At sunrise a small white lamb stands far off on the summit of a high green mountain ridge, bathed in soft golden light.

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Revelation 14

After the dragon and the beasts, John looks up and sees the Lamb standing on Mount Zion with His people. Then three angels call out to the whole world.

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Where we are

1–3Seven churchesChrist among His lampstands
4–11Seals & trumpetsThe Lamb opens the scroll
12–16The great conflictThe dragon, the beasts, the bowlsChapter 14
17–20The King comesBabylon falls; the Lamb wins
21–22All things newA new heaven and a new earth

The Lamb and the 144,000

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.

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And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many 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. And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

They follow the Lamb wherever He goes.

Revelation 14:4

Reflect

Wherever He goes

The Lamb’s people carry “His name and His Father’s name” and “follow the Lamb wherever He goes.” They belong to Him, and they go where He leads. Where is the Lamb leading you right now, and what would it look like to follow Him there this week?

The Three Angels and Babylon’s Fall

The angel

Revelation 14:7

And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud 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 sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is 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 perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Revelation 14:12

At sunrise a rock-cut tomb in a quiet hillside garden stands closed with its round stone, wildflowers and an old olive tree around it in warm light.

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.”

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

Question

Quick question

Before any warning is spoken, the first angel flies overhead with a message for the whole world.

What does the first angel carry to those who dwell on the earth?

The Harvest of the Earth

Where the harvest comes from

Whiteboard

John’s harvest is drawn from pictures God had already given. Daniel saw One like the Son of Man; Joel heard the call to swing the sickle and tread the winepress; Isaiah saw the Lord tread the winepress alone; Jesus said the harvest is the end of the age. Here the cry is: “Swing Your sickle and reap.”

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.” So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 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.

Pray

Blessed in the Lord

Thank God that the eternal gospel goes out “to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,” and pray for someone you know who has not yet come to Him. Ask for strength to keep “the faith of Jesus” when it is hard, and rest in His promise for all who die in Him: “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

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A verse to carry with you

“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.”

Revelation 14:13

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