Round 11: Tossup 19

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

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