¹² The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but [together] they receive authority as kings for a single hour [for a common purpose] along with the beast.^{(A) 13} These [kings] have one purpose [one mind, one common goal], and they give their power and authority to the beast.

Victory for the Lamb

¹⁴ They will wage war against the Lamb (Christ), and the Lamb will triumph and conquer them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him and on His side are the called and chosen (elect) and faithful.”^(B)

¹⁵ Then the angel said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.

¹⁴ for they are [actually] the spirits of demons, performing [miraculous] signs. And they go out to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. ¹⁵ (“Behold, I am coming like a thief. ^[a]Blessed is he who ^[b]stays awake and who keeps his clothes [that is, stays spiritually ready for the Lord’s return], so that he will not be naked—spiritually unprepared—and men will not see his shame.”)^{(A) 16} And they (demons) gathered the kings and armies of the world together at the place which in Hebrew is called ^[c]Har-Magedon (Armageddon).