Round 11: Tossup 19

Two dead witnesses referred to as “lampstands” in this book lie unburied in a city “spiritually called (-5[1])Sodom and Egypt.” A plant described in this book whose leaves can heal nations and grows twelve varieties of fruit (-5[1])is called the Tree of Life. According to this book, (-5[1])a wall with twelve gates surrounds (-5[1])heaven where there is silence for “about half an hour” after one event. (15[2])Smyrna and (*) Ephesus are the first of (10[1])seven (10[1])Asian churches described in this book. 666 is designated (10[1])the “number of the beast” in this book that was written by John of Patmos. (10[1])For 10 points, the apocalypse of the world is described in what final (10[1])book of the New Testament? ■END■ (0[1])

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