The
Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion
1
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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless.
Vision of the Angel with the Gospel
6
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;
7 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."
8 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
9
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,
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.
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."
12 Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments
of God and their faith in Jesus.
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
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.
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."
16 Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth,
and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven,
and he also had a sharp sickle.
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."
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.
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.
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