The lamb of God is one of the names of Jesus. Judgment is coming. Put your faith in Him, it’s the only way to be saved.
Revelation 14 – Amplified Bible
Please read Revelation 14:1
The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion
1 Then I looked, and this is what I saw: the Lamb stood [firmly established] on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had His name and His Father’s name inscribed on their foreheads [signifying God’s own possession].
Israel finally gets saved. Though only 144,000 of them. And these are specific people. Keep reading.
Please read Revelation 14:2-5
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of great waters and like the rumbling of mighty thunder; and the voice that I heard [seemed like music and] was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne [of God] and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased (ransomed, redeemed) from the earth. 4 These are the ones who have not been defiled [by relations] with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased and redeemed from among men [of Israel] as the first fruits [sanctified and set apart for special service] for God and the Lamb. 5 No lie was found in their mouth, for they are blameless (spotless, untainted, beyond reproach).
See, specifically they were celibate and devoted to God. You can be devoted too.
Please read Revelation 14:6-7
The Angel with the Gospel
6 Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an [a]eternal gospel to preach to the inhabitants of the earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people; 7 and he said with a loud voice, “Fear God [with awe and reverence], and give Him glory [and honor and praise in worship], because the hour of His judgment has come; [with all your heart] worship Him who created the heaven and the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
Give Him awe and reverence, glory, honor and praise in worship with all your heart. Because He is God and the Creator of heaven, the earth, the sea and the springs and every other created thing.
Please read Revelation 14:8
Doom for Proud Babylon
8 Then another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality [corrupting them with idolatry].”
The worship and praise in heaven over this is thunderous. This is the completion of the first destruction going to happen. Not counting that of Sodom and Gomorrah that were destroyed so many many years ago. And now the names still resonate as warning or wickedness or wrath coming.
Please read Revelation 14:9-12
Doom for Worshipers of the Beast
9 Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “Whoever worships the beast and his image and receives the mark [of the beast] on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he too will [have to] drink of the wine of the wrath of God, [b]mixed undiluted into the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone (flaming sulfur) in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb (Christ). 11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night—those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.” 12 Here is [encouragement for] the steadfast endurance of the saints (God’s people), those who habitually keep God’s commandments and their faith in Jesus.
Sometimes I wonder how such awfulness can be called encouragement. But maybe this means instead of this wrath the worshippers of the beast and God is protecting those of us without that mark. Instead, because His people are marked with His seal, they are habitually keeping His commandments and their faith in Jesus. You are, correct? Well, if you’re studying with me, then you are doing well with it.
Please read Revelation 14:13
13 Then I heard [the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘[c]Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes, [blessed indeed],” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest and have relief from their labors, for their deeds do follow them.”
Your deeds do follow you. Which means how you live your life and what you do means a whole lot.
Please read Revelation 14:14-16
The Reapers
14 Again I looked, and this is what I saw: a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp sickle [of swift judgment] in His hand. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to Him who was sitting upon the cloud, “Put in Your sickle and reap [at once], for the hour to reap [in judgment] has arrived, because the earth’s harvest is fully ripened.” 16 So He who was sitting on the cloud cast His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped (judged).
There are a few places in Scripture where this reference, ‘the earth’s harvest is fully ripened’ in other words of patience and that that time will come. It’s more of a hope in those. A belief that it will, and here we see it come. It most certainly will come. That is another reason you can be encouraged.
Please read Revelation 14:17-20
17 Then another angel came out of the temple (sanctuary) in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came from the altar, the one who has power over fire; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Put in your sharp sickle and reap the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe [for judgment].” 19 So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and harvested the grapevine of the earth, and threw the grapes into the great wine press of the wrath and indignation of God [as judgment of the rebellious world]. 20 And the grapes in the wine press were trampled and crushed outside the city, and blood poured from the wine press, reaching up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of [d]sixteen hundred stadia.
These ‘grapevines’ bleed. And there is much blood.
Footnotes
[a] Revelation 14:6 – with an [a]eternal gospel to preach to the inhabitants of the earth – This term likely refers to the message of God’s impending righteous judgment and a final call to repentance and faith in the risen Lord.
[b] Revelation 14:10 – the wrath of God, [b]mixed undiluted into the cup of His anger; – In ancient times it was customary to mix wine with an equal or larger quantity of water to prevent intoxication at ordinary meals. Here, the mixing is ironic because the “wine of the wrath” is to be consumed at full strength.
[c] Revelation 14:13 – “Write, ‘[c]Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” – This is the second of the seven promised blessings. See note 1:3.
[d] Revelation 14:20 – for a distance of [d]sixteen hundred stadia – About two hundred miles.
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