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Genesis Chapter 1 [1:1] In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, [1:2] the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. [1:3] Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. [1:4] And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. [1:5] God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. [1:6] And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” -3-
[1:7] So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. [1:8] God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. [1:9] And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. [1:10] God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. [1:11] Then God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the
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seed in it.” And it was so. [1:12] The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. [1:13] And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. [1:14] And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, [1:15] and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. [1:16] God made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars. [1:17] God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, [1:18] to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. [1:19] And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day. [1:20] And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.” [1:21] So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. [1:22] God blessed them, saying,
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“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” [1:23] And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. [1:24] And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so. [1:25] God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good. [1:26] Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” [1:27] So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. [1:28] God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” [1:29] God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth,
and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. [1:30] And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.� And it was so. [1:31] God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Chapter 2 [2:1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. [2:2] And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. [2:3] So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation. [2:4] These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, [2:5] when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up - for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground; [2:6] but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face -5-
of the ground [2:7] then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being. [2:8] And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. [2:9] Out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. [2:10] A river flows out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides and becomes four branches. [2:11] The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; [2:12] and the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. [2:13] The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Cush. [2:14] The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. [2:15] The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. [2:16] And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of
every tree of the garden; [2:17] but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” [2:18] Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” [2:19] So out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. [2:20] The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. [2:21] So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. [2:22] And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. [2:23] Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.” [2:24] Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. -6-
[2:25] And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. Chapter 3 [3:1] Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” [3:2] The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; [3:3] but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die. ‘” [3:4] But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; [3:5] for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” [3:6] So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. [3:7] Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. [3:8] They heard the sound of the
LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. [3:9] But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” [3:10] He said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” [3:11] He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” [3:12] The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.” [3:13] Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.” [3:14] The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. [3:15] I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” [3:16] To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring
forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.” [3:17] And to the man he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; [3:18] thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. [3:19] By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” [3:20] The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living. [3:21] And the LORD God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them. [3:22] Then the LORD God said, “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”-[3:23] therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. [3:24] He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning to guard the
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way to the tree of life. Chapter 4 [4:1] Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the LORD.” [4:2] Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. [4:3] In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, [4:4] and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering, [4:5] but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. [4:6] The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen? [4:7] If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.” [4:8] Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him. [4:9] Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” [4:10] And the LORD said, “What
have you done? Listen; your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground! [4:11] And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. [4:12] When you till the ground, it will no longer yield to you its strength; you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” [4:13] Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! [4:14] Today you have driven me away from the soil, and I shall be hidden from your face; I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and anyone who meets me may kill me.” [4:15] Then the LORD said to him, “Not so! Whoever kills Cain will suffer a sevenfold vengeance.” And the LORD put a mark on Cain, so that no one who came upon him would kill him. [4:16] Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. [4:17] Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; and he built a city, and named it Enoch after his son Enoch. [4:18] To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael the father of Methushael, and Methushael the father of Lamech. [4:19] Lamech took two wives; the
