Then I looked, and behold, athe Lamb was standing on bMount Zion, and with Him c144,000 who had dHis name and the ename of His Father written fon their foreheads.Rev 5:6Ps 2:6; Heb 12:22Rev 7:4; 14:3Rev 3:12Ezek 9:4; Rev 7:3 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like athe sound of many waters and like the bsound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of charpists playing on their harps.Rev 1:15Rev 6:1Rev 5:8 3 And they *sang 1aa new song before the throne and before the bfour living creatures and the celders; and dno one was able to learn the song except the e144,000 who had been fpurchased from the earth.One early ms something like a new songRev 5:9Rev 4:6Rev 4:4Rev 2:17Rev 7:4; 14:1 4 aThese are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who bfollow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been cpurchased from mankind das first fruits to God and to the Lamb.Matt 19:12; 2 Cor 11:2; Eph 5:27; Rev 3:4Rev 3:4; 7:17; 17:14Rev 5:9Heb 12:23; James 1:18 5 And ano lie was found in their mouths; they are bblameless.Ps 32:2; Zeph 3:13; Mal 2:6; John 1:47; 1 Pet 2:22Heb 9:14; 1 Pet 1:19; Jude 24
6 And I saw another angel flying in amidheaven with ban eternal gospel to preach to cthose who 1live on the earth, and to devery nation, tribe, language, and people;Lit sitRev 8:131 Pet 1:25; Rev 10:7Rev 3:10Rev 5:9 7 and he said with a loud voice, “aFear God and bgive Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who cmade the heaven and the earth, and sea and dsprings of waters.”Rev 15:4Rev 11:13Rev 4:11Rev 8:10
8 And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “1aFallen, fallen is bBabylon the great, she who has cmade all the nations drink of the dwine of the 2passion of her sexual immorality.”Lit Babylon...fell, fell, she whoOr wrath (incurred from God)Is 21:9; Jer 51:8; Rev 18:2Dan 4:30; Rev 16:19; 17:5; 18:10Jer 51:7Rev 17:2, 4; 18:3
9 Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone aworships the beast and his bimage, and receives a cmark on his forehead or on his hand,Rev 13:12; 14:11Rev 13:14f; 14:11Rev 13:16 10 he also will drink of the awine of the wrath of God, which is mixed 1in full strength bin the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with cfire and 2brimstone in the presence of the dholy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.Lit unmixed; in ancient times wine was usually diluted with waterI.e., burning sulfurIs 51:17; Jer 25:15f, 27; Rev 16:19; 19:15Ps 75:8; Rev 18:6Gen 19:24; Ezek 38:22; 2 Thess 1:7; Rev 19:20; 20:10, 14f; 21:8Mark 8:38 11 And the asmoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; bthey have no rest day and night, those who cworship the beast and his dimage, and 1whoever receives the emark of his name.”Lit if anyoneIs 34:8-10; Rev 18:9, 18; 19:3Rev 4:8Rev 13:12; 14:9Rev 13:17 12 Here is athe 1perseverance of the 2saints who bkeep the commandments of God and 3ctheir faith in Jesus.Or steadfastnessLit holy ones; i.e., God’s peopleLit the faith ofRev 13:10Rev 12:17Rev 2:13
13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write: ‘aBlessed are the dead who bdie in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” csays the Spirit, “so that they may drest from their labors, for their edeeds follow with them.”Rev 20:61 Cor 15:18; 1 Thess 4:16Rev 2:7; 22:17Heb 4:9ff; Rev 6:111 Tim 5:25
14 Then I looked, and behold, a awhite cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one blike 1a son of man, with a golden ccrown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.Or the Son of ManMatt 17:5Dan 7:13; Rev 1:13Ps 21:3; Rev 6:2 15 And another angel acame out of the 1temple, calling out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “2bPut in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the charvest of the earth 3is ripe.”Or sanctuaryLit Send forthLit has become dryRev 11:19; 14:17; 15:6; 16:17Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29; Rev 14:18Jer 51:33; Matt 13:39-41 16 Then He who sat on the cloud 1swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.Lit cast
17 And another angel acame out of the 1temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.Or sanctuaryRev 11:19; 14:15; 15:6; 16:17 18 Then another angel, athe one who has power over fire, came out from bthe altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “1cPut in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters 2from the vine of the earth, dbecause her grapes are ripe.”Lit Send forthLit ofRev 16:8Rev 6:9; 8:3Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29; Rev 14:15Joel 3:13 19 So the angel 1swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into athe great wine press of the wrath of God.Lit castIs 63:2f; Rev 19:15 20 And athe wine press was trampled boutside the city, and cblood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, 1for a distance of 21,600 stadia.Lit fromPossibly about 184 miles or 296 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 mIs 63:3; Lam 1:15; Rev 19:15Heb 13:12; Rev 11:8Gen 49:11; Deut 32:14