Revelation Chapter 14

Revelation 14:1-5

The Lamb represents Jesus who stands on the symbolic mount Sion in the heavenly Jerusalem meaning where God, Jesus and the holy angels dwell which is called the heaven of heavens, Hebrews 12:22-24; Deuteronomy 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27; Psalms 115:16. The hundred and forty four thousand that John sees standing with Jesus is not a literal numbering, but symbolic of those of Gods established covenant with faithful Abraham up through a thousand generations, Deuteronomy 7:9; Galatians 3:6, 7; 3:28, 29. These are they of great faith that have never allowed them selves to fall to temptations of the world. To the Jew first and then the Gentile who have gone on before us as together with them all who are alive or have died before the Lords return makes up the complete body of Christ, Ephesians 5:25-27.

God breathed life into us, Genesis 2:7, and when this flesh body dies that spirit of life that was breathed in us will be the only thing that will go back to God, Ecclesiastics 12:7. This fleshly body will return to the dust of the ground from where it came from until those who have died that are in Christ are resurrected first as we who are still alive at this time will be gathered with them in the clouds to meet Jesus in the air, John 3:1-6; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Those who rejected God are resurrected to stand in Gods judgment, Revelation 20:11-15. According to John 3:13 no one has ever ascended into heaven other than Christ as all who have physically died that are in the Lord sleep in the dust of the earth until the coming of the Lord.

The soul and the spirit are connected, but separable (Hebrews 4:12). The soul is the essence of humanity’s being; it is who we are. The spirit is the aspect of humanity that connects with God. Only those who have faith in Christ are those who are spiritually alive while those with unbelief in Christ are spiritually dead, 1 Corinthians 2:11; Hebrews 4:12; James 2:26; Ephesians 2:1-5; Colossians 2:13.

The spirit that is in man is either the spirit that connects with God or connects with the principalities of this world, the ruler of wickedness in dark places, Ephesians 6:12. Just because a person lives a good life, helps others and seems to be an all around good person whether they are alive or dead when Christ returns will be resurrected unto damnation if they are not renewed by the Spirit of God through His grace for their remissions of sin, John 3:3-7; Romans 10:9, 10.

The voice John hears is the multitude of those who have died a martyr’s death for not taking the mark of the beast and bowing down to the Luciferians New World Order as they kept their faith and trust in Jesus. Back in Chapter 6 the souls of those under the altar who already died a martyr’s death are crying out for revenge, but are told to wait until their fellow servants that should be killed that all things will then be fulfilled.

Now they all sing a new song in unison as they are joined together with their fellow martyred servants as they rejoice and give praise to the Lord who has redeemed them from this wicked world. Those of great faith who are still alive at this time could not understand this type of rejoicing for there is yet much they will have to endure, but are sealed from anything of Gods final wrath falling on those who have yet to repent.

Those men, women and children that make up the symbolic hundred and forty four thousand that have been redeemed from among men are called virgins. This means those of Spiritual purity that make up the true Church or Bride of Christ and not to be equated with celibacy, Hebrews 12:22-24; James 1:18, 27; 2 Corinthians 11:2. The virgins being the first fruits unto God and to Jesus through the Spiritual rebirth are those who have set their affection on those things from above as they have died to self and live for Christ, John 3:3-7; Romans 10:9, 10; Colossians Chapter 3.

Revelation 14:6-7

Let me set up a scenario of what is going to happen to those who are in Christ who refuse to take the mark of the beast. They will either be killed or thrown into prison camps becoming the slaves of this Luciferian New World Religious Order. It is part of history repeating itself like the time when Nebuchadnezzar brought his siege against Jerusalem killing and taking captive the Jews and making them his slaves. History always repeats itself as we read throughout scripture how the Romans have always persecuted Gods people and how Satan used people like Constantine, Hitler and Mussolini for examples of Jewish annihilation. Do a search on apfn camps to learn more about these detention camps.

John visions an angel flying around heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on earth. In Matthew 24:14 Jesus said that this gospel will be preached to the entire world as a witness and then the end will come. No one will be without excuse for not hearing the gospel as now the fulfillment of Gods promise has come as His gospel message has reached the ears of every person on earth as this angel announces to respect God and give Him praise and glory for His time of judgment has come.