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name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. [4:20] Adah bore Jabal; he was the ancestor of those who live in tents and have livestock. [4:21] His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the ancestor of all those who play the lyre and pipe. [4:22] Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. [4:23] Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me. [4:24] If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.” [4:25] Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another child instead of Abel, because Cain killed him.” [4:26] To Seth also a son was born, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to invoke the name of the LORD. Chapter 5 [5:1] This is the list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God. [5:2] Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them “Humankind” when -9-
they were created. [5:3] When Adam had lived one hundred thirty years, he became the father of a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. [5:4] The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years; and he had other sons and daughters. [5:5] Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years; and he died. [5:6] When Seth had lived one hundred five years, he became the father of Enosh. [5:7] Seth lived after the birth of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and had other sons and daughters. [5:8] Thus all the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years; and he died. [5:9] When Enosh had lived ninety years, he became the father of Kenan. [5:10] Enosh lived after the birth of Kenan eight hundred fifteen years, and had other sons and daughters. [5:11] Thus all the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years; and he died. [5:12] When Kenan had lived seventy years, he became the father of Mahalalel. [5:13] Kenan lived after the birth of Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and had other sons and daughters. [5:14] Thus all the days of Kenan
And now, there’ were nine hundred and ten years; and he died. [5:15] When Mahalalel had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Jared. [5:16] Mahalalel lived after the birth of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and had other sons and daughters. [5:17] Thus all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years; and he died. [5:18] When Jared had lived one hundred sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch. [5:19] Jared lived after the birth of Enoch eight hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. [5:20] Thus all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years; and he died. [5:21] When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methuselah. [5:22] Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. [5:23] Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. [5:24] Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him. [5:25] When Methuselah had lived one hundred eighty-seven years, he became the father of Lamech. [5:26] Methuselah lived after the birth of Lamech seven hundred eighty- two years, and had other sons and daughters. - 10 -
[5:27] Thus all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years; and he died. [5:28] When Lamech had lived one hundred eighty-two years, he became the father of a son; [5:29] he named him Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands.” [5:30] Lamech lived after the birth of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and had other sons and daughters. [5:31] Thus all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years; and he died. [5:32] After Noah was five hundred years old, Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Chapter 6 [6:1] When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, [6:2] the sons of God saw that they were fair; and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose. [6:3] Then the LORD said, “My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred twenty years.” [6:4] The Nephilim were on the earth in those days - and also afterward - when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them.
’s no going back. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown. [6:5] The LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. [6:6] And the LORD was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. [6:7] So the LORD said, “I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created - people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” [6:8] But Noah found favor in the sight of the LORD. [6:9] These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. [6:10] And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. [6:11] Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. [6:12] And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth. [6:13] And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth. [6:14] Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in the - 11 -
ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. [6:15] This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. [6:16] Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above; and put the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower, second, and third decks. [6:17] For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. [6:18] But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. [6:19] And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. [6:20] Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive. [6:21] Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them.” [6:22] Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
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Sucker We go together Better than birds of a feather, you and me We change the weather, yeah I’m feeling heat in December when you’re ‘round me I’ve been dancing on top of cars and stumbling out of bars I follow you through the dark, can’t get enough You’re the medicine and the pain, the tattoo inside my brain And, baby, you know it’s obvious I’m a sucker for you You say the word and I’ll go anywhere blindly I’m a sucker for you, yeah Any road you take, you know that you’ll find me I’m a sucker for all the subliminal things No one knows about you (about you) about you (about you) And you’re making the typical me break my typical rules It’s true, I’m a sucker for you, yeah
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Bad Guy White shirt now red, my bloody nose Sleeping, you’re on your tippy toes Creeping around like no one knows Think you’re so criminal Bruises, on both my knees for you Don’t say thank you or please I do what I want when I’m wanting to My soul? So cynical So you’re a tough guy Like it really rough guy Just can’t get enough guy Chest always so puffed guy I’m that bad type Make your mama sad type Make your girlfriend mad tight Might seduce your dad type I’m the bad guy, duh I’m the bad guy
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Break Up with your Girlfriend You got me some type of way (Hmm) Ain’t used to feelin’ this way (Mmm-mmm) I do not know what to say (Yeah, yeah) But I know I shouldn’t think about it Took one fuckin’ look at your face (Hmm) Now I wanna know how you taste (Mmm-mmm) Usually don’t give it away (Yeah, yeah) But you know I’m out here thinkin’ ‘bout it Then I realized she’s right there And I’m at home like, “Damn, this ain’t fair” Break up with your girlfriend Yeah, yeah, ‘cause I’m bored You can hit it in the mornin’ (Mornin’) Yeah, yeah, like it’s yours I know it ain’t right But I don’t care (Care) Break up with your girlfriend Yeah, yeah, ‘cause I’m bored
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Good kate Bad kate Kate Moss, Exploring the many facets of dogma/religious through looking-glass of fashion/art as a new perspective.
