The document outlines Revelation 14, focusing on John's vision of a lamb, the 144,000 redeemed, and the everlasting gospel. It discusses the significance and symbolism behind the imagery, including the messages delivered by three angels regarding judgment and the consequences of worship. The document emphasizes themes of spiritual purity, redemption, and the contrasting fates of the faithful versus the unfaithful.

1. SECTION OUTLINE 14 (REVELATION 14:1-20
A. Verses 1-5
1. List what John saw.
He saw a lamb standing - lamb - # 721. Used 30 times in the NT. First
use in John 21:15 – to Peter, “ feed my lambs”. The rest from Rev 5:6 to
Rev 22:3 and all in Rev refer to Jesus
On the Mt Sion – a hill of Jerusalem
Is 28:16 I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone
1 Pet 2:5-8 It is contained in scripture, I lay in Sion a chief cornerstone
Heb 12:22 ye are come to Mt Zion, city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem
A hundred forty four thousand –
Rev 7:3-8 - twelve thousand from each tribe
Rev 3:12 – I will write upon him my new name
a. What did he hear? V2
He heard a voice from heaven described as – of many waters
Ezek 43:2 His voice was like a noise of many waters
Rev 1:15 and His voice as the sound of many waters
and of a great thunder
Ps 18:13 – the Lord also thundered in the heavens & gave His voice
Ps 29:3 – The God of glory thundereth
The voice of harpers harping with their harps
Rev 14:2 and 15:2
b. Have we read these phrases before?
Yes. Rev 4:5 out of the throne..lightnings, thunders and voices
Rev 8:5 – voices, thunderings and lightnings
Rev 11:19 – temple of God was opened..lightnings, voices and
thunderings
2. What did they sing? V3
They sung a new song
Sing/sung - #103 – verb to sing present tense - Eph 5:19, Col 3:16, Rev
5:9, Rev 14:3 & Rev 15:3 (sing)
Song - #5603 – a chant or ode – Eph 5:19, Col 3:16, Rev 5:9, Rev 14:3,
Rev 15:3
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2. New - #2537 - NT:2537 kainós denotes the new and miraculous thing
that the age of salvation brings. NT:2537 is the new as contemplated
under the aspect of time, that which has recently come into existence.
NT:2537 is the new under the aspect of quality, that which has not
seen service. NT:2537 therefore often means new as contrasted with
that which has decayed with age, or is worn out,
(from Berry's Synonyms of the New Testament. PC Study Bible
formatted electronic database Copyright © 2015 by Biblesoft, Inc. All
rights reserved.) : the new heaven and earth in Rev 21:1; 2 Peter 3:13,
the new Jerusalem in Rev 3:12; 21:2, the new wine in Mark 14:25, the
new name in Rev 2:17; 3:12, the new song in Rev 5:9, the new creation
in Rev 21:5. This new creation, which is the goal of hope, finds
expression already in the Christian (2 Cor 5:17). The new age has
come with Christ. In him Jews and Gentiles are one new man (Eph
2:15). Believers are to put on the new man which they have become
(Eph 4:24). God's saving will is worked out in the promised new
covenant that Jesus has now set up (Luke 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25; Heb 8:8
ff.; 9:15).
(from Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, abridged edition,
Copyright © 1985 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. All
rights reserved.)
a. Where did they sing it?
Before the throne
Heb 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to
God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his
name. KJV
Rev 7:15 they are (present tense) before the throne serve (#3000 –
worship) Him day and night
Phil 3:3 we are the circumcision that worship (serve #3000) God in
the spirit
Heb 12:28 receiving a kingdom..we may serve/worship (#3000)
God acceptedly
Eph 2:21 groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: KJV
b. Could everyone learn the song? V3
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3. No.
c. Who is the song limited to?
It’s limited to the 144,000 redeemed from the earth
Rev 7:4 there were sealed 144,000
All the redeemed represented by the 144,000
d. Is the number literal? Why or why not?
No. It is all the redeemed. Twelve is a number indicating
completeness
Rev 21:10-14 – holy Jerusalem – 12 gates, at the gates 12 angels,
names written, 12 tribes…12 foundations, 12 apostles
3. Who does the Bible say these people are? V4
Not defiled with women, they are virgins
a. Physical, spiritual, literal or figurative?
Spiritual and figurative
2 Cor 11:2 espoused you to one husband ..I may present you as a
virgin
Col 1:28 present every man perfect/complete in Christ
Rev 2:20-23 Jezebel ..seduce my servants to commit fornication
b. Who do they follow?