This will be a time of great tribulation that the world has never seen before and never will again, Matthew 24:21, as great fear and confusion runs through the minds of those without Spiritual understanding who have either rejected Jesus as Lord and Savior or those who call themselves Christian, but by name only as they have not the Holy Spirit dwelling in them. Many will continue to curse God and blasphemy His name instead of repenting and turning back to His grace and mercy as His fierce wrath is about to be poured out upon them.

Revelation 14:8-10

Just as Satan worked through the serpent in Genesis 3:1-7 that caused Adam to sin against God in the beginning so will be the same in the end of days as he uses this revived Luciferians Roman Empire to entice those without Spiritual knowledge to receive the mark of the beast and bow down to this false religious system. The second angel that follows right after the first one with the everlasting gospel makes an announcement that Babylon has fallen for in Satan’s anger against God he has caused many to fall away from the true God as the mark they take is their belief in the Luciferians false religious doctrines and false idols they bow down to.

A third angel follows with a stern warning for what will happen to those who worship the beast that rises from the sea, which is the revived Papal Rome religious system that received its deadly wound in 1798, but the wound was healed in 1929. The image of this beast that rises from the earth is the coalition of churches in America that are guided by Papal Rome that will have religious and civil power just like the Papal Church. I discussed this back in Chapter 13 about America being the beast that rises from the earth. Look up the United Religions Initiative and Christian Coalition of America as they are a political organization that is now setting up the image of the beast meaning the image of Papal Rome with the church controlling the government as a union of church and state.

Those who follow after this beast and its image have been warned, but yet reject this warning as they stay blinded from truth and will face that of Gods great indignation as their torment will be exceedingly great as they will never have any rest from their works like the saints of God will as they will be tormented day and night forever.

Revelation 14:11-13

The woe of the nations as described in Isaiah Chapter 34 is now ready to come to fulfillment as those who accept this Luciferians religious system and worship there false gods are about to face the final seven vial judgments of God along with those who control this system and preaches its false doctrines. Those who have kept Gods commandments and the faith of Jesus as they have remained patient will be spared from Gods final wrath touching them. Those saints of God who have been persecuted to death are now at rest as they sleep in the dust of the ground waiting for the return of Jesus, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.

Revelation 14:14-16

First we need to understand that the one upon the white cloud is not Jesus as the word says like unto the Son of man with emphases on the word like. Scripture shows the Son of man as in parts where the son is capitalized and also used in lower case as son in Ezekiel and Daniel being called sons of man in Ezekiel 2:1-3 and Daniel 8:17. Jesus is called son of man in Luke 3:23, but also called Son of man in Matthew 20:28.

The difference between Son/son being capitalized and lower case is to show the human side of man and also the Spiritual side as in Jesus being made flesh or in other words being born in a human body as in the word made flesh to dwell amongst us, John 1:14. When the scriptures speak of the Son/son of man it is speaking of the power and authority given to Jesus as a servant to mankind and we the saints of God continuing in being a servant of God to all mankind as we follow in the footsteps of Jesus after He ascended to sit at the right hand of God.

Son/son designates one who assigns themselves to a name or title as to an office, 2 Timothy 1:11; 1 Corinthians 12:4-7, like Jesus who is called the Son of God in all power and authority given to Him by the Father. Those who are in the office of servitude under Gods authority takes on the nature of Jesus through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit becoming a servant of man to minister to mankind and also prepared to give their lives for the sake of others as Jesus laid down His life for all of us, Matthew 20:28.

Luke 3:23 calls Jesus the son of man as being born the son of Joseph as this is how many perceived Jesus to be as only the son of a carpenter, Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3, who later was called prophet teacher, John 3:2, until they realized Jesus as being the Son of God true Messiah as their Spiritual eyes were opened on the day of Pentecost when they were filled with the Holy Spirit.

The one upon the white cloud is an angel as Jesus stated in Matthew 13:39 that the reapers are angels sent to come at the end of the age. The angel on the white cloud wears a symbolic crown of gold which means Gods’ great authority given to him as he waits for the angel that comes out from Gods presence to declare it is now time to take the sharp sickle in his hand which represents the reaping of the harvest as the timing has now come on earth to separate the wheat from the tares, Matthew 13:24-43.

The wheat is those of good seed who have kept the witness and testimony of Christ and have not taken the mark of the beast. They are gathered of all nations under the safety of the Lord as God prepares to pour out His wrathful vial judgments on the people of earth that have followed after the beast and have taken his mark.