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hen I pore over these wonderful images of the model, designer, and eternal waif Kate Moss, firefly thoughts flit in and out of the dark halls of my mind. I think first of Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde’s amorality tale, who looks upon the portrait of himself in the fullest fruition of youth and wishes that it would age in his stead. Kate Moss seems to have always been with us—and to have always been as she is. Yet the truth is that she’s 38, twice married, and the mother of a 9-year-old girl. Her life has been a slalom through the toxicities of fame and success. I look back to photos of Moss at the outset of her career, and I see the full and terrifying extent of her juvenescence: how much younger she seemed than she actually was. At 19 the revered and reviled face of “heroin chic,” Moss appeared to be in her Lolita teens. In her early 20s, she had the dégagé pout of a girl who has the right to vote but wouldn’t enter a polling booth unless you dropped it over her head.
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In catwalk footage from later on, Moss’s face had become streamlined, grown more feline, so that when emulating the swivel-hipped stride of her towering colleagues, she powered along the runway like a gilded hood ornament: inescapably British, the Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy gene-spliced—perhaps by some model-agent Dr. Moreau—with the iconic Jaguar. kate moss Moss has aged and continues to age—not gracefully, for she’s a - 48 -
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suburban hellion from the outer limits of Cockneydom, but beguilingly. The images seen here delight in the platinum and pearliness of her slightly skew-whiff teeth. I lose myself in the cold reactor shutdown of her brown-to-black eyes. As for that ever feted bone structure? Well, what to do but wax poetic about that perfect geometry: Moss’s mouth no rosebud but a crushed carnation, her cheekbones somehow performing the alien accomplishment of curving down to below its petals.
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Dark Moss and Light Moss. Bad Kate and Good Little Katie—simple dichotomizing is not what this dyad deserves. I look at the pictures of Moss dressed in black and think perhaps they’re of a great beauty meditating upon her own inner ugliness. I try to divine the precise symbolism of the tattoo on her wrist: Is it piratical anchor or Coptic cross or some strange merging of the two? I think of Baudelairean decadence, and I’m hammered back into Dorian’s gilt frame.
“Her essential self becomes even more enigmatic” But then the images of Moss in white are hardly a counterpoint to the ones where she’s in black: The lacy swathing is too
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becomes thicker and her essential self becomes even more enigmatic. She remains like a great silent-screen heroine who’s animated and reanimated and then reanimated again by the fizzing jolt of the kliegs. Long may it continue. Completely devoid of any blasphemous attitude, Kate Moss carries this layout on the pure strength of her unique beauty, and her endless ability to use her body as a vessel of representation (a deeply interesting/ironic twist when considering the topic at hand). I’ve long said it, Kate Moss is a “Fashion Goddess,” so it comes as no surprise that her ability to explore the avant-garde side of “Religion as Fashion Art,” would be a stunning success. Only the style-prowess of Kate Moss could bring such fresh-modernity to a topic so fraught with the possible implications. Exploring the many facets of dogma/religious through looking-glass of fashion/art is not
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a new one, but Moss brings such a vitality & life to the images, they are elevated to staggering new heights. Steven Klein’s images are arrived at with such pause and reflection, any shock value is lost on the sublime level of respect that seems to be intrinsically paid to the artistry itself. This layout is a genuine pleasure to gaze upon, and (for me) carry a truly moving message about the eternal beauty that God supplies through his artistic benevolence.
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ments can be used wet or dry with fingers or a brush.” Adding, “Sweep over cheekbones, high points of the face, and body for your desired glow. Use as a liner, mix it in with your favorite lip gloss or wear on top of the pressed powder for max impact.” The sky is the limit with this collection. As with all KKW Beauty products, you can buy the new goodies on the brand’s website. Like the Ultralight Beams collection Kim launched last December, you’ll be able to get the Flashing Lights products individually or as a bundle. Prices range from $17 for the Loose Powder, to $240 for the Complete Bundle.
