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Revelation 14
The Lamb and the 144,000
141Then I looked, and there was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. 2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of a loud thunderclap. The sound that I heard was also like the sound of harpists playing their harps. 3They were singing[] a new song in front of the throne and the four living creatures and the elders. No one was able to learn that song except the 144,000, who had been purchased from the earth. 4These are the ones who were not defiled with women, because they are virgins. They continually follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb. 5And no lie was found in their mouths. They are blameless.[]
The Three Angels
6Then I saw another angel flying in the middle of the sky. He had the everlasting gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth, to every nation, tribe, language, and people. 7He said with a loud voice:
Fear God and give him glory,
because the hour of his judgment has come.
Worship him who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water.
8Another angel, a second,[] followed. He said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great,[] who made every nation drink from the wine of her adulterous desire.”
9Another angel, a third one, followed them. He said with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10he will also drink from the wine of God's wrath, which has been poured undiluted[] into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. 11And the smoke of their torment is going to rise forever and ever. Those who worship the beast and his image, and anyone who receives the mark of his name, are going to have no rest day and night.”
12Here patient endurance is needed by the saints, who hold on to the commands of God and their faith in Jesus. 13And I heard a voice from heaven say,[] “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “because they will rest from their labors, for their works follow them.”
The Harvest
14Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a 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 and cried with a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud, “Swing your sickle and begin reaping, for the time to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is very ripe.” 16And the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
17Another angel, who also had a sharp sickle, came out of the temple, which is in heaven. 18And another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and cried with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and harvest the grape clusters from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19Then the angel swung his sickle over the earth, and he harvested the earth's vine and threw it into the great winepress of God's wrath. 20The winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.[]
Footnotes
- 14:3 A few witnesses to the text add as it were.
- 14:5 A few witnesses to the text add before the throne of God.
- 14:8 A few witnesses to the text omit a second.
- 14:8 A few witnesses to the text add city.
- 14:10 Wine was often mixed with water in the ancient world in order to dilute it.
- 14:13 A few witnesses to the text add to me.
- 14:20 Stadia is plural for the Greek stadion. Each stadion was about 606 feet. The total distance here would be more than 180 miles.