Revelation 14 - Introduction

Die In the Lord Revelation Fourteen

Revelation Fourteen allows us to take another look at the Lamb of God and at the righteous judgment of God. These are two great forces for righteousness. Revelation Thirteen pictured two forces for evil, the sea beast (the civil persecuting power of Rome), and the land beast (emperor worship). We are again reminded that God's faithful people will be victorious.

In Revelation Fourteen the Lamb appears with the 144,000. This number represents the redeemed of all ages. The angels warn against accepting the mark of the beast through giving in to Rome. The Lamb or the Son of God appears with a sickle to harvest the earth. This is a picture of God's wrath coming on the disobedient. They are taken to a winepress outside of the city. So much blood pours out that for two hundred miles, it is as deep as a horse's bridle. In contrast "the dead which die in the Lord rest from their labors; and their works do follow them." (Revelation 14:13)