Revelation 14:17-20

John sees in his vision another angel coming out of the temple of God in heaven that also has a sharp sickle, but this angel’s purpose is different from the other angel who has gathered Gods people to safety. This angel waits until the angel from the altar that has power over fire to announce it is time to reap into the earth and gather the clusters of the vine for her grapes are fully ripe.

This angel who has power over fire is the angel in Revelation 8:3 that stands before the altar of God that is given much incense to burn as the sweet aroma is sent up to God with the prayers of the martyred saints, meaning those whose breath/spirit has returned back to God who gave it making them a living soul, Genesis 2:7; Ecc 12:7 as these are those under the altar in Revelation 6:9-11 that are waiting for their blood to be avenged.

Gods timing is now made perfect as the prayers of the martyred saints are about to be answered as He tells the angel before the altar to tell the other angel with the sharp sickle to reap into the earth and gather the cluster of the vine and throw them into the great winepress of Gods wrath for her grapes are ripe.

This vine is different from the vine that is Christ in John 15:5 as this vine is the Luciferians New World Order system and the cluster of grapes are those who attach themselves to this system as they take the mark of this beast and bow down to their ordnances. The wickedness of the multitude is full now as they have rejected God, martyred His saints and still refuse to repent.

The great winepress is symbolic of mans destruction as it can be likened unto grapes trodden down in great fierceness of being pressed down for their juice as the grapes are destroyed. In this case it is the unrighteous that will be trodden down by the fierceness of Gods seven vial chastisements which are different then the six trumpet chastisements that only affected a third of the world.

The seven vial judgments will affect all the unrighteous in every nation around the world, Joel 3:13, 14; Isaiah 63:3 Lamentation 1:15, as these judgments are environmental and physical, which are explained in Rev 16 that will cause many who have not taken the mark of the beast to finally realize what they have been hearing and rejecting that is preached to them from the everlasting Gospel is true as they are physically affected by these vial judgments and will seek out the sovereign and omnipotent God of all creation and repent of their sin against Him.

The description of the winepress being outside the city and the tremendous amount of blood represents a great conquest of God outside of His temple in heaven which means a global conquest over the wickedness on the earth that is found in the heart of man, Isaiah 63:3, 4. The earlier conquest of God during battles where the enemy were always slaughtered as we read in the Old Testament were localized as in certain regions, but this one of the great winepress is a global slaughter of those who oppose God as they are lovers of self wanting nothing to do with the God of righteousness as they are deceived in their own thoughts and actions of those thoughts, 2 Timothy 3:1-9.

Genesis 3:1-7 (LEB)

The FallNow the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal“animal of the field” which Adonai God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God indeed say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?”2The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,3but from the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat from it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die’.”4But the serpent said to the woman, “You shall not surely die.5For God knows that on the day you both eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you both shall be like gods,The plural is in the context of v. 22 “one of us” and the plural suffix pronouns [[“you all”]] throughout the verse knowing good and evil.”6WhenOr “And” the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, thenOr “and” she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave it also to her husband with her, and he ate.7ThenOr “And” the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed together fig leaves and they made for themselves coverings.

Genesis 2:7 (LEB)

whenOr “and” Adonai God formed the man“The man” Singular with Definite Article of dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Deuteronomy 10:14 (LEB)

Look! For to Adonai your God belong“is” heaven and the highest heavens,“heavens of the heavens” the earth and all that is in it.

Deuteronomy 7:9 (LEB)

So know that Adonai your God, he is God, the trustworthy God, maintaining hisHebrew “the” covenant and hisHebrew “the” loyal love with those who love him and with those who keep his commandments to a thousand generations,Hebrew “generation”

1 Kings 8:27 (LEB)

For will God really dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens could not contain you! How could“Even that” this house that I have built?

Isaiah 63:3 (LEB)

“I have trodden the winepress alone, and there was no man from the peoples with me. And I trod them in my anger, and I trampled them in my wrath, and spattered their juice on my garments, and stained all my clothing,

Ezekiel 2:1-3 (LEB)

The Call of Ezekiel to Speak God’s WordsAnd he said to me, “Son of man,Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind” stand on your feet, so that I can speak with you.”2And the SpiritOr “a spirit” came into me as he was speaking to me, and it set me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.3And he said to me, “Son of man,Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind” I am sending you to the Israelites,“sons/children of Israel” to nationsOr “a people” who are rebelling, who rebelled against me, they and their ancestors,Hebrew “fathers” they transgressed against me until this very day.“until the day the this”

Daniel 8:17 (LEB)

And he came beside where I was standing,“my standing” and when he came“at his coming” I became terrified and I fell prostrate on my face. And he said to me, “Understand, son of man,Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind” that the vision is for the time of the end.”

