Revelation 14 Winepress - Tony Mariot

Revelation 14
The Wine Press
Dr. Tony Mariot

Verse one: “And I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s
name written in their foreheads”
• Jesus is standing on Mount Zion, located in the Northwestern part of Jerusalem, once the seat of government in the
kingdom of Judah, after Solomons death, the Northern Kingdom was captured by the Assyrians in the 8th century BC
and settled them in Medes 2Kings 18:9-12 - They are known as the lost 10 tribes of Israel. In 15th century Judah fell to
Babylon. 70 years later they returned to Judah rebuilt Jerusalem and the temple. The Romans conquered Judea in 63 BC
• Around 1000 BC, Mount Zion was ﬁrst used to mean the City of David and later known as the Temple Mount.
(2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Chronicles 11:5; 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Chronicles 5:2)
Mount Zion - vs - Mount of Olives

• Mount Zion prior to the 1st Temple was a rectangular platform covering 35 acres of Jerusalem, it is considered the place
where God gathered together the dust to create Adam.
• Where Abraham almost sacriﬁced his son Isaac.
• In 1000 B.C., Solomon built the First Temple there.
Mount Zion

• Today, Mount Zion refers to a hill south of the Old City's Armenian Quarter, not to the Temple Mount.

Temple Mount
• Temple Mount "Mount of the House of God” is the holiest site in Judaism, its considered the place where God's presence is
manifested more than in any other place in the world.
• Inside the temple is King David’s Tomb, the Room of the Last Supper, and the Chamber of the Holocaust.

• The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City. It is named for the
olive groves that once covered its slopes.
• The Mount has been used as a Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years and holds approximately 150,000 graves,
• Acts 1:12 - Jesus ascended to heaven at the Mount of Olives, Jesus is to return to Mount Zion, which
is the same as the Mount of Olives. During the time of David, Zion and Mt Olives were one space.
Mount of Olives

• According to Zechariah 14:4-10, Jerusalem and Mt. Zion will become a single mountain as a result of the earthquake that splits
the Mount of Olives in half when Jesus returns.
• Ezekiel and Isaiah’s vision saw the city of Jerusalem elevated on this single mountain
Ezekiel 40:2
“In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on
the south.”
Isaiah 2:2
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall
be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall ﬂow unto it.”
• 20 of the worlds largest recorded earthquakes from the 1906 quake in Ecuador Columbia an 8.8 to Valdivia Chiles 9.5 in 1960.
The largest in history.
• The March 11, 2011 magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan shortened the length of each Earth day and shifted its axis by changing
the distribution of Earth's mass, this earthquake caused Earth to rotate a bit faster, shortening the length of the day by 1.8
microseconds. It shifted the Earth on its axis by 4 inches and triggered more than 160 aftershocks in the ﬁrst 24 hours.
Mount of Olives and Mount Zion ONE Again

Verse two: “And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of
harpers harping with their harps”
• Refers to the voices of many Angels speaking on one accord and singing very loudly.
Verse three: “And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that
song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth”
• The four Beasts is a single Cherub Angel. It is called “four” Beasts because a Cherub has four faces
(Ezekiel 1:5-24, 10:9-16; Rev 4:6-9)
The Elders are the 12 Apostles and the 12 heads of the 12 Tribes of Israel. (Revelation 21:12-14)

“and no man could learn that song, but the 144K, which were redeemed from the Earth”
• A very subtle nuance is that no one could “learn” the song they were singing.
• This language is unbeknownst to men in the same way that speaking in tongues is a Heavenly language that can only be
interpreted by the Holy Spirit, the language of Angels (1 Corinthians 13:1).
• This is not the Angelical language, which was supposed to have been the language used by Adam to speak with God and
Angels, Adam lost the ability to speak this language upon his Fall from Paradise.
• Adam later constructed a form of Hebrew based upon his vague memory of Angelical which became the language of men.
Verse four: “These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he
goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb”
• This does not mean that the 144K are all men,
• Being defiled with woman refers to idol worship
• Virgins refers to them having one God, the God of Israel.

• The first fruit unto God and the Lamb makes the distinction between God and Jesus.
• These 144K are the first to receive Christ and die out of the tribulation.
• Their death encourages others in the tribulation to come to the faith ie; first fruits .
• They become distinguished in Heaven & on the earth during the thousand year reign.
• They will be the only ones who have the mark of God in their foreheads until the final judgment (Rev. 22:3-4).

