Revelation 14:1-20.
Revelation 14:1-20 (GNT)
1 "Then I looked, and there was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion; with
him were 144,000 people who have his name and his Father's name
written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven that
sounded like a roaring waterfall, like a loud peal of thunder. It
sounded like the music made by musicians playing their harps. 3 The
144,000 people stood before the throne, the four living creatures, and
the elders; they were singing a new song, which only they could learn.
Of the whole human race they are the only ones who have been redeemed.
4 They are the men who have kept themselves pure by not having sexual
relations with women; they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever
he goes. They have been redeemed from the rest of the human race and
are the first ones to be offered to God and to the Lamb. 5 They have
never been known to tell lies; they are faultless. 6 Then I saw
another angel flying high in the air, with an eternal message of Good
News to announce to the peoples of the earth, to every race, tribe,
language, and nation. 7 He said in a loud voice, "Honor God and praise
his greatness! For the time has come for him to judge all people.
Worship him who made heaven, earth, sea, and the springs of water!" 8
A second angel followed the first one, saying, "She has fallen! Great
Babylon has fallen! She made all peoples drink her wine—the strong
wine of her immoral lust!" 9 A third angel followed the first two,
saying in a loud voice, "Those who worship the beast and its image and
receive the mark on their forehead or on their hand 10 will themselves
drink God's wine, the wine of his fury, which he has poured at full
strength into the cup of his anger! All who do this will be tormented
in fire and sulfur before the holy angels and the Lamb. 11 The smoke
of the fire that torments them goes up forever and ever. There is no
relief day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, for
anyone who has the mark of its name. " 12 This calls for endurance on
the part of God's people, those who obey God's commandments and are
faithful to Jesus. 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write
this: Happy are those who from now on die in the service of the Lord!"
"Yes indeed!" answers the Spirit. "They will enjoy rest from their
hard work, because the results of their service go with them." 14 Then
I looked, and there was a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was
what looked like a human being, with a crown of gold on his head and a
sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out from the
temple and cried out in a loud voice to the one who was sitting on the
cloud, "Use your sickle and reap the harvest, because the time has
come; the earth is ripe for the harvest!" 16 Then the one who sat on
the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth's harvest was
reaped. 17 Then I saw another angel come out of the temple in heaven,
and he also had a sharp sickle. 18 Then another angel, who is in
charge of the fire, came from the altar. He shouted in a loud voice to
the angel who had the sharp sickle, "Use your sickle, and cut the
grapes from the vineyard of the earth, because the grapes are ripe!"
19 So the angel swung his sickle on the earth, cut the grapes from the
vine, and threw them into the wine press of God's furious anger. 20
The grapes were squeezed out in the wine press outside the city, and
blood came out of the wine press in a flood two hundred miles long and
about five feet deep."
God bless you.
1 "Then I looked, and there was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion; with
him were 144,000 people who have his name and his Father's name
written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven that
sounded like a roaring waterfall, like a loud peal of thunder. It
sounded like the music made by musicians playing their harps. 3 The
144,000 people stood before the throne, the four living creatures, and
the elders; they were singing a new song, which only they could learn.
Of the whole human race they are the only ones who have been redeemed.
4 They are the men who have kept themselves pure by not having sexual
relations with women; they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever
he goes. They have been redeemed from the rest of the human race and
are the first ones to be offered to God and to the Lamb. 5 They have
never been known to tell lies; they are faultless. 6 Then I saw
another angel flying high in the air, with an eternal message of Good
News to announce to the peoples of the earth, to every race, tribe,
language, and nation. 7 He said in a loud voice, "Honor God and praise
his greatness! For the time has come for him to judge all people.
Worship him who made heaven, earth, sea, and the springs of water!" 8
A second angel followed the first one, saying, "She has fallen! Great
Babylon has fallen! She made all peoples drink her wine—the strong
wine of her immoral lust!" 9 A third angel followed the first two,
saying in a loud voice, "Those who worship the beast and its image and
receive the mark on their forehead or on their hand 10 will themselves
drink God's wine, the wine of his fury, which he has poured at full
strength into the cup of his anger! All who do this will be tormented
in fire and sulfur before the holy angels and the Lamb. 11 The smoke
of the fire that torments them goes up forever and ever. There is no
relief day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, for
anyone who has the mark of its name. " 12 This calls for endurance on
the part of God's people, those who obey God's commandments and are
faithful to Jesus. 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write
this: Happy are those who from now on die in the service of the Lord!"
"Yes indeed!" answers the Spirit. "They will enjoy rest from their
hard work, because the results of their service go with them." 14 Then
I looked, and there was a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was
what looked like a human being, with a crown of gold on his head and a
sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out from the
temple and cried out in a loud voice to the one who was sitting on the
cloud, "Use your sickle and reap the harvest, because the time has
come; the earth is ripe for the harvest!" 16 Then the one who sat on
the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth's harvest was
reaped. 17 Then I saw another angel come out of the temple in heaven,
and he also had a sharp sickle. 18 Then another angel, who is in
charge of the fire, came from the altar. He shouted in a loud voice to
the angel who had the sharp sickle, "Use your sickle, and cut the
grapes from the vineyard of the earth, because the grapes are ripe!"
19 So the angel swung his sickle on the earth, cut the grapes from the
vine, and threw them into the wine press of God's furious anger. 20
The grapes were squeezed out in the wine press outside the city, and
blood came out of the wine press in a flood two hundred miles long and
about five feet deep."
God bless you.
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