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Acclaimed photographer David LaChapelle has shot Kim Kardashian West for the latest campaign of her cosmetics brand, KKW Beauty. The magical realist-style shoot features wild and colorful images of Kim K, including one where she is seen posing with a dove and another in which she appears to be crying. The campaign is to launch a new collection of “bright and jewel-toned” pressed and loose powder pigments, which went on sale recently.
David LaChapelle has shot pretty much every celebrity you can think of, including Kanye West, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Miley Cyrus, Uma Thurman, Hilary Clinton, Andy Warhol, and many more. He previously shot the 2013 edition of the Kardashian Kristmas kards.
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Letter to Kanye
Sunday Services Since Kanye West’s exclusive weekly “Sunday Service” gatherings started becoming a phenomenon on social media, many started to wonder if Kanye West was trying to start his own religion.
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gospel music as the audience just sits back and enjoys. Through the videos, it looks as though a lot more can happen during these services, however, Kanye West does not consider this gathering to be the same as a church. In a recent interview with Jimmy Kimmel on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kim Kardashian West revealed that Kanye West’s Sunday Services are “more of just a healing experience.” “There’s no praying, there’s no sermon, no word, just music, and just a feeling — and it’s Christian,” she explained. When it comes to our day in age, there are many people who feel out of place in a church that only believes in one particular faith. During Kanye West’s Sunday Services, all faiths are welcome to experience a spiritual uplifting without the pressure of believing in one religion. “We have so many friends who maybe feel too judgmental when they go to church or something,” Khloé Kardashian explained on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. “When they come here, they feel free and safe, is what everyone says.”
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The services are starting a trend Since the first Sunday Service was held back in January, many people have realized that Kanye West is beginning to make spirituality and faith trending topics in the entertainment industry. So far, many different celebrities have attended at least one Sunday Service and it has given them the opportunity to embrace a religion most of them might have fallen out of touch with over the years. We live in an era where church and spirituality aren’t taken as serious as they used to be years ago. Kanye West wants to shine a light on the idea of religion but is doing it in a way people will respond to better. The Sunday Services have become such a phenomenon that Kanye West and his gospel choir will be performing a special service during this year’s Coachella. Kanye’s Sunday Services have been referred to as a concert series inspired by the church, and even though it is not the same as a regular church service, those who attend are able to experience uplifting and spirituality all through music.
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Letter to BeyoncĂŠ
New prophet(s) The singer’s much-anticipated return to the GRAMMYs stage and her first performance since announcing she is pregnant with twins
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Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him,to make known to his servants the things which must shortly come to pass: resignified, sending by his angel to his servant John, 2 Who hath given testimony to the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, what things soever he hath seen. Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) 3 Blessed is he, that readeth and heareth the words of this prophecy; and keepeth those things which are written in it; for the time is at hand. 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia. Grace be unto you and peace from him that is, and that was, and that is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne,
Taurus (Apr 20-May 20) 11 Saying: What thou seest, write in a book, and send to the seven churches which are in Asia. 17 And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am the First and the Last, 18 And alive, and was dead, and behold I am living for ever and ever, and have the keys of death and of hell. 19 Write therefore the things which thou hast seen, and which are, and which must be done hereafter. 20 The mystery of the seven stars, which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. And the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.
Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19) 7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and you also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall bewail themselves b are him. Even so. Amen. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. 9 I John, your brother and your partner in tribulation, and in the kingdom, and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island, which is
Gemini (May21-Jun20) seven golden lamp-stands: 2 I know your activities, your hard work and your perseverance. I know you cannot stand wicked people, and how you put to the test those who were self-styled apostles, and found them false. 3 I know too that you have perseverance, and have suffered for my name without growing tired. 4 Nevertheless, I have this complaint to make: you have less love now than formerly. 5 Think where you were before.
