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The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion

¹ Then I looked, and behold, ^(C1)the Lamb was standing on ^(C2)Mount Zion, and with Him ^(C3)144,000 who had ^(C4)His name and the ^(C4)name of His Father written ^(C5)on their foreheads.² And I heard a voice from heaven, like ^(C1)the sound of many waters and like the ^(C2)sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of ^(C3)harpists playing on their harps.³ And they ^(*)sang ^(F1)(C1)a new song before the throne and before the ^(C2)four living creatures and the ^(C3)elders; and ^(C4)no one was able to learn the song except the ^(C5)144,000 who had been ^(C1)purchased from the earth.^4 (C1)These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who ^(C2)follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been ^(C3)purchased from mankind ^(C4)as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.⁵ And ^(C1)no lie was found in their mouths; they are ^(C2)blameless.

Vision of the Angel with the Gospel

⁶ And I saw another angel flying in ^(C1)midheaven with ^(C2)an eternal gospel to preach to ^(C3)those who ^(F1)live on the earth, and to ^(C4)every nation, tribe, language, and people;⁷ and he said with a loud voice, "^(C1)Fear God and ^(C2)give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who ^(C3)made the heaven and the earth, and sea and ^(C4)springs of waters."

⁸ And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "^(F1)(C1)Fallen, fallen is ^(C2)Babylon the great, she who has ^(C3)made all the nations drink of the ^(C4)wine of the ^(F2)passion of her sexual immorality."

Doom for Worshipers of the Beast

⁹ Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone ^(C1)worships the beast and his ^(C2)image, and receives a ^(C3)mark on his forehead or on his hand,¹⁰ he also will drink of the ^(C1)wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ^(F1)in full strength ^(C2)in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with ^(C3)fire and ^(F2)brimstone in the presence of the ^(C4)holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.¹¹ "And the ^(C1)smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; ^(C2)they have no rest day and night, those who ^(C3)worship the beast and his ^(C3)image, and ^(F1)whoever receives the ^(C4)mark of his name."¹² Here is ^(C1)the ^(F1)perseverance of the ^(F2)saints who ^(C2)keep the commandments of God and ^(F3)(C3)their faith in Jesus.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write: '^(C1)Blessed are the dead who ^(C2)die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," ^(C3)says the Spirit, "so that they may ^(C4)rest from their labors, for their ^(C5)deeds follow with them."

The Harvest

¹⁴ Then I looked, and behold, a ^(C1)white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one ^(C2)like ^(F1)a son of man, with a golden ^(C3)crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.¹⁵ And another angel ^(C1)came out of the ^(F1)temple, calling out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, "^(F2)(C2)Put in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the ^(C3)harvest of the earth ^(F3)is ripe."¹⁶ Then He who sat on the cloud ^(F1)swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷ And another angel ^(C1)came out of the ^(F1)temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.¹⁸ Then another angel, ^(C1)the one who has power over fire, came out from ^(C2)the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "^(F1)(C3)Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters ^(F2)from the vine of the earth, ^(C4)because her grapes are ripe."¹⁹ So the angel ^(F1)swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into ^(C1)the great wine press of the wrath of God.²⁰ And ^(C1)the wine press was trampled ^(C2)outside the city, and ^(C3)blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses' bridles, ^(F1)for a distance of ^(F2)1,600 stadia.