Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Revelation 14

Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

a

the.

his Father's

his name and his Father's.

written in their foreheads

Rev 7:3; cf. Rev 22:4; contra, Rev 13:16.

Rev 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

voice of many waters

Rev 19:6.

harpers harping

Cf. Rev 15:2.

Rev 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

beasts

living creatures.

elders

Elders. Rev 19:4. (Act 11:30; Tit 1:5-9.)

redeemed [See also Rev 14:4.]

Scofield Romans 3:24, note.

Rev 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

being

to be.

Rev 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

they are without fault

Remnant. Rev 14:1-5; 20:4. (Isa 1:9; Rom 11:5).

Rev 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

angel [See also Rev 14:8-10, 15, 17-19.]

Scofield Hebrews 1:4, note.

the midst of heaven

mid-heaven.

gospel

Gospel. (Gen 12:1-3.)

Gospel. This great theme may be summarized as follows:

1. In itself the word Gospel means good news.
2. Four forms of the Gospel are to be distinguished:
   1. The Gospel of the kingdom. This is the good news that God purposes to set up on the earth, in fulfilment of the Davidic Covenant (Scofield 2 Samuel 7:16, and refs.), a kingdom, political, spiritual, Israelitish, universal, over which God's Son, David's heir, shall be King, and which shall be, for one thousand years, the manifestation of the righteousness of God in human affairs. See Scofield Matthew 3:2, note.
      Two preachings of this Gospel are mentioned, one past, beginning with the ministry of John the Baptist, continued by our Lord and His disciples, and ending with the Jewis rejection of the King. The other is yet future (Mat 24:14), during the great tribulation, and immediately preceding the coming of the King in glory.
   2. The Gospel of the grace of God. This is the good news that Jesus Christ, the rejected King, has died on the cross for the sins of the world, that He was raised from the dead for our justification, and that by Him all that believe are justified from all things. This form of the Gospel is described in many ways. It is the Gospel "of God" (Rom 1:1) because it originates in His love; "of Christ" (2Co 10:14) because it flows from His sacrifice, and because He is the alone Object of Gospel faith; of "the grace of God" (Act 20:24) because it saves those whom the law curses; of "the glory" (1Ti 1:11; 2Co 4:4) because it concerns Him who is in the glory, and who is bringing the many sons to glory (Heb 2:10); of "our salvation" (Eph 1:13) because it is the "power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth" (Rom 1:16); of "the uncircumcision" (Gal 2:7) because it saves wholly apart from forms and ordinances; of "peace" (Eph 6:15) because through Christ it makes peace between the sinner and God, and imparts inward peace.
   3. The everlasting Gospel (Rev 14:6). This is to be preached to the earth-dwellers at the very end of the great tribulation and immediately preceding the judgment of the nations (Scofield Mat 25:31, refs.). It is neither the Gospel of the kingdom, nor of grace. Though its burden is judgment, not salvation, it is good news to Israel and to those who, during the tribulation, have been saved (Rev 7:9-14; Luk 21:28; Psa 96:11-13; Isa 35:4-10).
   4. That which Paul calls, "my Gospel" (Scofield Rom 2:16, refs.). This is the Gospel of the grace of God in its fullest development, but includes the revelation of the result of that Gospel in the outcalling of the church, her relationships, position, privileges, and responsibility. It is the distinctive truth of Ephesians and Colossians, but interpenetrates all of Paul's writings.
3. There is "another Gospel" (Gal 1:6; 2Co 11:4) "which is not another," but a perversion of the Gospel of the grace of God, against which we are warned. It has had many seductive forms, but the test is one—it invariably denies the sufficiency of grace alone to save, keep, and perfect, and mingles with grace some kind of human merit. In Galatia it was law, in Colosse fanaticism (Col 2:18, etc.). In any form its teachers lie under the awful anathema of God.

Rev 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

because she made

which made.

Rev 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

drink of the wine of the wrath of God

Rev 16:19; cf. Jer 25:15.

tormented with fire and brimstone

Cf. Rev 20:10.

in the presence of the Lamb

Cf. Isa 66:23-24; cf. 2Th 1:9.

Rev 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

smoke…ascendeth up for ever and ever

Cf. Rev 19:3; cf. Mar 9:48.

no rest day nor night

Contra, Rev 4:8.

Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

here are they that keep

those that keep.

the commandments of God

Law (of Moses). Gal 3:1-29. (Exo 19:1; Gal 3:1-29).

Rev 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Write

Inspiration. Rev 19:9. (Exo 4:15; Rev 22:19.)

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord

Contra, 1Co 15:51; cf. Phl 1:23.

Spirit

Holy Spirit (N.T.). Rev 17:3. (Mat 1:18; Act 2:4.)

them

with them.

Rev 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man

Cf. Mat 26:64, Contra, 1Th 4:16-17.

crown

Cf. Rev 19:12.

sickle

Cf. Mar 4:29.

Rev 14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

the time is come for thee to reap

Cf. Jer 51:33.

ripe

dried.

Rev 14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

the earth was reaped

Cf. Mat 13:30, 36-43; cf. Luk 3:17.

Rev 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

power over fire

Cf. Rev 16:5, 8.

her grapes are fully ripe

Cf. 2Th 2:7-12.

Rev 14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

the winepress was trodden

Cf. Rev 19:15; cf. Isa 63:1-6.

furlong

One furlong = 582 ft.