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Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22) You fell; repent, and behave as you did at first, or else, if you will not repent, I shall come to you and take your lamp-stand from its place. 6 It is in your favour, nevertheless, that you loathe as I do the way the Nicolaitans are behaving. 7 Let anyone who can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches: those who prove victorious I will feed from the tree of life set in God’s paradise.” 8 ‘Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna and say, “Here is the message of the First and the Last, who was dead and has come to life again: Leo (Jul 23-Aug 22) 9 I know your hardships and your poverty, and but though you are rich -- the slander of the people who falsely claim to be Jews but are really members of the synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not be afraid of the sufferings that are coming to you. Look, the devil will send some of you to prison to put you to the test, and you must face hardship for ten days. Even if you have to die, keep faithful, and I will give you the crown of life for your prize. 11 Let anyone who can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches: for those who prove victorious will come to no harm - 84 -
Virgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) “Here is the message of the one 13 I know where you live, in the place where Satan is enthroned, and that you still hold firmly to my name, and did not disown your faith. in me even when my faithful witness, Antipas, was killed among you, where Satan lives. 14 “Nevertheless, I have one or two charges against you: some of you are followers of Balaam, who taught Balak to set a trap for the Israelites so that they committed adultery by eating food that had been sacrificed to idols; Libra (Sept 23-Oct 22) 16 So repent, or I shall soon come to you and attack these people with the sword out of my mouth. to those who prove victorious, I will give some hidden choose and a white stone, with a new name written on it, known only to the person who receives it.” “Here is the message of the Son of God who has eyes like a burning flame and feet like burnished bronze: 19 I know your activities, your love, your faith, your service and your perseverance, and I know how you are still making progress. 20 Nevertheless, I have a complaint to make: you tolerate the woman Jezebel who claims to be a prophetess, and by her teaching she is luring my servants away to commit
Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) 21 I take given her time to repent but she is not willing to repent of her adulterous life. 22 Look, I am consigning her to a bed of pain, and all her partners in adultery to great hardship, unless they repent of their practices; 23 and I will see that her children die, so that all the churches realise that it is I who test motives and thoughts and repay you as your deeds deserve. 25 but hold on firmly to what you already have until I come. 26 To anyone who proves victorious, and keeps working for me until the end, I will give the authority over the nations Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) 27 which I myself have been given by my Father, to rule them with an Morning Star. I know about your behaviour: how you are reputed to be alive and yet are dead. 2 Wake up; put some resolve into what little vigour you have left: it is dying fast. So far I have failed to notice anything in your behaviour that my God could possibly call perfect; 3 remember how you first heard the message. Hold on to that. Repent! If you do not wake up, I shall come to you like a thief, and you will have no idea at what hour I shall come upon you. - 85 -
Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) 5 Anyone who proves victorious will be dressed, like these, in white robes; I shall not blot that name out of the book of life, 8 I know about your activities. Look, I have opened in front of you a door that no one will be able to close -- and I know that though you are not very strong, you have kept my commandments and not disowned my name. 9 Look, I am going to make the synagogue of Satan -- those who I will keep you safe in the time of trial which is coming for the whole world, to put the people of the world to the test. 11 I am coming soon: hold firmly to what you already have, and let no one take your victor’s crown away from you.
