Revelation 12:17

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And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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Then, when they have finished testifying, the wild beast that is coming up out of the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

Permission was given to him to make war on God's people and to conquer them; authority was given to him over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

I saw the woman drinking herself drunk with the blood of God's people and the blood of the martyred witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was utterly astonished,

Celebrate over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets too, because God has taken vengeance on her for you."

Then I saw the wild beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gather to go to war with the Rider of the horse and His army.

He will go forth to lead astray the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, and to muster them for battle, and their number will be like the sands of the seashore.

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In this way is shown the patient endurance of God's people, who always cling to God's commands and their faith in Jesus.

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so as to have a right to the tree of life and to enter the gates of the city.

and teach them to practice all the commands that I have given you. And I myself will surely be with you all the days, down to the very close of an age."

This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God, by continuing to love God and to obey His commands.

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But they have conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the message to which they bore testimony, because they did not cling to life but courted death.

who testifies to what he saw, the message of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

When He broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered for being faithful to God's message and for the testimony they bore to it.

Then I saw thrones and those who were seated on them, and permission was granted them to pass judgment, even those who had been beheaded for bearing testimony to Jesus and for preaching the word of God, who refused to worship the wild beast and his statue, and would not let his mark be stamped upon their foreheads and upon their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Now when I came to you, brothers, I did not come and tell you God's uncovered secret in rhetorical language or human philosophy,

Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his own heart. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has borne to His Son.