3.
Three reapings
14:1-20
a.
The firstfruits of the believers before the great tribulation
vv. 1-5
Rev. 14
:1
14:1
And I saw, and behold, the
aLamb standing on Mount
1bZion, and with Him a
2chundred and forty-four thousand, having
3His dname and the
ename of His Father written on their foreheads.
Rev. 14
:2
14:2
And I heard a voice out of heaven like the sound of
1many awaters and like the sound of
2loud bthunder; and the voice which I heard was like
the sound of
3harp-singers playing on their
charps.
Rev. 14
:3
14:3
And they
asing a
bnew song before the throne and before the
cfour living creatures and the
delders; and
1no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, who have been
epurchased 2from the earth.
Rev. 14
:4
14:4
These are they who have not been defiled with women, for they are
1avirgins. These are they who
bfollow the Lamb wherever He may go. These were purchased from among men
as 2cfirstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
Rev. 14
:5
14:5
And in their mouth
1ano lie was found; they are
2bwithout blemish.
b.
The eternal gospel in the great tribulation
vv. 6-7
Rev. 14
:6
14:6
And I saw another angel flying in
amid-heaven, having an
1eternal gospel to announce to those
2bdwelling on the earth, even to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,
Rev. 14
:7
14:7
Saying with a loud voice,
1aFear God and
bgive Him glory because the hour of His
2cjudgment has come; and
3dworship Him who has
emade heaven and earth and the sea and the
fsprings of waters.
c.
The fall of religious Babylon in the great tribulation
v.8
Rev. 14
:8
14:8
And another angel, a second one, followed, saying,
aFallen, fallen is
1bBabylon the Great, who has made all the nations
cdrink of the
2wine of the fury of her fornication!
d.
The warning against the worship of Antichrist in the great tribulation
vv. 9-12
Rev. 14
:9
14:9
And 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. 14
:10
14:10
He also shall drink of the
awine of the fury of God, which is mixed undiluted in the
bcup of His wrath; and he shall be tormented in
1cfire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb.
Rev. 14
:11
14:11
And the
asmoke of their tormenting goes up forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his
bimage, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
Rev. 14
:12
14:12
Here is the
1aendurance of the
2saints, those who
bkeep the commandments of God and the
cfaith of Jesus.
e.
The blessing of the martyrs in the great tribulation
v.13
Rev. 14
:13
14:13
And I heard a voice out of heaven, saying, Write, Blessed are the
1dead who
adie in the Lord from now on. Yes, says
2the bSpirit, that they may
crest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
f.
The harvest of the believers near the end of the great tribulation
vv. 14-16
Rev. 14
:14
14:14
And I saw, and behold,
there was a white cloud, and
1on the
acloud One like the
2bSon of Man sitting, having a
3golden ccrown on His head and a
4sharp sickle in His hand.
Rev. 14
:15
14:15
And another angel
acame out of the
btemple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, Send forth Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come because the
1charvest of the earth is
2ripe.
Rev. 14
:16
14:16
And He who sat on the cloud thrust His
1sickle upon the earth, and the earth was
2reaped.
g.
The gathering of the grapes (the evildoers) at the end of the great tribulation
vv. 17-20
Rev. 14
:17
14:17
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
Rev. 14
:18
14:18
And another angel came out of the
aaltar, he who has authority over fire, and he cried with a loud voice to
1him who had the sharp sickle, saying, Send forth your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the
2vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripened.
Rev. 14
:19
14:19
And the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth and cast
it into the great
1awinepress of the fury of God.
Rev. 14
:20
14:20
And the winepress was trodden outside the
1acity, and
bblood came out of the winepress up to the bridles of the
2chorses for a
3thousand six hundred
4stadia.
