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spring of the water of life freely. He who conquers shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be to me a son. But the timid and faithless and abominable and murderers and the unchaste and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars will have their lot in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

Then one of the angels that had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came and spoke with me. "Come here," he said, "and I will show you the Bride, the Lamb's wife." Then he carried me in Spirit to the top of a great and high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like that of a most precious stone, like crystalline jasper. She had a wall great and high, and she had twelve gates and at the gates twelve angels, and there were names written upon the gates. They are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. On the east were three gates and on the north three gates and on the south three gates and on the west three gates. The wall of the city had twelve foundations and them were twelve names, the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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He who was speaking with me had a golden reed as a measure, to measure the city and her gates and her wall. The city stands foursquare and the length is the same as the breadth. He measured the city with the reed. It extends twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. He measured the wall of it, a hundred and forty-four cubits by human measure, which is also that of an angel.

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The material of the wall of it was jasper and the city was pure gold like clear glass. The foundations of the wall of the city were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the 1 Nearly fifteen hundred miles.

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twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold like transparent glass.

I saw no temple in it; for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it; for the glory of God illumines it and the Lamb is its light. The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will not be closed by day, and there will be no night there. They will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. But there will not enter into it anything unholy or any one who makes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

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THEN he showed me a river of water of life bright as crystal, issuing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the space between the street and the river, on this side and on that, grew trees of life bearing twelve kinds of fruit, and yielding their fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There will no longer be any accursed thing. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it and his servants will worship him with holy rites. They will see his face and his name will be on their foreheads. There will not be night any more and they will have no need of lamplight or of sunlight; for the Lord God will shine upon them and they will be kings for the ages of the ages.

Then he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to show to his servants what must soon come to pass. I am coming soon. Blessed is he who is keeping the words of the prophecy of this book."

I, John, am he who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown them to me. But he said to me, "No, no. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren and of the prophets and of those who are keeping the words of this book. Worship God."

Then he said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book. For the time is near. Let the wrongdoer do wrong still, and let him who is filthy be filthy still, and let the righteous do righteousness still, and let the holy be holy still. I am coming soon and my reward is with me, to pay each in full as his work is. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Blessed will those be who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter by the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the unchaste and the murderers and the idolaters and every one who loves and makes a lie.

"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright morning Star."

The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." Let him who hears say, "Come." Let him who thirsts come. Let him who will take the water of life freely.

I testify to every one who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if any one adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book, and if any one takes away anything from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written of in this book.

He who bears this testimony says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen, come, Lord Jesus.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all!

INDEX

Abraham, 131, 169, 259, 266, 375, 389. | Bethsaida, 19, 117.

Adam, 261, 297.

Adultery, 8, 131.

Agabus, 218, 238.
Agrippa, 247.
Akeldama, 197.

Alpha and Omega, 415.
Ananias and Sapphira, 203.
Ananias of Damascus, 212.
Andrew, 152, 177.

Angels, 32, 93, 369, 384.

Anna, 97.

Annas, 187.

Annunciation to Mary, 93.

Anointing of Jesus, 48, 84, 109.

Antichrist, 406, 407.

Antioch, 218, 220.

Antioch, Pisidia, 221.

Apollos, 233.

Apostles, 16, 61, 105, 196.

Aquila, 231.

Armor of God, 330.

Artemis, 234.

Ascension, 150, 196.

Atoning Sacrifice, 258, 405.

Authorities, 271.

Authority of Jesus, 38, 80, 138.

Babylon, 435.

Balaam, 402.

Birds, 10.

Birth from above, 155.

Bishop, 354, 364.
Blind, 37, 72, 78, 170.
Blind leading blind, 107.
Body and members, 292.
Bowls of wrath, 433.
Bread of life, 163.
Building of God, 305.

Cæsar, 41, 81, 139.
Caiaphas, 51, 176, 188.

Call of four, 6, 103.

Camel and needle's eye, 35.

Cana, 153, 158.

Canaanite woman, 28.

Capernaum, 5, 19, 117.

Centurion, 13, 54, 90, 107, 147.

Cheerful giving, 310.

Children, 32, 35, 76, 134, 330.

Chorazin, 19, 117.

Christ David's son, 41, 82, 140.

Cities reproached, 19, 117.

Citizenship, 333.

City Clerk, 235.

Claudius Lysias, 243.

Cleansing Temple courts, 38, 79, 154.

Cold or hot, 419.

Collection, 299.

Baptism, 4, 56, 91, 156, 212, 278, 297. Coming of Christ, 44.

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