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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Lamb and the 144,000</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father&#8217;s name written on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Three Angels</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.14.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth&#8212;to every nation, tribe, language and people. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He said in a loud voice, &#8220;Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.14.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A second angel followed and said, &#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:8 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.21.9">Isaiah 21:9</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.14.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: &#8220;If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">they, too, will drink the wine of God&#8217;s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.14.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then I heard a voice from heaven say, &#8220;Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.14.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; says the Spirit, &#8220;they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.14.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:14 </span><span class="ft">See <span class="ref" usfm="DAN.7.13">Daniel 7:13</span>.</span></span></span><span class="content"> with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, &#8220;Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.14.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, &#8220;Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth&#8217;s vine, because its grapes are ripe.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God&#8217;s wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses&#8217; bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Seven Angels With Seven Plagues</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues&#8212;last, because with them God&#8217;s wrath is completed. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and sang the song of God&#8217;s servant Moses and of the Lamb:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Great and marvelous are your deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"><span class="content">Lord God Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"><span class="content">Just and true are your ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"><span class="content">King of the nations.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:3 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">ages</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.15.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who will not fear you, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="content">and bring glory to your name?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="content">For you alone are holy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="content">All nations will come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="content">and worship before you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"><span class="content">for your righteous acts have been revealed.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:3,4 </span><span class="ft">Phrases in this song are drawn from <span class="ref" usfm="PSA.111.2">Psalm 111:2</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="PSA.111.3">3</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="DEU.32.4">Deut. 32:4</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="JER.10.7">Jer. 10:7</span>; Psalms 86:9; 98:2.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.15.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple&#8212;that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law&#8212;and it was opened. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen and wore golden sashes around their chests. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.</span></span></div>
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