From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for December 29   
      
   Revelation Chapter 13   
      
   1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of   
   the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten   
   crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.   
      
   2 And the beast which I saw was like unto 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 seat, and great authority.   
      
   3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly   
   wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.   
      
   4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and   
   they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is   
   able to make war with him?   
      
   5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and   
   blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.   
      
   6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his   
   name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.   
      
   7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome   
   them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.   
      
   8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are   
   not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of   
   the world.   
      
   9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.   
      
   10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that   
   killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the   
   patience and the faith of the saints.   
      
   11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two   
   horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.   
      
   12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and   
   causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first   
   beast, whose deadly wound was healed.   
      
   13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from   
   heaven on the earth in the sight of men,   
      
   14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those   
   miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to   
   them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the   
   beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.   
      
   15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the   
   image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would   
   not worship the image of the beast should be killed.   
      
   16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and   
   bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:   
      
   17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the   
   name of the beast, or the number of his name.   
      
   18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of   
   the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred   
   threescore and six.   
      
   Revelation Chapter 14   
      
   1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an   
   hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in   
   their foreheads.   
      
   2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as   
   the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping   
   with their harps:   
      
   3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the   
   four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the   
   hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.   
      
   4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are   
   virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.   
   These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and   
   to the Lamb.   
      
   5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault   
   before the throne of God.   
      
   6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the   
   everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to   
   every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,   
      
   7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the   
   hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and   
   earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.   
      
   8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is   
   fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine   
   of the wrath of her fornication.   
      
   9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any   
   man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his   
   forehead, or in his hand,   
      
   10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured   
   out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be   
   tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,   
   and in the presence of the Lamb:   
      
   11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and   
   they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image,   
   and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.   
      
   12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the   
   commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.   
      
   13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are   
   the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit,   
   that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.   
      
   14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat   
   like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his   
   hand a sharp sickle.   
      
   15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to   
   him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time   
   is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.   
      
   16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and   
   the earth was reaped.   
      
   17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also   
   having a sharp sickle.   
      
   18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire;   
   and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying,   
   Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the   
   earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.   
      
   19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the   
   vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.   
      
   20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of   
   the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand   
   and six hundred furlongs.   
      
   Revelation Chapter 15   
      
   1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels   
   having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.   
      
   2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that   
   had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his   
   mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having   
   the harps of God.   
      
   3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of   
      
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