They follow the Lamb wherever He goes
John 10:27 My sheep follow me
John 12:26 If any man serve Me let him follow me
1 John 2:3 keep His commandments
c. Who were they redeemed from? V4
Redeemed from men explaining verse 3 – redeemed from the
earth
They are the firstfruits - NT:536 a)parxh/ aparche (ap-ar-khay');
from a compound of NT:575 and NT:756; a beginning of
sacrifice, i.e. the (Jewish) first-fruit (figuratively): KJV - first-
fruits. Strong’s
Ex 34:26 first of the firstfruit of the land bring to the house of the
Lord
Deut 26:2-4 & 10 take the first of all the fruit ..set it down before
the altar
Prov 3:9-10 and the first fruit of thine increase
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4. Rom 12: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
God, which is your reasonable service. KJV
d. Is there another NT reference to “first fruits”?
Yes.
Rom 16:5 Epaenatus firstfruits of Achaia
1 Cor 16:15 the house of Stephanas firstfruits of Achaia
James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that
we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.KJV
Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn -
#4416 – prototokos – first begotten (plural) ones, which are written
in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just
men made perfect, KJV
Phil 4:3 Clement and fellow laborers whose names are in the book
of life
e. How can they be without fault or faultless? V5
#299 - unblemished
Jude 24 to present you faultless (#299)
Eph 1:4 without blame (#299)
Phil 2:15 without rebuke (#299)
Col 1:22 unblameable (#299)
Verse 5 In their mouth was no guile for they are without fault
(#299) before the throne
Guile - #1388 – a trick, i.e. figuratively -wile
1 Pet 2:1-2 laying aside all malice and all guile
1 Pet 3:10 that they speak no guile
Mat 12:36-37 every idle word shall they give account by thy words
justified and by thy words condemned
B. Verses 6-13
1. What did the messenger have? V 6
He had the everlasting gospel
Ps 119:89 forever thy word is settled in heaven
Ps 119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting
Gospel - #2098 – good news, good tidings
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5. Matt 4:23 gospel of the kingdom
Mk 1:1 the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ
Acts 20:24 the gospel of the grace of God
Rom 1:1 the gospel of God
Rom 1:9 the gospel of His Son
Rom 1:16 the gospel of Christ
a. Who was to receive it? V 6
Them that dwell on the earth, every nation, kindred, tongue
people
Matt 28:19 teach all nations
Mk 16:15 into all the world ..to every creature
Col 1:23 the gospel preached to every creature
b. Who were they to fear? V 7
God
Fear - # 5399 -phobeo – to frighten, be alarmed, be in awe, revere
Ps 36:1 the transgression of the wicked saith there is no fear of
God
Eccl 12:13-14 Fear God and keep His commandments
Rom 3:18 there is no fear of God before their eyes
c. What hour had come? Explain.
The hour of His judgment upon Jerusalem
Matt 23:33-36 How shall ye escape the judgment ..upon you..this
generation
Matt 24:14 gospel preached in all the world ..then the end shall
come
Rom 10:16-18 - their sound went into all the earth
Col 1:23 – not moved away from the hope of the gospel …which
was preached to every creature under heaven
d. Who was to be worshipped?
God, the Creator
Rev 4:11 Thou art worthy O Lord…thou hast created all things
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word …all things were made
by Him
Col 1:16 by Him were all things created
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6. 2. What did the next messenger say? V8
Babylon is fallen, that great city ….made all nations drink of ..her
fornication
Is 21:9 Babylon is fallen by Isaiah Babylon fell 170 years later
a. Who is represented here?
Jerusalem is represented here just as Sodom and Egypt
represented Jerusalem in Rev 11:8.
b. What had she done? Physical or spiritual?
Is 1:1 & 21 how has the faithful city become an
harlot..righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers
Matt 23:34-37 I send you prophets you kill and crucify…
Hos 1:2 the land hath committed great whoredom departing from
the living God.
Physical killing of the prophets sent. Spiritual fornication in
departing from the living God.
3. Who was the third messenger warning? V9
The same referred to in verse 6. Any man who worshipped the beast
and his image.
a. List what would happen to them. V10
They would drink of the wine of the wrath of God unmixed.
Ps 75:7-8 In the hand of the Lord is a cup …wine full of
mixture ..He poureth it out..the dregs the wicked of the earth
wring out and drink
Is 51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at
the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the
dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. KJV
Is 25:15-18 …take the wine cup of His fury ..cause all nations to
drink it ,,to wit Jerusalem ..to make them a desolation
Matt 23:32-33 Fill ye up the measure of your fathers
1 Thess 2:14-16 ..to fill up their sins always
Is 34:1-10 Judgment/vengeance against the Gentiles
This would be in the presence or before the witnesses and the
Lamb
Before - #1799 – enopion – in the face of, literally or figuratively.
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7. 1 Tim 5:21 I charge thee before God
James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord
The sentence was ongoing while they were alive and would be
carried out upon their death as long they worshipped the beast
and his image.
b. What kind of picture does this language paint? V11
The vivid picture of endless torment of those who would reject God
for Caesar.
