Perilous Times

¹⁵ “Therefore when you see the ^(A)abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in ^(B)the holy place—^[a](C)let the ^[b]reader understand— ¹⁶ then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. ^17 [c]Whoever is on ^(D)the ^[d]housetop must not go down to get things out of his house. ¹⁸ And ^[e]whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. ¹⁹ But ^(E)woe to those women who are pregnant, and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ²⁰ Moreover, pray that ^[f]when you flee, it will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be a ^(F)great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again. ²² And if those days had not been cut short, no ^[g]life would have been saved; but for ^(G)the sake of the ^[h]elect those days will be cut short. ^23 (H)Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the ^[i]Christ,’ or ‘He is over here,’ do not believe him.

⁶ Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there ^[a]she would be nourished for ^(A)1,260 days.

The Angel, Michael

⁷ And there was war in heaven, ^(B)Michael and his angels waging war with the ^(C)dragon. The dragon and ^(D)his angels waged war, ⁸ and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. ⁹ And the great ^(E)dragon was thrown down, the ^(F)serpent of old who is called the devil and ^(G)Satan, who ^(H)deceives the whole ^[b]world; he was ^(I)thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰ Then I heard ^(J)a loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the ^(K)salvation, and the power, and the ^(L)kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^(M)accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night. ¹¹ And they ^(N)overcame him because of ^(O)the blood of the Lamb and because of ^(P)the word of their testimony, and they ^(Q)did not love their life even ^[c]when faced with death. ¹² For this reason, ^(R)rejoice, you heavens and ^(S)you who dwell in them. ^(T)Woe to the earth and the sea, because ^(U)the devil has come down to you with great wrath, knowing that he has only ^(V)a short time.”

¹³ And when the ^(W)dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted ^(X)the woman who gave birth to the male Child. ¹⁴ But the ^(Y)two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly ^(Z)into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for ^(AA)a time, times, and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent.