PRICE.


V
WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE OVER
SATAN WILL THEN BE RELEASED.
HE'LL BE THEN AGAIN A ROVER;
DECEPTION WILL BE INCREASED.

GOG AND MAGOG HE WILL GATHER
FROM FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
NOT FOR PEACE BUT THEY WOULD RATHER
BATTLE HIM WHO GAVE ALL BIRTH.

VI
THE SAINTS OF GOD COULD NOT SLUMBER;
THIS FOE SURROUNDED THEIR CAMP.
NEARLY INFINITE IN NUMBER;
HE CAME GOD'S PEOPLE TO STAMP.

BUT FIRE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN,
AND DEVOURED ALL OF THEM.
GOD PURGED THIS WHOLE EARTH OF LEAVEN;
SATAN AT LAST HE CONDEMNED.

VII
HE WITH THE BEAST AND FALSE PROPHET
WAS CAST INTO FIREY LAKE.
NO GREATER JUDGMENT COULD BE MET;
HE MUST TORMENT EVER TAKE.

THEN I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE,
AND HIM WHO WAS SEATED THERE.
EARTH AND SKY FROM HIS HAND FLOWN;
IT WAS THE GREAT JUDGMENT CHAIR.

VIII
THEN I SAW THE DEAD GREAT AND SMALL
STANDING THERE BEFORE THAT THRONE.
BOOKS WERE OPENED THAT CONTAINED ALL-
ALL MEN'S DEEDS TO GOD ARE KNOWN.

THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD IN IT;
DEATH AND HADES GAVE THEM TOO.
ALL TO JUDGMENT THEN MUST SUBMIT
EACH RECEIVING WHAT THEIR DUE.



IX
DEATH AND HADES WERE CAST INTO
THAT SULPHUR LAKE OF GREAT FIRE.
THIS SECOND DEATH NONE COULD UNDO;
IT WAS FINAL AND ENTIRE.

IF ONE'S NAME IS NOT THERE WRITTEN
IN THE SAVIOR'S BOOK OF LIFE,
THEY TOO, LIKEWISE, WILL BE SMITTEN
TO ENDURE ETERNAL STRIFE.




CHAPTER 21

THEN I SAW NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH,
FOR THE OLD HAD PASSED AWAY.
THE SEA WAS NOT IN THIS NEW BIRTH,
BUT ALL ELSE WAS HERE TO STAY.

I THEN SAW THE HOLY CITY
NEW JERUSALEM COME DOWN.
LIKE A BRIDE SHE WAS SO PRETTY
DRESSED IN A BEAUTIFUL GOWN.

II
THEN FROM THE THRONE I HEARD A VOICE,
GOD'S DWELLING IS NOW WITH MEN.
TO LIVE WITH THEM IS THE LORD'S CHOICE,
ALL WILL BE HIS PEOPLE THEN.

HE WILL WIPE ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES;
DEATH AND MOURNING IS NO MORE.
PAIN IS GONE, NONE EVERMORE CRIES;
NOTHING'S AS IT WAS BEFORE.

III
SEATED ON HIS THRONE THE LORD SAID,
I AM MAKING ALL THINGS NEW.
WRITE THIS DOWN FOR THE OLD IS DEAD,
THESE WORDS TRUSTWORTHY AND TRUE.

I'M THE ALPHA AND OMEGA,
THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
IT IS DONE SING HALLELUJAH
TO JESUS ETERNAL FRIEND.

IV
I WILL TO ALL THIRSTY GIVE DRINK
WITHOUT COST, WATER OF LIFE.
RICHES BEYOND WHAT YOU COULD THINK
IF YOU OVERCOME THE STRIFE.

I YOUR GOD, AND YOU MY OWN SON,
YOU WILL INHERIT IT ALL.
BUT ALL EVIL PEOPLE AS ONE
IN THE FIREY LAKE MUST FALL.


V
THEN AN ANGEL SAID I'LL SHOW YOU
THE BRIDE, THE WIFE OF THE LAMB.
TO A GREAT HIGH MOUNTAIN HE FLEW;
SHOWED ME NEW JERUSALEM.