Verse ﬁve: “And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God”
• The word guile in Greek is “Dolos” meaning deceit.
• They were without fault or blameless in that once they received Christ, they did not waiver in their faith.
Verse six: “And I saw another Angel ﬂy in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth,
and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people”
“the everlasting Gospel”
• This refers to the Angel carrying the written word of God.
• The portion of the book the Angel was speaking from is about salvation, which is the Gospel of Christ.
• Everything God has said and says is Gospel.
• Gods word is not restricted to the books of the Bible.
• Gospel means good news, but in Heaven, everything that God speaks, or has written is good news.

• The Gospel is what must be preached to the whole world before the end of the world or before Armageddon can take place.
“And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the World for a witness unto the Nations, and then shall the end come”
(Matthew 24:14)
Red-War Rev 6:3-4
Black-Famine Rev 6:5-6
Pale-Death Rev 6:7-8
White - Pestilence Rev 6:2

Verse seven: “Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters”
This final pronouncement comes after man’s had countless opportunities to repent.
• God has spoken to man directly starting with Adam, Moses, Joshua, Elijah and other Prophets.
• He has performed miracles, sent His word in writing, backed that word up with more miracles.
• He has sent Angels, given man visions by day, dreams by night.
• God has given man His Holy Spirit and has provided spiritual gifts to man.
• God has even started over with man destroying everyone in a flood, save eight.
• He has raised people from the dead, killed heathens by the millions.
• Forgiven man’s sins by the droves, for countless sins and atrocities against His people and His word, destroying His planet
for millennia.
• During the tribulation God still sends a remnant of the 144K, Two Witnesses.
• He provides a physical temple for man to find Him during tribulation.
• He has Angels crack the sky with loud voices giving warnings “Woe, Woe, Woe”.
2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

Verse eight: “And there followed another Angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of
the wine of the wrath of her fornication”
• This speaks directly to worshipping the beast and accepting the mark of the Beast that everyone was forced into. (Rev 13:15-17)
• Babylon’s headquarters will be in Rome, not the actual location of Babylon in Southern Mesopotamia, or the United Arab
Republic, Persia or Syria.
• Babylon is a reference to the commercial and religious system put in place by the Anti-Christ, which includes the mark
of the Beast and the whole debit system of the One World Economy (Isaiah 21:9; Jeremiah 51:8).

Verse nine: “And the third Angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his hand”
This is an actual manifestation of an Angel cracking the sky with his voice to make this warning. This is another effort by God
to save men out of the tribulation.

Verse ten: “The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and
he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels, and in the presence of the Lamb”
• The wrath is the ramifications of receiving the mark and worshipping the Beast.
• These two acts are actually “unforgivable sins”.
• There are five unforgivable sins, but only four can cause the lose of salvation.
• Suicide in “NOT” one of them.
• Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31- 32; Luke 12:10)
This sin is unforgivable but it does not cause you to lose your salvation.
Mark 3:29 “But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation”.
• Blasphemy is speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things of God; profanity, irreverence, taking the Lord's name
in vain, desecration

• Accepting the mark of the beast – (Rev. 14:9- 10) (Salvation lost)
• Worshipping the image of the beast (Rev 14:9- 10) – (Salvation lost)
• Taking away from the Book of Revelation (Rev 22:19) – (Salvation lost and the only sin that can be done in this lifetime)
• Joining Satan’s Army after he is loosed from prison after the thousand year reign (Rev. 20:7-10). – (Salvation lost)
poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation;
• The word “indignation” in the Greek is “Orge”/ Or-Gay means punishment, vengeance, which is to say God’s vengeance will
not be diluted, held back or merciful in any way.
• “And he shall be tormented with ﬁre and brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels and in the presence of the Lamb”
Jesus will watch as the Angels toss folks into the lake. (Matthew 13:40-42)
Losing Salvation

Verse eleven: “And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast
and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name”
• Those in the Lake of Fire do not burn up nor cease to exist, neither does the suffering let up.
• This is contrary to the “annihilation” theory.
“and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name”
• God separates the people out of the tribulation from everyone else, God sees sin in degrees.
• God does not feel any differently today about sin, regardless of any accommodation He makes, these are separate issues
• Gods accommodations include Heaven, Death and Hell, man was never intended to experience any of that.
• The Lake of Fire was not intended for man.
“Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting ﬁre prepared for the Devil and His Angels” (Matthew 25:41)
Revelation 21:1-3 New Heaven

Degrees of Sin
Leviticus 20:8-27
• Cursing your parents,
• Adultery,
• Incest among mothers, sons, fathers and daughters-in-law,
• Homosexuality,
• Communing with familiar spirits,
• Sex with animals are all punishable by death
• Incest with a sister
• Seeing your sister naked
• Having sex with a woman during her menstrual cycle
• Sex with an aunt
• Sleeping with your brother’s wife, do not carry death as a penalty
• Not punishable by death, God sees sin in degrees
Gods view on punishment
Jesus spoke of degrees of punishment
• “It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you” (Matthew 11:22-24).
• “It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment than for thee” (Matthew 10:14-15).
• “The same shall receive greater damnation” (Luke 20:46-47).
• “Therefore, he that delivered me unto thee, hath the greater sin” (John 19:11; Matthew 26:24).

