14:01 .. then I looked .. and behold .. the lamb was standing on Mount Zion .. and with him one hundred and forty-four thousand .. .......... having his name and the name of his father written on their foreheads
14:02 .. and I heard a voice from heaven .. like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder .. .......... and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps 14:03 .. 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 one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth 14:04 .. these are the ones who have not been defiled with women .. for they have kept themselves chaste .. .......... these are the ones who follow the lamb wherever he goes .. these have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the lamb 14:05 .. and no lie was found in their mouth .. they are blameless
.................. vision of the angel with the gospel
14:06 .. and I saw another angel flying in midheaven .. having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth .. .......... and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people 14:07 .. and he said with a loud voice . . . . fear God .. and give him glory .. because the hour of his judgment has come .. .......... worship him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters 14:08 .. and another angel .. a second one .. followed .. saying . . . fallen .. fallen is Babylon the great .. .......... she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality
.................. doom for worshipers of the beast
14:09 .. then another angel .. a third one .. followed them .. saying with a loud voice . . . If anyone worships the beast and his image .. .......... and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand 14:10 .. he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God .. which is mixed in full strength in the cup of his anger .. .......... and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the lamb 14:11 .. and the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever .. they have no rest day and night .. those who worship the beast and his image .. .......... and whoever receives the mark of his name
14:12 .. here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus 14:13 .. and I heard a voice from heaven .. saying .. write . . . blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on .. yes .. says the Spirit .. .......... so that they may rest from their labors .. for their deeds follow with them
.................. the reapers
14:14 .. then I looked .. and behold .. a white cloud .. and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man .. ......... having a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand 14:15 .. and another angel came out of the temple .. crying out with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud . . . ......... put in your sickle and reap .. for the hour to reap has come .. because the harvest of the earth is ripe 14:16 .. then he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth .. and the earth was reaped 14:17 .. and another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven .. and he also had a sharp sickle 14:18 .. then another angel .. the one who has power over fire .. came out from the altar .. and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle .. ......... saying . . . . put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth .. because her grapes are ripe 14:19 .. so the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth .. ......... and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God 14:20 .. and the wine press was trodden outside the city .. and blood came out from the wine press .. ......... up to the horses’ bridles .. for a distance of two hundred miles
There shall be preserved during the great tribulation period a great company out of Israel .. who will follow the lamb and give glory to him at whatever cost .. there will be also a multitude of Gentiles redeemed by their acceptance of the everlasting Gospel .. but at the cost of martyrdom .. woe to those who worship the beast and receive his mark .. for they shall be tormented in hell forever . . . . v 14-15 he who bears the golden crown is none other than the Lord Jesus .. who will a short time after this be found wearing the crown of universal sovereignty Rev 19:12 .. at the close of the great tribulation he will thrust in the sickle to cut down the earth’s harvest of evil (this will be at Armageddon) which will then have come to its culmination .. see Mk 4:29