IT WAS COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN;
WITH GOD'S GLORY IT DID SHINE.
IT'S BRILLIANCE GREATER EVEN
THEN PRECIOUS JEWELS ENSHRINE.

VI
GREAT HIGH WALL WITH TWELVE GATES ON IT,
WITH TWELVE ANGELS AT THE GATES.
THE TWELVE NAMES OF ISRAEL JUST FIT;
ON EACH SIDE THERE WERE THREE GATES.

THE CITY HAD TWELVE FOUNDATIONS;
THIS BRIDE OF THE GREAT I AM.
THERE WERE NAMES AS DECORATIONS;
TWELVE APOSTLES OF THE LAMB.

VII
THE ANGEL HAD A ROD OF GOLD
TO MEASURE THE GATES AND WALL.
THE CITY WAS LIKE A SQUARE MOLD
LONG AS WIDE, AND FAR FROM SMALL.

TWELVE THOUSAND STADIA IN LENGTH;
WIDE AND HIGH AS IT WAS LONG.
IN THICKNESS THE WALL HAD GREAT STRENGTH;
MANY CUBITS MADE IT STRONG.

VIII
THE WALL MADE OF CLEAR PURE JASPER,
AND PURE GOLD THAT WAS LIKE GLASS.
IT'S FIRST FOUNDATION WAS JASPER;
PRECIOUS STONES GAVE IT'S WALLS CLASS.

IN THAT WALL AS WE LOOK HIGHER
NEXT WE COME TO SAPPHIRE.
ABOVE THAT THE TWO ARE THEN CALLED
CALCEDONY, EMERALD.



IX
FIFTH AND SIXTH AS WE THEN CLIMB ON
SARDONYX, CARNELIAN.
THEN COMES CHRYSOLITE, THEN BERYL,
COLORS ALL IN A SWIRL.

NINTH WAS TOPAZ, TENTH CHRYSOPRASE,
SOME GEMS NOT TO US WELL KNOWN.
JACINTH NEXT, COMMON IN THOSE DAYS,
AMETHYST THE FINAL STONE.

X
THE TWELVE GATES WERE THEN TWELVE PEARLS,
EACH GATE OF A SINGLE ONE.
MY HEAD WAS IN A GREAT WHIRL,
YET MY VISION WAS NOT DONE.

THE STREETS OF THE CITY WERE GOLD;
THEY WERE LIKE TRANSPARENT GLASS.
NO TEMPLE IS THERE I AM TOLD;
A NEW TEMPLES' COME TO PASS.

XI
GOD AND THE LAMB ARE THE TEMPLE;
THERE'S NO NEED FOR SUN OR MOON.
THE LIGHT THEY GIVE NOW DOES EXCEL;
BY THEIR LIGHT IT'S ALWAYS NOON.

THE NATIONS WILL WALK BY IT'S LIGHT;
THEY'LL BRING SPLENDOR INTO IT.
THERE WILL NEVER AGAIN BE NIGHT;
SHUTTING GATES NOW ALL CAN QUIT.

XII
GLORY AND HONOR OF NATIONS
WILL NOW BE BROUGHT INTO IT.
NOTHING OF BAD REPUTATION;
NOTHING IMPURE THERE WILL FIT.

ONLY THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN
IN THE LAMB'S OWN BOOK OF LIFE.
THEY CAN ENTER INTO HEAVEN,
FOR THEY ARE THE LAMB'S OWN WIFE.





CHAPTER 22

THEN THE ANGEL SHOWED ME THIS SIGHT;
RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE.
IT WAS CLEAN, A CRYSTAL DELIGHT
FLOWING PEACEFULLY, NO STRIFE.

DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE GREAT STREET
TREE OF LIFE STOOD ON EACH SIDE.
EVERY MONTH IT'S FRUIT WOULD REPEAT;
TWELVE NEW CROPS IT DID PROVIDE.

II
FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS
WERE THE LEAVES OF THAT GREAT TREE.
ABUNDANCE WITH NO MORE RATIONS;
THE CURSE WOULD NO LONGER BE.