• Venial sins are minor sins, white lies, completely forgivable
• Unintentional sins are those sins you are not aware of, like borrowing someone’s pen and walking off with it absent minded.
• Presumptuous sins are intentional
• Mortal sins are sins unto death, bringing judgment on yourself (Galatians 5:16-21; Rev 14:9-10)
Sin Classiﬁcation in Theology

Degrees of Rewards
“great is your reward in Heaven” (Matthew 5:12)
• Rewards have both physical and spiritual implications.
• Some things you experience in this life, others you experience in Heaven, some both.
IN HEAVEN
• There are rewards that are exclusively given in Heaven for deeds on the earth, like persecution for the Gospel
(Matthew 16:17-19; 1 Corinthians 3:6-8; Romans 2:6; 1 Peter 1:17; Psalm 62:12; Rev 22:12).
• Some rewards will cancel out one for the other.
• Seeking recognition in this life is its own reward vs helping people in private &
God rewarding in this life and in Heaven (Matthew 6:1-4).

2 Corinthians 5:10
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he
hath done, whether it be good or bad.”
• Crown of Glory
“And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of Glory that fadeth not away” (1 Peter 5:4) 
This is associated with your gloriﬁed body in Heaven.
• Crown of Life:
“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to
them that love Him” (James 1:12).
Refers to the judgment seat of Christ. Jesus will test every aspect of your heart and works
(2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 3:13-15; Hebrews 4:12).
• Crown of Righteousness:
“There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but
unto them also that love His appearing” (2 Timothy 4:8).
This is being in right standing with God, which is what righteousness means.
Rewards in Heaven at the Judgment seat of Christ

• The prophet’s reward, you get whatever the prophet has spoken over you (Matthew 10:40-41), an earthly reward.
• Material blessings in this life for giving (Luke 6:21-38).
• There are some rewards in this life and in Heaven (Mark 10:29-30; Matthew 19:27-29; Luke 18:28-30).
• The hundred fold return, applies to a very specific set of circumstances
“And everyone that has forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my names sake, shall
receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life” (Matthew 19:29).
Rewards must be viewed in the context of the reward itself, rewards are conditional and specific.
The Tithe
Malachi 3:8-12
8 “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I
will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit
before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.”
• The key to unlocking this reward is tithing comes “first”.
• This is the only place in scripture that God says you can test Him.
• God’s blessings do not always mean “cash”.
• Tithing may bring money, health emotional and physical strength, life, favor and peace.
Rewards on Earth

• Works are tested, salvation in no way is tied to works (1 Corinthians 3:13-15; Ephesians 2:8-10; Romans 11:6, Titus 3:5).
• Salvation cannot be partly works and partly grace.
• Rewards are determined on this side of life, just as the degrees of sin, it is completely up to you.
Salvation vs Works

Verse twelve: “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus”
• This speaks to the disposition of the remnant in the tribulation, they are patient and continue in the faith during all the travail
they go through.
• These people come out of the tribulation because of their lack of belief in Christ during their lifetimes.
Verse thirteen: “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea,
saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them”
• Henceforth refers to those who die because they chose Christ over the mark, the work we do counts on the other side of death.
• The difﬁculty about transitioning from life to death, is the reality of your faith at the point of death, do you really believe?
• Death is not what is fearful, but what is on the other side of waking up, our only hope is our faith.

• All who died from the time of Adam to the thief on the cross with Jesus, died believing on the coming of the Messiah.
Hebrews 11:13
“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them,
and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”
• Jesus had to trust God after His death, God has a special covering on him so that he does not have to remain in Paradise
Psalm 16:10
“For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.“
Acts 2:31
“He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his ﬂesh did see corruption.”
Psalms 86:13
“For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.”
• After Jesus dies, He went into Paradise to minister to all those who died in faith from Adams time to His arrival in Paradise.
Luke 1:79
“To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Hebrews 11:13
“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them,
and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”
How far can you trust God?

