Revelation 14
14
The New Song on Mount Zion
1I looked, and the lamb was standing on Mount Zion. There were 144,000 people with him who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2Then I heard a sound from heaven like the noise of raging water and the noise of loud thunder. The sound I heard was like the music played by harpists. 3They were singing a new song in front of the throne, the four living creatures, and the leaders. Only the 144,000 people who had been bought on earth could learn the song.
4These 144,000 virgins are pure. They follow the lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from among humanity as the first ones offered to God and to the lamb. 5They’ve never told a lie. They are blameless.
The Harvest of the Earth
6I saw another angel flying overhead with the everlasting Good News to spread to those who live on earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people. 7The angel said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the time has come for him to judge. Worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs.”
8Another angel, a second one, followed him, and said, “Fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen! She has made all the nations drink the wine of her passionate sexual sins.”
9Another angel, a third one, followed them, and said in a loud voice, “Whoever worships the beast or its statue, whoever is branded on his forehead or his hand, 10will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured unmixed into the cup of God’s anger. Then he will be tortured by fiery sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the lamb. 11The smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast or its statue, or for anyone branded with its name.” 12In this situation God’s holy people, who obey his commands and keep their faith in Jesus, need endurance.
13I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: From now on those who die believing in the Lord are blessed.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit. “Let them rest from their hard work. What they have done goes with them.”
14Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and on the cloud sat someone who was like the Son of Man. He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15Another angel came out of the temple. He cried out in a loud voice to the one who sat on the cloud, “Swing your sickle, and gather the harvest. The time has come to gather it, because the harvest on the earth is overripe.”
16The one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the harvesting of the earth was completed.
17Another angel came out of the temple in heaven. He, too, had a sharp sickle. 18Yet another angel came from the altar with authority over fire. This angel called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sickle, and gather the bunches of grapes from the vine of the earth, because those grapes are ripe.” 19The angel swung his sickle on the earth and gathered the grapes from the vine of the earth. He threw them into the winepress of God’s anger. 20The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city. Blood flowed out of the winepress as high as a horse’s bridle for 1,600 stadia.#14:20 One stadion is equivalent to 607 feet.
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Revelation 14
14
The Lamb and the 144,000
1Then I looked, and behold, a #Rev. 5:6Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him #Rev. 7:4; 14:3one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name #Ezek. 9:4; Rev. 7:3; 22:4written on their foreheads. 2And I heard a voice from heaven, #Rev. 1:15; 19:6like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of #Rev. 5:8harpists playing their harps. 3They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song #Rev. 5:9except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. 4These are the ones who were not defiled with women, #(Matt. 19:12; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:27)for they are virgins. These are the ones #Rev. 3:4; 7:17who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These #Rev. 5:9were redeemed from among men, #Heb. 12:23; James 1:18being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. 5And #Ps. 32:2; Zeph. 3:13; Mal. 2:6; John 1:47; 1 Pet. 2:22in their mouth was found no deceit, for #Eph. 5:27they are without fault before the throne of God.
The Proclamations of Three Angels
6Then I saw another angel #Rev. 8:13flying in the midst of heaven, #Eph. 3:9having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—#Rev. 13:7to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— 7saying with a loud voice, #Rev. 11:18“Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; #Neh. 9:6and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
8And another angel followed, saying, #Is. 21:9; Jer. 51:8; Rev. 18:2“Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because #Jer. 51:7; Rev. 17:2she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
9Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, #Rev. 13:14, 15; 14:11“If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his #Rev. 13:16mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10he himself #Ps. 75:8shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is #Rev. 18:6poured out full strength into #Rev. 16:19the cup of His indignation. #Rev. 20:10He shall be tormented with #Gen. 19:24; Ezek. 38:22; 2 Thess. 1:7; Rev. 19:20fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11And #Is. 34:8–10; Rev. 18:9, 18; 19:3the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
12#Rev. 13:10Here is the patience of the saints; #Rev. 12:17here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
13Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: #Eccl. 4:1, 2‘Blessed are the dead #1 Cor. 15:18; (1 Thess. 4:16)who die in the Lord from now on.’ ”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, #2 Thess. 1:7; Heb. 4:9, 10; Rev. 6:11“that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow #(1 Cor. 3:11–15; 15:58)them.”
Reaping the Earth’s Harvest
14Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle. 15And another angel #Rev. 16:17came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, #Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29; Rev. 14:18“Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest #Jer. 51:33; (Matt. 13:39–41)of the earth is ripe.” 16So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Reaping the Grapes of Wrath
17Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18And another angel came out from the altar, #Rev. 16:8who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, #Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29; Rev. 14:15“Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” 19So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into #Is. 63:2; Rev. 19:15the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20And #Is. 63:3; Lam. 1:15; Rev. 19:15the winepress was trampled #Heb. 13:12; Rev. 11:8outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, #Is. 34:3up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.
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