The New Testament & Psalms Bible Reading Plan
September 7
Revelation 14
Chapter 14
The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion
1 Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him
one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father
written on their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the
sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists
playing on their harps.
3 And they *?sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures
and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four
thousand who had been purchased from the earth.
4 These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they have kept
themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These
have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
5 And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless.
Vision of the Angel with the Gospel
6 And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach
to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and
people;
7 and he said with a loud voice, “Fear God, and give Him glory, because
the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and the earth
and sea and springs of waters.”
8 And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is
Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the
passion of her immorality.”
Doom for Worshipers of the Beast
9 Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If
anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead
or on his hand,
10 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full
strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone
in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
11 “And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; 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 the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and
their faith in Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are
the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’ ” “Yes,” says
the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow
with them.”
The Reapers
14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one
like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His
hand.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to
Him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to
reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
16 Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth
was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, and he also had
a sharp sickle.
18 Then another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from the altar;
and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Put
in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because
her grapes are ripe.”
19 So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from
the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath
of God.
20 And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the
wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles.
"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission." (www.Lockman.org)