Revelations 1:18
“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”
• Jesus takes everyone out of Paradise
Matthew 27:52-53
“And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and
went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.”
• Hell Expands
Isaiah 5:14
“Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,
and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.”
2 Peter 2:9
“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:”
• This event is what makes the resurrection what it is, not simply that Jesus rose from the dead,
• God did not forget them, even “after” they died and were in Paradise.
• If God did not save them, we are not saved.
• Death is both physical and spiritual to some, this transition is the hardest thing to relate to because of the ﬁnality death.
• Keeping the faith, for those who believe, when death comes, the transition will be peaceful, blessed and as promised.
• It all happens in a twinkling of a eye, which is to say the amount of time it takes to blink. (1 Corinthians 15:52)
Jesus took the keys of Death and Hell

Verse fourteen: “And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden
crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle”
• This is a reference to Jesus (Luke 21:27; Matthew 24:30; 26:64; Rev 1:7).
• A Sickle is a symbol of harvesting a ﬁeld.
The Winepress

Verse ﬁfteen: “And another Angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and
reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe”
• “to Him that sat on the cloud”
An Angel in Heaven speaks to Jesus, who was already on the earth, sitting on a cloud.
This begins the wrath of Jesus.
• “Thrust in thy sickle and reap, for the time is come for thee to reap”
Jesus is being told by the Angel, who was told by God Himself, to tell Jesus to take all the believers out
of the tribulation.

• God alone determines the timing of the tribulation, Christ return and the timing of the reaping
Acts 1:7 “And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.”
• Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32, Acts 1:7 - Only God Knows, Matthew 26:39, 42 - Jesus submits to Gods will
• Jesus submits to Gods will, Matthew 28:18; - All power given to Jesus,
• Philippians 2:6–8, - Jesus becomes obedient to God -
• John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38, - Jesus does the Fathers will, not his own
• John 8:28-29, 12:49, 14:31, 15:15 -Jesus shared what God told Him to
• John; 14:28 - Jesus said the Father is greater than Him
Only God Knows

• It is important to note, this is not another “rapture “where believers in the tribulation are spared a conventional death.
Although they are transformed they must still die in some way.
• Principally, everyone dies - Hebrews 9:27 - “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”
Anti Christ False Prophet are exceptions Revelation 19:20
• The rapture is for a small group of people on earth, in a small window of time, that will only be active for the space
of a twinkling of an eye, which is to say, it will apply for a fraction of a second.
Rapture - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 1 Corinthians 15:51-53
Reaping Not Another Rapture

Verse sixteen: “And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped”
• There are two sickles involved in this reaping.
• The ﬁrst will be Jesus reaping the remnant of Israel.
• The second will be an Angel reaping the Gentiles out of the tribulation (Believers).
Verse seventeen: “And another Angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle”
• This second Angel is “not” in the Temple on earth but in Heaven, he is not in the same proximity as Jesus, who is on a cloud
over the Earth with His sickle.
Verse eighteen: “And another Angel came out from the altar, which had power over ﬁre; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp
sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe”
• A completely separate Angel, tells the Angel with the sharp sickle, to take the Gentiles out of the Earth.
• The vine of the Earth refers to those people that belong to Christ, not just Israel, who are Gods chosen people as a result of
Gods promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
• John 15:4-5
4 “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing.”

• Jesus called Himself the vine and that the branches of the vine are his disciples, this is not sacrosanct to Israel.
• Most Jews are Orthodox, as were those during the time of Christ, Most Jews do not receive or believe in Jesus as the Christ.

Verse nineteen: “And the Angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of
the wrath of God”
(Isaiah 63:3-6)
“I have trodden the winepress alone and of the people there was none with me, for I will tread them in mine anger and trample them in my
fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments and I will stain all my raiment”
• Those out of the tribulation are set apart and distinguished, they represent that God “never” gave up on man, even during
the tribulation. They are a testimony to the “faithfulness” of the Lord.
• The winepress means divine judgment, killing, think of people as grapes and the Lord as the one crushing them.

Verse twenty: “And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the
space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs”
• Death happens outside the city of Jerusalem, in the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
• The Valley of Jehoshaphat is the Kidron Valley - Joel 3:2, Joel 3:12

“and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs”
• A furlong is 220 yards.
• 1600 furlongs is 352,000 yards.
• The height of a horses bridle or mouth with his head up, is an average of 6 ft.
• The amount of blood is six feet high and spread over an area of one million ﬁfty six thousand feet (1,056,000).
• A standard mile is 5,280 feet.
• The blood is 200 miles long and 6 feet high.
• This judgment was not simply spiritual, its physical in nature. These believers are physically killed on Earth.
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