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Revelation 17: The Lamb Overcomes

One of the seven angels shows John the judgment of the great city called Babylon, pictured as a woman dressed in purple and scarlet, decorated with gold and jewels, riding a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns. She holds a golden cup of wrongdoing and is drunk with the blood of the saints. The angel explains the mystery: the heads are mountains and kings, the horns are kings who give their power to the beast, and the waters are peoples and nations. These kings will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called, chosen and faithful. In the end the beast and the kings turn against the city, and God’s purpose is carried out.

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World English Bible · 18 verses

  1. 1 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality. Those who dwell on the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 The angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, and the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  11. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  12. 12 The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  13. 13 These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  14. 14 These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  15. 15 He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  16. 16 The ten horns which you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute, will make her desolate, will strip her naked, will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  17. 17 For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  18. 18 The woman whom you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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King of Kings

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Color the Lamb wearing a crown. Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords!

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Bible Verse

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

Revelation 17:14 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Explain that the Lamb is Jesus, and he is stronger than every king. Those who follow him are called, chosen and faithful. March around the room saying, Jesus is King of kings!

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