Revelation 12 Anyone who proves victorious I will make into a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and it will stay there for ever; I will inscribe on it the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which is coming down from my God in heaven, and my own new name as well. 13 Let anyone who can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.” 14 ‘Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea and say, “Here is the message of the Amen, the trustworthy, the true witness, the Principle of God’s creation: 15 I know about your activities: how you are neither cold nor hot. I - 86 -
wish you were one or the other, 16 but since you are neither hot nor cold, but only lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say to yourself: I am rich, I have made a fortune and have everything I want, never realising that you are wretchedly and pitiably poor, and blind and naked too. 18 I warn you, buy from me the gold that has been tested in the fire to make you truly rich, and white robes to clothe you and hide your shameful nakedness, and ointment to put on your eyes to enable you to see. 19 I reprove and train those whom I love: so repent in real earnest. 20 Look, I am standing at the door,
knocking. If one of you hears me calling and opens the door, I will come in to share a meal at that person’s side. 21 Anyone who proves victorious I will allow to share my throne, just as I have myself overcome and have taken my seat with my Father on his throne. 22 Let anyone who can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.” Chapter 4 1 Then, in my vision, I saw a door open in heaven and heard the same voice speaking to me, the voice like a trumpet, saying, ‘Come up here: I will show you what is to take place in the future.’ 2 With that, I fell into ecstasy and I saw a throne standing in heaven, and the One who was sitting on the throne, 3 and the One sitting there looked like a diamond and a ruby. There was a rainbow encircling the throne, and this looked like an emerald. 4 Round the throne in a circle were twenty-four thrones, and on them twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white robes with golden crowns on their heads. 5 Flashes of lightning were coming from the throne, and the sound of peals of thunder, and in front of the throne there were seven flaming lamps burning, the seven Spirits of God. - 87 -
6 In front of the throne was a sea as transparent as crystal. In the middle of the throne and around it, were four living creatures all studded with eyes, in front and behind. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a bull, the third living creature had a human face, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was studded with eyes all the way round as well as inside; and day and night they never stopped singing: Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God, the Almighty; who was, and is and is to come.’ 9 Every time the living creatures glorified and honoured and gave thanks to the One sitting on the throne, who lives for ever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders prostrated themselves before him to worship the One who lives for ever and ever, and threw down their crowns in front of the throne, saying: 11 You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you made the whole universe; by your will, when it did not exist, it was created. Chapter 5 1 I saw that in the right hand of the One sitting on the throne there was a scroll that was written on back and front and was sealed with seven seals. 2 Then I saw a powerful angel who
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called with a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?’ 3 But there was no one, in heaven or on the earth or under the earth, who was able to open the scroll and read it. 4 I wept bitterly because nobody could be found to open the scroll and read it, 5 but one of the elders said to me, ‘Do not weep. Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed, and so he will open the scroll and its seven seals.’
race, language, people and nation 10 and made them a line of kings and priests for God, to rule the world. 11 In my vision, I heard the sound of an immense number of angels gathered round the throne and the living creatures and the elders; there were ten thousand times ten thousand of them and thousands upon thousands, 12 loudly chanting: Worthy is the Lamb that was sacrificed to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing.
6 Then I saw, in the middle of the throne with its four living creatures and the circle of the elders, a Lamb standing that seemed to have been sacrificed; it had seven horns, and it had seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits that God has sent out over the whole world. 7 The Lamb came forward to take the scroll from the right hand of the One sitting on the throne, 8 and when he took it, the four living creatures prostrated themselves before him and with them the twenty-four elders; each one of them was holding a harp and had a golden bowl full of incense which are the prayers of the saints. 9 They sang a new hymn: You are worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals, because you were sacrificed, and with your blood you bought people for God of every
13 Then I heard all the living things in creation -- everything that lives in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and in the sea, crying: To the One seated on the throne and to the Lamb, be all praise, honour, glory and power, for ever and ever. 14 And the four living creatures said, ‘Amen’; and the elders prostrated themselves to worship.
