Revelation uses many “signs,” or symbols, that are not to be understood literally. —Revelation 1:1. Many major entities and symbols in the book of Revelation are introduced earlier in the Bible: Jehovah —“the true God in the heavens” and Creator of all things. —Deuteronomy 4: 39; Psalm 103:19; Revelation 4: 11; 15:3.

Revelation 1:1-20—Read the Bible online or download free. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is published by Jehovah’s Witnesses.

A Revelation to John 20:1-15 20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss + and a great chain in his hand. 2 He seized the dragon, + the original serpent, + who is the Devil + and Satan, + and bound him for 1,000 years. 3 And he hurled him into the abyss + and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not ...

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The Bible sometimes stresses a matter by stating it three times. ( Revelation 4:8; 8: 13 ) So the name 666 powerfully emphasizes that God views human political systems as gross failures. They have been unable to bring lasting peace and security —things that only God’s Kingdom will …

A Revelation to John 21:1-27 21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; + for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, + and the sea + is no more. 2 I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God + and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. + 3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say ...

The word “Armageddon” occurs only once in the Bible, at Revelation 16:16. Prophetically, Revelation shows that at “the place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon,” “the kings of the entire inhabited earth” will be gathered “together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty.” —Revelation 16:14.

A Revelation to John 22:1-21 22 And he showed me a river of water of life, + clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb + 2 down the middle of its main street. On both sides of the river were trees of life producing 12 crops of fruit, yielding their fruit each month.

6 And I saw when the Lamb+ opened one of the seven seals,+ and I heard one of the four living creatures+ say with a voice like thunder: “Come!” 2 And I saw, and look! a white horse,+ and the one seated on it had a bow; and a crown was given him,+ and he went out conquering and to complete his conquest.+ 3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living …

—Revelation 13:1; Isaiah 17:12, 13. The Bible says that the number, or name, of the beast —666 —is “a man’s number.” (Revelation 13:17, 18) That expression indicates that the beast of Revelation chapter 13 is a human entity, not a spirit or demon entity.