CHAPTER 14
Then
I looked
and
saw
the
Lamb
standing
on
Mount
Zion,
and
with
Him
144,000
who had
His
name
and
His
Father’s
name
written
on
their
foreheads.
And
I heard
a sound
from
heaven
like
the roar
of rushing
waters
and
the loud
rumbling
of thunder.
And
the
sound
I heard
was like
harpists
strumming
their
harps.
And
they sang
a new
song
before
the
throne
and
before
the
four
living creatures
and
the
elders.
And
no one
could
learn
the
song
except
the
144,000
who
had been redeemed
from
the
earth.
These
are
the ones who
have not been defiled
with
women,
for
they are
virgins.
They
follow
the
Lamb
wherever
He goes.
They
have been redeemed
from among
men
as firstfruits
to God
and
to the
Lamb.
Then
I saw
another
angel
flying
overhead,
with
the eternal
gospel
to proclaim
to
those who
dwell
on
the
earth—
to
every
nation
and
tribe
and
tongue
and
people.
He said
in
a loud
voice,
“Fear
God
and
give
Him
glory,
because
the
hour
of
His
judgment
has come.
Worship
the One who
made
the
heavens
and
the
earth
and
the sea
and
the springs
of waters."
Then
a
second
angel
followed,
saying,
“Fallen,
fallen is
Babylon
the
great,
who has made
all
the
nations
drink
the
wine
of the
passion
of
her
immorality."
And
a third
angel
followed
them,
calling out
in
loud
a voice,
“If
anyone
worships
the
beast
and
its
image,
and
receives
its mark
on
his
forehead
or
on
his
hand,
he
too
will drink
the
wine
of God’s
anger,
poured
undiluted
into
the
cup
of
His
wrath.
And
he will be tormented
in
fire
and
brimstone
in the presence of
the holy
angels
and
of the
Lamb.
And
the
smoke
of
their
torment
will rise
forever
and ever.
Day
and
night
there will be
no
rest
for those who
worship
the
beast
and
its
image,
or
for
anyone who
receives
the
mark
of its
name."
Here
is a call for
the
endurance
of the
saints
who
keep
the
commandments
of God
and
the
faith
of Jesus.
And
I heard
a voice
from
heaven
telling me
to write,
“Blessed are
the
dead—
those who
die
in
the Lord
from
this moment on.”
“Yes,”
says
the
Spirit,
“they will rest
from
their
labors,
for
their
deeds
will follow
them.”
And
I looked
and
saw
a white
cloud,
and
seated
on
the
cloud
was One like
the Son
of Man,
with
a golden
crown
on
His
head
and
a sharp
sickle
in
His
hand.
Then
another
angel
came out
of
the
temple,
crying out
in
a loud
voice
to the One
seated
on
the
cloud,
“Swing
Your
sickle
and
reap,
because
the
time
has come
to harvest;
for
the
crop
of the
earth
is ripe."
Still
another
angel,
with
authority
over
the
fire,
came
from
the
altar
and
called out
in a loud
voice
to the angel
with
the
sharp
sickle,
"Swing
your
sharp
sickle
and
gather
the
clusters of grapes
from the
vine
of the
earth,
because
its
grapes
are ripe."
So
the
angel
swung
his
sickle
over
the
earth
and
gathered
the
grapes
of the
earth,
and
he threw them
into
the
great
winepress
of God's
wrath.
And
the
winepress
was trodden
outside
the
city,
and
the blood
that flowed
from
it
rose as high as
the
bridles
of the
horses,
for a distance of
1,600
stadia.