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Revelation 14 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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The Lamb and the 144,000
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:1 - Then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:2 - And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of mighty ocean waves or the rolling of loud thunder. It was like the sound of many harpists playing together.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:3 - This great choir sang a wonderful new song in front of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty-four elders. No one could learn this song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:4 - They have kept themselves as pure as virgins,[fn] following the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been purchased from among the people on the earth as a special offering[fn] to God and to the Lamb.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:5 - They have told no lies; they are without blame.
The Three Angels
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:6 - And I saw another angel flying through the sky, carrying the eternal Good News to proclaim to the people who belong to this world—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:7 - “Fear God,” he shouted. “Give glory to him. For the time has come when he will sit as judge. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all the springs of water.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:8 - Then another angel followed him through the sky, shouting, “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen—because she made all the nations of the world drink the wine of her passionate immorality.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:9 - Then a third angel followed them, shouting, “Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or on the hand
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:10 - must drink the wine of God’s anger. It has been poured full strength into God’s cup of wrath. And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:11 - The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:12 - This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently, obeying his commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:13 - And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this down: Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they are blessed indeed, for they will rest from their hard work; for their good deeds follow them!”
The Harvest of the Earth
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:14 - Then I saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was someone like the Son of Man.[fn] He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:15 - Then another angel came from the Temple and shouted to the one sitting on the cloud, “Swing the sickle, for the time of harvest has come; the crop on earth is ripe.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:16 - So the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the whole earth was harvested.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:17 - After that, another angel came from the Temple in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - Then another angel, who had power to destroy with fire, came from the altar. He shouted to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sickle now to gather the clusters of grapes from the vines of the earth, for they are ripe for judgment.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:19 - So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and loaded the grapes into the great winepress of God’s wrath.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:20 - The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress in a stream about 180 miles[fn] long and as high as a horse’s bridle.
NLT Footnotes
Greek They are virgins who have not defiled themselves with women.
Greek as firstfruits.
Or like a son of man. See Dan 7:13. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Greek 1,600 stadia [296 kilometers].
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