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The Lamb and the 144,000

¹ Then I looked, and behold, on ^(a)Mount Zion ^(b)stood the Lamb, and with him ^(c)144,000 who ^(d)had his name and his Father's name written ^(e)on their foreheads. ² And I heard a voice from heaven ^(f)like the roar of many waters and ^(g)like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of ^(h)harpists playing on their harps, ³ and they were singing ⁽ⁱ⁾a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. ^(j)No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. ⁴ It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for ^(k)they are virgins. It is these ^(l)who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as ^(m)firstfruits for God and the Lamb, ⁵ and ⁽ⁿ⁾in their mouth no lie was found, for they are ^(o)blameless.

The Messages of the Three Angels

⁶ Then I saw another angel ^(p)flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to ^(q)those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. ⁷ And he said with a loud voice, ^(r)"Fear God and ^(s)give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and ^(t)worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the ^(u)springs of water."

⁸ Another angel, a second, followed, saying, ^(v)"Fallen, fallen is ^(w)Babylon the great, ^(x)she who made all nations drink ^(y)the wine of the passion^[a] of her sexual immorality."

⁹ And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone ^(z)worships the beast and its image and receives ^(aa)a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰ he also will drink ^(ab)the wine of God's wrath, ^(ac)poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and ^(ad)he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹ And ^(ae)the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and ^(af)they have no rest, day or night, these ^(ag)worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name."

^12 (ah)Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who ^(ai)keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.^[b]

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: ^(aj)Blessed are the dead ^(ak)who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, ^(al)"that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!"

The Harvest of the Earth

¹⁴ Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one ^(am)like a son of man, ^(an)with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵ And another angel ^(ao)came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, ^(ap)"Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for ^(aq)the harvest of the earth is fully ripe." ¹⁶ So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷ Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ And another angel came out from the altar, ^(ar)the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, ^(as)for its grapes are ripe." ¹⁹ So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great ^(at)winepress of the wrath of God. ²⁰ And ^(au)the winepress was trodden ^(av)outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as ^(aw)a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.^[c]