GOD'S THRONE AND THE LAMB'S WILL BE THERE;
HIS SERVANTS WILL THERE SERVE HIM.
A VISION OF HIS FACE THEY SHARE;
HIS NAME ON THEIR FOREHEAD SKIN.

III
FROM NOW ON THERE'LL BE NO MORE NIGHT;
NO MORE NEED OF LAMP OR SUN.
THE LORD GOD WILL GIVE THEM ALL LIGHT;
THERE ETERNAL REIGNS' BEGUN.

THE ANGEL THEN SAID UNTO ME,
THESE WORDS TRUSTWORTHY AND TRUE.
THE LORD SHOWED ME WHAT MUST SOON BE;
ONLY GOD COULD GRANT THIS VIEW.

IV
BEHOLD I AM NOW COMING SOON;
BLESSED HE WHO KEEPS THESE WORDS.
THEY TO HIM WILL BE A GREAT BOON;
PROPHECY LIKE NONE HAVE HEARD.

I JOHN HEARD AND SAW ALL THESE THINGS,
AND BEFORE THE ANGEL FELL.
BUT HE SAID STOP ALL WORSHIPPINGS,
AND PROCEEDED TO ME TELL.


V
I AM JUST A FELLOW SERVANT
LIKE THE PROPHETS AND BROTHERS.
YOUR WORSHIP TO GOD ONLY GRANT,
AND DON'T GIVE IT TO OTHERS.

THEN HE TOLD ME DO NOT SEAL UP
THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK.
TIME IS NEAR TO POUR OUT THE CUP;
EACH MUST REMAIN IN THEIR NOOK.

VI
THOSE WHO DO WRONG STAY DOING WRONG;
VILE CONTINUE TO BE VILE.
THOSE WHO DO RIGHT JUST GO ALONG,
AND THOSE HOLY KEEP THAT STYLE.

BEHOLD I AM COMING SOON NOW,
AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME.
FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE I WILL ALLOW
YOU MY GREAT GLORY TO SEE.

VII
I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA,
THE VERY FIRST AND THE LAST.
THE BEGINNING OF LIFE'S SAGA,
AND THE END OF ALL THAT'S PAST.

BLESSED THOSE WHO DO WASH THEIR ROBES;
TO THE TREE OF LIFE MAY COME.
INTO THE CITY WITHOUT PROBES;
NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE FROM.

VIII
OUTSIDE ARE THE DOGS AND OTHERS
WHO PRACTICE THEIR MAGIC ARTS.
ALL WHO WITH EVIL ARE BROTHERS;
ALL WITH FALSEHOOD IN THEIR HEARTS.

I JESUS HAVE SENT MY ANGEL
TO THIS TESTIMONY GIVE.
THAT MY CHURCH MAY HEAR AND EXCEL,
AND UPON THESE TRUTHS TO LIVE.




IX
I AM DAVID'S ROOT AND OFFSPRING,
AND THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR.
THE SPIRIT AND BRIDE JOIN AND SING
COME NEAR NOW DON'T STAY AFAR.

COME, COME, COME, COME ,COME LORD JESUS
COME AND SET YOUR PEOPLE FREE.
COME AND SATISFY ALL WISHES,
GIVE WATER TO ALL THIRSTY.

X
EVERYONE MUST HEED THIS WARNING;
TO THIS PROPHECY DON'T ADD.
IF YOU DO YOU'LL END IN MOURNING;
ALL THESE PLAGUES WILL MAKE LIFE SAD.

ALSO DO NOT TAKE WORDS AWAY
FROM THIS BOOK OF PROPHECY.
OR GOD WILL FROM YOU TAKE AWAY
YOUR SHARE IN LIFE'S GREATEST TREE.

XI
HE WHO TESTIFIES TO THESE THINGS
SAYS YES, I AM COMING SOON.
AMEN, COME LORD JESUS, BRIDE SINGS
COME, BEGIN OUR HONEYMOON.

MAY THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS
BE WITH GOD'S PEOPLE, AMEN.
UNTIL HE COMES AND HE FREES US
LET US PRAISE HIM UNTIL THEN.

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