Joel 3:13 (LEB)

Send forth the sickle, for the harvest is ripe! Go tread, for the winepress is full! The vats overflow, because their evil is great!

Matthew 13:24-43 (LEB)

The Parable of the Weeds Among the WheatHe put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.25But while his“the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnelA weed that looks similar to wheat but has poisonous seeds in the midst of the wheat and went away.26So when the wheat“grass,” “hay,” but in this context referring to the good plants as opposed to the weeds sprouted and yielded grain, then the darnel appeared also.27So the slaves of the master of the house came andHere “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?’28And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ So the slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go andHere “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go”) has been translated as an English infinitive gather them?’29But he said, “No, lest when youHere “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“gather”) which is understood as temporal gather the darnel you uproot the wheat together with it.30Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the season of the harvest I will tell the reapers, “First gather the darnel and tie it into bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my storehouse.”’”31The Parable of the Mustard SeedHe put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took andHere “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb sowed in his field.32It“which,” but a new sentence is started here in the English translation is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown it is larger than the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”33The Parable of the YeastHe told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took andHere “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb put into three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.”34Parables Fulfill ProphecyJesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables, and he was saying nothing to them without a parable,35in order that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, who said, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the creation.”from Ps 78:2Some manuscripts have “since the creation of the world”36The Parable of the Weeds InterpretedThen he left the crowds andHere “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“left”) has been translated as a finite verb came into the house, and his disciples came to him saying, “Explain the parable of the darnel in the field to us.”37So he answered andHere “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,38and the field is the world. And the good seed — these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.39And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.40Thus just as the darnel is gathered and burnedSome manuscripts have “burned up” with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.41The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and those who do lawless deeds,42and throw them into the fiery furnace.An allusion to Dan 3:6 In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.An allusion to Dan 12:3 The one who has ears, let him hear!

Matthew 13:55 (LEB)

Is not this one the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

Matthew 24:14 (LEB)

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations,Or “Gentiles”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context and then the end will come.

Matthew 24:21 (LEB)

For at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will happen.

Matthew 20:28 (LEB)

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 13:39 (LEB)

And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

Mark 6:3 (LEB)

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they were offended by him.

Luke 3:23 (LEB)

The Genealogy of Jesus ChristAnd Jesus, when heHere “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“began”) which is understood as temporal began his ministry,*supplied from English context was himself about thirty years old, being the son (as it was believed) of Joseph the son of Eli,

John 3:1-6 (LEB)

A Meeting with NicodemusNow there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was“the name to him” Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.2This man came to him at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you areHere both the pronoun and verb are understood in Greek and are supplied in the translation a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him.”3Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above,The same Greek word can mean either “from above” or “again,” which allows for the misunderstanding by Nicodemus here; Jesus was speaking of new birth “from above,” while Nicodemus misunderstood him to mean a second physical birth he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”4Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother’s womb for the second time and be born, can he?”*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “can he”5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 3:3-7 (LEB)

Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above,The same Greek word can mean either “from above” or “again,” which allows for the misunderstanding by Nicodemus here; Jesus was speaking of new birth “from above,” while Nicodemus misunderstood him to mean a second physical birth he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”4Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother’s womb for the second time and be born, can he?”*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “can he”5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.7Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘It is necessary for you to be born from above.’The same Greek word can mean either “from above” or “again” (see also v. 3)

John 3:13 (LEB)

And no one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven — the Son of Man.

John 1:14 (LEB)

And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 15:5 (LEB)

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him — this one bears much fruit, for apart from me you are not able to do anything.

John 3:2 (LEB)

This man came to him at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you areHere both the pronoun and verb are understood in Greek and are supplied in the translation a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him.”

1 Corinthians 15:52 (LEB)

in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Romans 10:9 (LEB)

thatOr “because” if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

1 Corinthians 12:4-7 (LEB)

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,5and there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord,6and there are varieties of activities, but the same God, who works all things in all people.7But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is beneficial to all.

1 Corinthians 2:11 (LEB)

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man that is in him? Thus also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

2 Corinthians 11:2 (LEB)

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Galatians 3:6 (LEB)

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness,

Ephesians 5:25-27 (LEB)

Husbands and WivesHusbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;26in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing hersupplied from English context with the washing of water by the word;27in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she may be holy and blameless.

