(as it is written, &#8220;<b><i>I have made you the father of many nationsi>b>&#8221;).<n id="1" /> He is our father<n id="2" /> in the presence of God whom he believed &#8211; the God who<n id="3" /> makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel<n id="2" /> until the full number<n id="3" /> of the Gentiles has come in.

I went there<n id="1" /> because of<n id="2" /> a revelation and presented<n id="3" /> to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so<n id="4" /> only in a private meeting with the influential people,<n id="5" /> to make sure that I was not running &#8211; or had not run<n id="6" /> &#8211; in vain.

and when James, Cephas,<n id="1" /> and John, who had a reputation as<n id="2" /> pillars,<n id="3" /> recognized<n id="4" /> the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me<n id="5" /> the right hand of fellowship, agreeing<n id="6" /> that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.<n id="7" />

But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas<n id="1" /> in front of them all, &#8220;If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force<n id="2" /> the Gentiles to live like Jews?&#8221;p>

God wanted to make known to them the glorious<n id="1" /> riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

And we all agree,<n id="1" /> our religion contains amazing revelation:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He<n id="3" /> was revealed in the flesh,p> <p class="poetry">vindicated by the Spirit,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">seen by angels,p> <p class="poetry">proclaimed among Gentiles,p> <p class="poetry">believed on in the world,p> <p class="poetry">taken up in glory.p>

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message<n id="1" /> would be fully proclaimed<n id="2" /> for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion&#8217;s mouth!

But you are <i>a chosen racei>, <i>a royal priesthoodi>, <i>a holy nationi>, <i>a people of his owni>, so that you may <i>proclaim the virtuesi><n id="1" /> of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

and maintain good conduct<n id="1" /> among the non-Christians,<n id="2" /> so that though<n id="3" /> they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.<n id="4" />p>

But<n id="1" /> do not measure the outer courtyard<n id="2" /> of the temple; leave it out,<n id="3" /> because it has been given to the Gentiles,<n id="4" /> and they will trample on the holy city<n id="5" /> for forty-two months.

For three and a half days those from every<n id="1" /> people, tribe,<n id="2" /> nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.<n id="3" />

So<n id="1" /> the woman gave birth to a son, a male child,<n id="2" /> who is going <i>to rulei><n id="3" /> <i>over all the nationsi><n id="4" /> <i>with an iron rodi>.<n id="5" /> Her<n id="6" /> child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw another<n id="2" /> angel flying directly overhead,<n id="3" /> and he had<n id="4" /> an eternal gospel to proclaim<n id="5" /> to those who live<n id="6" /> on the earth &#8211; to every nation, tribe,<n id="7" /> language, and people.

<p class="bodytext">A<n id="1" /> second<n id="2" /> angel<n id="3" /> followed the first,<n id="4" /> declaring:<n id="5" /> &#8220;Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city!<n id="6" /> She made all the nations<n id="7" /> drink of the wine of her immoral passion.&#8221;<n id="8" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who will not fear you, O Lord,p> <p class="poetry">and glorify<n id="1" /> your name, because you alone are holy?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">All nations<n id="3" /> will come and worship before youp> <p class="poetry">for your righteous acts<n id="4" /> have been revealed.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">For all the nations<n id="1" /> have fallen<n id="2" /> fromp> <p class="poetry">the wine of her immoral passion,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her,p> <p class="poetry">and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

The angel<n id="1" /> then<n id="2" /> threw him into the abyss and locked<n id="3" /> and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)p>

and will go out to deceive<n id="1" /> the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog,<n id="2" /> to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea.<n id="3" />

flowing down the middle of the city&#8217;s<n id="1" /> main street.<n id="2" /> On each side<n id="3" /> of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds<n id="4" /> of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year.<n id="5" /> Its leaves are for the healing of the nations.