New Testament Commentary - Revelation 14

by Don R. Hender

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CHAPTER 14 The Lamb shall stand upon Mount Zion—The gospel shall be restored in the last days by angelic ministry—The Son of Man harvests the earth.
Christ the Lamb and the 144,000
1 AND I looked, and, lo, a ^aLamb stood on the mount ^bSion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's ^cname written in their foreheads. 2 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: 3 And they sung as it were a new ^asong 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. 4 These are they which were not defiled with ^awomen; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were ^bredeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no ^aguile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Angel of the Everlasting Gospel
6 And I saw another ^aangel fly in the midst of heaven^a, having the ^beverlasting ^cgospel to ^dpreach^b unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every ^enation, and kindred, and tongue, and people^c, 7 Saying with a loud voice, ^aFear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his ^bjudgment is come: and ^cworship ^dhim that made ^eheaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.	;6^a I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven Upon the highest steeple of most of the LDS temples stands the Angel Moroni who was charged with the keeping of the Stick of Ephraim. Upon the first Nauvoo Temple the Angel Moroni was depicted as flying in the midst of heaven as stated in Revelation 14:6. ;6^a having the everlasting gospel to preach The Book of Mormon as brought forth has the fulness of the everlasting gospel. We are to preach from this 'most correct' scrptural text the Doctrine of Christ unto the salvation of man. ;6^a to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people This is the dispensation of the fulness of times. In this dispensation as in no other dispensation before, the gospel is being taken to every nation, kindred, tongue and people. The fulness of the gospel is to go forth in preparation to the Second Coming of Christ with all the ordianances of salvation for both the living and the dead. Thus the gospel on both sides of the veil is literally being taking to all of mankind.
Angel Proclaims, 'Babylon Is Fallen'
8 And there followed another angel, saying, ^aBabylon is ^bfallen, is fallen, that great ^ccity, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her ^dfornication. 9 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, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is ^apoured out without mixture into the cup of his ^bindignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 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.
12 Here is the ^apatience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, ^aBlessed are the ^bdead which ^cdie in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may ^drest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the ^aSon of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, ^aThrust in thy sickle, and ^breap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the ^charvest of the earth is ^dripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 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 ^avine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great ^awinepress of the wrath of God. 20 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.