Ephesians 2:1-5 (LEB)

Made Alive in ChristAnd you, although you were dead“and you being dead”Here the participle (“being”) is understood as concessive in your trespasses and sins,2in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience,3among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the willOr “desires” of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrathThis phrase is a Semitic idiom which can mean either (1) “children characterized by wrath” or (2) “children destined for wrath” by nature, as also the rest of them were.4But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,5and we being dead in trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),

Ephesians 6:12 (LEB)

because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Colossians 2:13 (LEB)

And although you were dead“and you being dead”Here the participle (“being”) is understood as concessive in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (LEB)

The Comfort of the Lord’s ReturnNow we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also the rest, who have no hope.14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, thus also God will bring those who have fallen asleep through Jesus together with him.15For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain until the Lord’s coming, will not possibly precede those who have fallen asleep.16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.17Then we who are alive, who remain, will be snatched away at the same time together with them in the clouds for a meeting with the Lord in the air, and thus we will be together with the Lord always.18Therefore comfort one another with these words.

2 Timothy 1:11 (LEB)

for which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle and a teacher,

2 Timothy 3:1-9 (LEB)

Difficult Times Ahead in the Last DaysBut know this, that in the last days difficult times will come,2for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,3hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,4traitors, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God,5maintaining a form of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid these people.6For from these are those who slip into houses and captivate foolish women loaded down with sins, led by various kinds of desires,7always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.8And just as“in the manner in which” Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, people corrupted in mind, disqualified concerning the faith.9But they will not progress to a greater extent, for their folly will be quite evident to everyone, as also the folly of those two was.

Hebrews 12:22-24 (LEB)

But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of angels, to the festal gathering23and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,24and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood“to the blood of sprinkling” that speaks better than Abel’s does.

Hebrews 4:12 (LEB)

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.

James 2:26 (LEB)

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

James 1:18 (LEB)

By hisHere “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“will”) which is understood as means will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Revelation 20:11-15 (LEB)

The Judgment at the Great White ThroneAnd I saw a great white throne and the one who was seated on it, from whose presence“from the presence of whom” earth and heaven fled, and a place was not found for them.12And I saw the dead — the great and the small — standing before the throne, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and each one was judged according to their deeds.14And Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death — the lake of fire.15And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 14:11-13 (LEB)

And the smoke of their torture went up forever and ever“for the ages of the ages”, and those who worshiped the beast and his image did not have rest day and night, along with anyone who received“and if anyone received” the mark of his name.12Here is the patient endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith in Jesus.13And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “in order that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow after them.”

Revelation 14:14-16 (LEB)

The Earth is HarvestedAnd I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud was seated one like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.15And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Send out your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe!”16And the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Revelation 14:17-20 (LEB)

And another angel came out of the temple that is in heaven; he also had a sharp sickle.18And another angel who had authority over the fire went out from the altar, and he called out with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send out your sharp sickle and harvest the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are at their prime!”19And the angel swung his sickle into the earth and harvested the vine of the earth, and threw the grapessupplied from English context into the great winepress of the wrath of God.20And the winepress was stomped outside the city, and blood went out from the winepress up to the bridles of the horses, about one thousand six hundred stadia.That is, about 300 km (200 mi); a stade (plural stadia) was a measure of distance about 192 m (607 ft)

Revelation 14:8-10 (LEB)

And another second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who caused all the nations to drink from the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.”9And another third angel 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,10he himself also will drink of the wine of the anger of God that has been mixed full strength in the cup of his wrath, and will be tortured with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

Revelation 14:1-5 (LEB)

The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount ZionAnd I looked, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.2And I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the sound that I heard was like harpists playing on their harps.3And they were singing something like a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, and no one was able to learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who had been bought from the earth.4These are those who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were bought from humanity as first fruits to God and to the Lamb,5and in their mouth a lie was not found; they are blameless.

Revelation 14:6-7 (LEB)

The Three Angels and Their MessagesAnd I saw another angel flying directly overheadLiterally, “in midheaven”, having an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who reside on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people,7saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the springs of water!”

Revelation 6:9-11 (LEB)

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had,10and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long“until when”, holy and true Lord, will you not judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?”11And to each one of them a white robe was given, and it was said to them that they should rest yet a short time, until the number of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they had been were completed also.

Revelation 8:3 (LEB)

And another angel who had a golden censer came and stood at the altar, and a large amount of incense was given to him, in order that he could offer the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.

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