Isa 34:8-10 8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the
year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. 9 And the
streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof
into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall
go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste;
none shall pass through it for ever and ever. KJV
Their punishment is continuous while alive and after death. No
fellowship with God our Father is the greatest punishment.
4. Where is the patience of the saints? V12
Here. First, they now know in very descriptive terms the consequence
of worshipping the beast (Caesar) and his image.
Gal 6:7-8 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap.
1 Pet 4:12-19 ..let none suffer …as an evil doer
Patience - #5281 – hupomone – steadfastness, constancy, endurance,
under difficult circumstances
James 5:11 – the patience of Job
1 Thess 1:3 ..patience of hope
Heb 10:35-39 – ye have need of patience
Heb 12:1 let us run with patience
a. What do they do?
They keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus Christ
1 John 2:3-6 hereby do we know that we know Him
1 John 3:22-24 because we keep His commandments
1 John 5:1-4 we keep His commandments
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8. John 14:15 If you love me
b. Who are said to be blessed?
The dead who die in the Lord. This is present tense. It applies to
those at the time John was writing to like faithful Antipas (2:13) as
well as others since then who are killed for their faith and those
who die faithful
Rev 2:10 be thou faithful unto death
1 Thess 4:14-16 ,, the dead in Christ rise first
Gal 3:26-28..baptized into Christ
c. What do they do?
They rest from their labors #2873 noun – toil (lit. or fig), by impl.
pains
Matt 11:28 – come unto me all ye that labor (#2872 – verb)
1 Cor 15:58 – your labor (verb) is not in vain
Rev 2:2-3 I know thy labor (noun)
d. What follows them? How?
Their works - #2041 – ergon – toil, an act. KJV - deed, doing labor,
work
Those they teach
Rom 14:20 for meat destroy not the work of God
1 Cor 9:1 are ye not my work in the Lord?
1 Cor 3:13-15 – a man’s work shall be manifest – see context-
teaching
What they do in obedience
1 Pet 2:12 – they may by your good works .. glorify God
James 2:24 – by works a man is justified
In Rev 2:2,5,9,13,19,19,26; 3:1,2,8,15 and 8 more times in Rev
e. What are some of the differences between those in verses 11
and 13?
In verse 11 - tormented, verse 13 - blessed
In verse 11 - no rest, verse 13 – rest from labor
In verse 11 – worship the beast, verse 13 – worship the Lord
In verse 11 – mark of the beast, verse 13 – Lord’s mark/name
In Verse 11 – are lost, verse 13-saved
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9. See Luke 16:19 – 31 for graphic description by Jesus
C. Verses 14- 20
1. List what John saw in verse 14.
A white cloud
One sitting on the cloud like the son of man
A golden crown on His head
A sharp sickle in His hand
a. Who is this?
Jesus – son of man – Rev 1:13, 17-18; Lk 19:10; John 13:31
Dan 7:13-14 – came with the clouds of heaven
Ps 97:1-3 – clouds and darkness are round about Him ..burneth up
enemies
Is 19:1-4 – the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud ..shall come into
Egypt
b. Are there other N.T. references to him coming in the clouds?
What historical event would this be?
Lk 21:27 see the son of man coming in a cloud – see v32
Matt 24:30 – see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven
Matt 26:64 – see the son of man sitting on the right hand of power
and coming in the clouds of heaven – see Acts 2:33-34
Mk 13:26-27 – see the son of man coming in the clouds – see v30
The destruction of Jerusalem in AD70 before that generation
ended
2. Where did the next messenger come from?
He came out of the temple
References so far to the temple: 3:12; 7:15; 11:1, 2 & 19
a. Who was he speaking to?
To Him that sat on the cloud.
b. What did he do? Who is this?
He put in His sickle and reaped the harvest of the earth
This is Jesus
c. How many more messengers came? From where?
Two more messengers.
One from the temple and one from the altar.
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10. d. What were they to do? What does this represent?
Gather the cluster of the vine of the earth for her grapes were fully
ripe.
This represents the final judgment upon that generation as Jesus
said in Matt 23:33-36 – from Abel to Zacharias.
Joel 3:13 – similar language indicating judgment of the wicked. See
context
e. Where was the winepress? Literal or figurative?
Without the city – Roman army
The words are figurative – 600 furlongs equal 180-200 miles
f. Who is represented here?
The disobedient of that generation judged for killing the prophets
A to Z and culmination in the crucifixion of God’s Son, their
Messiah.
g. What city is this? Is there a historical event that this could be
connected to?
Jerusalem the fallen holy city of verse 8.
The only historical event is the destruction of Jerusalem before that
generation ended in AD70, just as Jesus said.
THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE REFERENCES MAY HELP YOU IN
THIS CHAPTER
Matt 23:29-39 James 1:18-25
Matt 24:1-34 Jude 20-25
Zech 14:1-21 Is 21:1-9
Joel 3:1-21 Jer 51:1-9
Is 1:1-31 Is 63:1-6
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