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Chapter 6 1 Then, in my vision, I saw the Lamb break one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures shout in a voice like thunder, ‘Come!’ 2 Immediately I saw a white horse appear, and its rider was holding a bow; he was given a victor’s crown and he went away, to go from victory to victory. 3 When he broke the second seal,
I heard the second living creature shout, ‘Come!’ 4 And out came another horse, bright red, and its rider was given this duty: to take away peace from the earth and set people killing each other. He was given a huge sword. 5 When he broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature shout, ‘Come!’ Immediately I saw a black horse appear, and its rider was holding a pair of scales; 6 and I seemed to hear a voice shout from among the four living creatures and say, ‘A day’s wages for a quart of corn, and a day’s wages for three quarts of barley, but do not tamper with the oil or the wine.’ 7 When he broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature shout, ‘Come!’ 8 Immediately I saw another horse appear, deathly pale, and its rider was called Death, and Hades followed at its heels. They were given authority over a quarter of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague and through wild beasts. 9 When he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of all the people who had been killed on account of the Word of God, for witnessing to it. 10 They shouted in a loud voice, ‘Holy, true Master, how much longer will you wait before you pass sentence and take vengeance for - 89 -
our death on the inhabitants of the earth?’ 11 Each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to be patient a little longer, until the roll was completed of their fellow-servants and brothers who were still to be killed as they had been. 12 In my vision, when he broke the sixth seal, there was a violent earthquake and the sun went as black as coarse sackcloth; the moon turned red as blood all over, 13 and the stars of the sky fell onto the earth like figs dropping from a fig tree when a high wind shakes it; 14 the sky disappeared like a scroll rolling up and all the mountains and islands were shaken from their places. 15 Then all the kings of the earth, the governors and the commanders, the rich people and the men of influence, the whole population, slaves and citizens, hid in caverns and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They said to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us away from the One who sits on the throne and from the retribution of the Lamb. 17 For the Great Day of his retribution has come, and who can face it?’ Chapter 7 1 Next I saw four angels, standing at the four corners of the earth,
holding back the four winds of the world to keep them from blowing over the land or the sea or any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land and sea, 3 ‘Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’ 4 And I heard how many had been sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel. 5 From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand had been sealed; from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand; 6 from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand; 7 from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand; 8 from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand; and from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand had been sealed. 9 After that I saw that there was a huge number, impossible for anyone to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; - 90 -
they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. They shouted in a loud voice, 10 ‘Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ 11 And all the angels who were standing in a circle round the throne, surrounding the elders and the four living creatures, prostrated themselves before the throne, and touched the ground with their foreheads, worshipping God 12 with these words: Amen. Praise and glory and wisdom, thanksgiving and honour and power and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 One of the elders then spoke and asked me, ‘Who are these people, dressed in white robes, and where have they come from?’ 14 I answered him, ‘You can tell me, sir.’ Then he said, ‘These are the people who have been through the great trial; they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb. 15 That is why they are standing in front of God’s throne and serving him day and night in his sanctuary; and the One who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. 16 They will never hunger or thirst again; sun and scorching wind will never plague them, 17 because the Lamb who is at the heart of the throne will be their
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shepherd and will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.’ Chapter 8 1 The Lamb then broke the seventh seal, and there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 Next I saw seven trumpets being given to the seven angels who stand in the presence of God. 3 Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. A large quantity of incense was given to him to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that stood in front of the throne; 4 and so from the angel’s hand the smoke of the incense went up in the presence of God and with it the prayers of the saints. 5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it from the fire of the altar, which he then hurled down onto the earth; immediately there came peals of thunder and flashes of lightning, and the earth shook. 6 The seven angels that had the seven trumpets now made ready to sound them. 7 The first blew his trumpet and, with that, hail and fire, mixed with blood, were hurled on the earth: a third of the earth was burnt up, and a third of all trees, and every blade of grass was burnt. 8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and it was as though a great
mountain blazing with fire was hurled into the sea: a third of the sea turned into blood, 9 a third of all the living things in the sea were killed, and a third of all ships were destroyed. 10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star fell from the sky, burning like a ball of fire, and it fell on a third of all rivers and on the springs of water; 11 this was the star called Wormwood, and a third of all water turned to wormwood, so that many people died; the water had become so bitter. 9 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3 And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will
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7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. 18 A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. 19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.
12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come. 13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice
20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. 10 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and he gave a loud shout like the
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roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.” 5 Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. 6 And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, “There will be no more delay! 7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.” 8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.” 11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. 2 But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. 3 And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[a] 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. 6 They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
he limit. 9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’[a]” 10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it,
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7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. 8 Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and
Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. 10 The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days the breath[b] of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on. 13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon. 12 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its
heads. 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”[a] And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. 6 The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. 7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down— that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night. 11 Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
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