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God’s People Sing a New Song14 1Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamba, who was standing on Mount Zionb. There were 144,000 people with him. They all had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
2And I heard a sound from heaven as loud as the crashing of floodwaters or claps of thunder. But it sounded like harpists playing their harps. 3The people sang a new song before the throne and before the four living beings and the eldersc. The only ones who could learn the new song were the 144,000 who had been bought from the earth. No one else could learn it.
4These are the ones who did not do sinful things with women. They kept themselves pure. Now they follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from among the people of the earth as the first to be offered to God and the Lamb. 5They are not guilty of telling lies; they are without fault.
The Three Angels 6Then I saw another angel flying high in the air. The angel had the eternal Good Newsd to announce to the people living on earth - to every nation, tribe, language, and race of people. 7The angel said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him praise. The time has come for God to judge all people. Worship God. He made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water."
8Then the second angel followed the first angel and said, "She is destroyed! The great city of Babylon is destroyed! She made all the nations drink the wine of her sexual sin and of God's anger."
9A third angel followed the first two angels. This third angel said in a loud voice, "God will punish all those who worship the beast and the beast's idole and agree to have the beast's mark on their forehead or on their hand. 10They will drink the wine of God's anger. This wine is prepared with all its strength in the cup of God's anger. They will be torturedf with burning sulfur before the holy angels and the Lamba. 11And the smoke from their burning pain will rise forever and ever. There will be no rest, day or night, for those who worship the beast and its idol or who wear the mark of its name." 12This means that God's holy peopleg must be patient. They must obey God's commands and keep their faith in Jesus.
13Then I heard a voice from heaven. It said, "Write this: From now on there are great blessings for those who belong to the Lord when they die."
The Spirith says, "Yes, that is true. They will rest from their hard work. What they have done will stay with them."
The Earth Is Harvested 14I looked and there before me, sitting on a white cloud, was one who looked like the Son of Mani. He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sicklej in his hand. 15Then another angel came out of the temple. This angel called to the one who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and gather from the earth. The time to harvest has come, and the fruit on the earth is ripe." 16So the one who was sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth. And the earth was harvested.
17Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven. This angel also had a sharp sickle. 18And then another angel, one with power over the fire, came from the altark. He called to the angel with the sharp sickle and said, "Take your sharp sickle and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth's vine. The earth's grapes are ripe." 19The angel swung his sickle over the earth. He gathered the earth's grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's anger. 20The grapes were squeezed in the winepress outside the city. Blood flowed out of the winepress. It rose as high as the heads of the horses for a distance of 200 milesl.
aLamb A symbolic name for Jesus Christ. It means that he was an offering for sin like the lambs that were offered as a sacrifice to God in the Old Testament.
b14:1 Mount Zion Another name for Jerusalem, here meaning the spiritual city where God’s people live with him.
celders (in Revelation) The 24 elders in Revelation could be the great leaders of God’s people under both the Old Testament and New Testament periods, combining the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel and Jesus’ twelve apostles. Or they could be angels as leaders of heavenly worship, corresponding to the 24 groups of priests in charge of worship in the Old Testament.
dGood News In the Gospels this is usually the news about the coming of God’s kingdom (see above) or its representative Jesus the Messiah. In other places it is, more specifically, the news or message of God’s grace - that he has made a way through Jesus Christ for people to be made right with him and enjoy his blessings now and forever.
eidol A statue of a false god that people worship. It can also mean anything that is more important to a person than God.
ftorture To hurt or cause someone pain, often to force them to say something against their will.
gholy people Literally, “saints” or “holy ones,” a term used in the New Testament to describe followers of Jesus Christ as God’s special people. They are holy because they have been made pure through Christ and belong only to God. See “holy.”
hSpirit See “Holy Spirit.”
iSon of Man The name that Jesus most often used for himself. The phrase in Hebrew or Aramaic means “human being” or “mankind,” but in Dan. 7:13-14 it is used of a future savior and king, and this was later understood to be the Messiah, the one God would send to save his people.
jsickle A tool with a curved blade for harvesting grain and other crops.
kaltar A raised area, pile of stones, or table where sacrifices were offered as gifts to God. An important altar was the one in front of the Temple in Jerusalem. See also “golden altar.”
l14:20 200 miles Literally, “1600 stadia,” a little less than 300 km.
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