Revelation 14 - 15 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Lamb and the 144,000

14Then I looked, and behold, ^athe Lamb was standing on ^bMount Zion, and with Him ^c144,000, having ^dHis name and the ^ename of His Father written ^fon their foreheads. ²And I heard a voice from heaven, like ^athe sound of many waters and like the ^bsound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of ^charpists playing on their harps. ³And they *¹sang ^aa new song before the throne and before the ^bfour living creatures and the ^celders. And ^dno one could learn that song except the ^e144,000 who had been ^fpurchased from the earth. ⁴^aThese are the ones who are not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who ^bfollow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been ^cpurchased from among men ^das first fruits to God and to the Lamb. ⁵And ^ano lie was found in their mouth; they are ^bblameless.

The Messages of the Three Angels

⁶Then I saw another angel flying in ^amidheaven, having ^ban eternal gospel to proclaim to ^cthose who ¹inhabit the earth, and to ^devery nation and tribe and tongue and people. ⁷And he said with a loud voice, “^aFear God, and ^bgive Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who ^cmade the heaven and the earth and sea and ^dsprings of waters.”

⁸And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “¹^,^aFallen, fallen is ^bBabylon the great, she who has ^cmade all the nations drink of the ^dwine of the wrath of her ²sexual immorality.”

⁹Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone ^aworships the beast and his ^bimage, and receives a ^cmark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰and he also will drink of the ^awine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ¹in full strength ^bin the cup of His rage, and he will be tormented with ^cfire and ²brimstone in the presence of the ^dholy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹“And the ^asmoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; ^bthey have no rest day and night, those who ^cworship the beast and his ^dimage, and ¹whoever receives the ^emark of his name.” ¹²Here is ^athe perseverance of the saints who ^bkeep the commandments of God and ¹^,^ctheir faith in Jesus.

¹³And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘^aBlessed are the dead who ^bdie in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” ^csays the Spirit, “so that they may ^drest from their labors, for their ^edeeds follow with them.”

Reaping the Earth’s Harvest

¹⁴Then I looked, and behold, a ^awhite cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one ^blike ¹a son of man, having a golden ^ccrown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. ¹⁵And another angel ^acame out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sits on the cloud, “¹^,^bPut in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the ^charvest of the earth ²is ripe.” ¹⁶Then He who sits on the cloud ¹swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷And another angel ^acame out of the sanctuary which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸Then another angel, ^athe one who has authority over fire, came out from ^bthe altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “¹^,^cPut in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters ²from the vine of the earth, ^dbecause her grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹So the angel ¹swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into ^athe great wine press of the wrath of God. ²⁰And ^athe wine press was trodden ^boutside the city, and ^cblood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, ¹for a distance of ²1,600 stadia.

Seven Angels, Seven Plagues

15Then I saw ^aanother sign in heaven, great and marvelous, ^bseven angels who have ^cseven plagues, which are ^dthe last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.

²Then I saw something like a ^asea of glass mixed with fire, and those who have ^bovercome ¹the ^cbeast and ^dhis image and the ^enumber of his name, standing on the ^fsea of glass, having ^gharps of God. ³And they *sang the ^asong of Moses, ^bthe slave of God, and the ^csong of the Lamb, saying, “^dGreat and marvelous are Your works,^eO ¹Lord God, the Almighty;Righteous and true are Your ways,^fKing of the ²nations!

⁴“^aWho will not fear, O ¹Lord, and glorify Your name?For You alone are holy;For ^ball the nations will come and worship before You,For Your ²^,^crighteous acts have been revealed.”

⁵And after these things I looked, and ^athe sanctuary of the ^btabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened, ⁶and the ^aseven angels who have the seven plagues ^bcame out of the sanctuary, clothed in ¹linen, clean and bright, and ^cgirded around their chests with golden sashes. ⁷Then one of the ^afour living creatures gave to the ^bseven angels seven ^cgolden bowls full of the ^dwrath of God, who ^elives forever and ever. ⁸And the sanctuary was filled with ^asmoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.