“To the angel of the church in Pergamum write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has the sharp double-edged sword:

Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea became blood,

Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.

Furthermore, they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells, of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing.

Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood,

Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but was speaking like a dragon.

So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.”

As for the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.”

After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance.

Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer –

Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.

If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.

The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur into it.

Then he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.

Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

Then Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world – to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing, and she whom all the province of Asia and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.”