Revelation 14

The Lamb and the 144,000

14Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb,^y standing on Mount Zion,^z and with him 144,000^a who had his name and his Father’s name^b written on their foreheads.^{c 2}And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters^d and like a loud peal of thunder.^e The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.^{f 3}And they sang a new song^g before the throne and before the four living creatures^h and the elders.ⁱ No one could learn the song except the 144,000^j who had been redeemed from the earth. ⁴These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.^k They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.^l They were purchased from among mankind^m and offered as firstfruitsⁿ to God and the Lamb. ⁵No lie was found in their mouths;^o they are blameless.^p

The Three Angels

⁶Then I saw another angel flying in midair,^q and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth^r—to every nation, tribe, language and people.^{s 7}He said in a loud voice, “Fear God^t and give him glory,^u because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made^v the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”^w

⁸A second angel followed and said, “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’^ax which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”^y

⁹A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast^z and its image^a and receives its mark on their forehead^b or on their hand, ¹⁰they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury,^c which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.^d They will be tormented with burning sulfur^e in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. ¹¹And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.^f There will be no rest day or night^g for those who worship the beast and its image,^h or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”^{i 12}This calls for patient endurance^j on the part of the people of God^k who keep his commands^l and remain faithful to Jesus.

¹³Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord^m from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit,ⁿ “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress

¹⁴I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,^o and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man^bp with a crown^q of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵Then another angel came out of the temple^r and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle^s and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest^t of the earth is ripe.” ¹⁶So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

¹⁷Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.^{u 18}Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar^v and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle^w and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.^{x 20}They were trampled in the winepress^y outside the city,^z and blood^a flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.^c