Revelation 14
The Song of the
144,000 |
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And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on
the mount Zion, and with him a hundred forty and four
thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. Ezek.
9.4 · Rev.
7.3
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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:
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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.
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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.
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And in their mouth was found no guile: 3.13 for
they are without fault before the throne of God.
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The Messages of the
Three Angels |
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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,
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saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and
give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship
him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of
waters.
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And there followed another angel,
saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, Is.
21.9 · Rev.
18.2 because she made all nations drink of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication.
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And the third angel followed them,
saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his
image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his
hand,
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the same shall drink of the wine of the
wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of
his indignation; Is. 51.17 and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone Gen.
19.24 in the presence of the holy angels, and in the
presence of the Lamb:
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and the smoke of their torment ascendeth
up for ever and ever: Is. 34.10 and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast
and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his
name.
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Here is the patience of the saints:
here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.
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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 labors; and their works do follow them.
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The Harvest of the
Earth |
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And I looked, and behold a white cloud,
and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, Dan.
7.13 having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a
sharp sickle.
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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. Joel 3.13
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And he that sat on the cloud thrust in
his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
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And another angel came out of the
temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
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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.
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And the angel thrust in his sickle into
the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
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And the winepress was trodden Is.
63.3 · Rev.
19.15 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.
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