Revelation Chapter Fourteen Breakdown

1 Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

Revelation 7:4

And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:

Isaiah 31:4

For thus the Lord has spoken to me: “As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the Lord of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill.

Isaiah 10:12

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”

Obadiah 1:17

“But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, And there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

John is seeing the revelation of the prophecy given by the Old Testament prophets. The 144 thousand are those who stand with Yeshua on Mount Zion.

2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps.

John hears a loud voice, sounding like many peoples.

3 They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

The 144 thousand are the only ones who knew the new song. They were also call the one who were redeemed from earth.

4 These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

These 144 thousand were not defiled by women. This is interesting because I believe this is a literal statement. Meaning, this cannot be some type of metaphor for the church. These people are virgins. I believe these are the believers who make up the bride of Christ. They are separate and different from others who will make it into the kingdom of heaven.

5 And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God.

They did not speak deceitful words. They are also without blame for sin.

6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

Now this seems to be the very last chance to bow down to Yeshua. The angel carries the gospel to preach to all the earth.

8 And another angel followed, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”

Isaiah 21:1, 9

The burden against the Desert of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.

And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen!” Then he answered and said, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen! And all the carved images of her gods He has broken to the ground.”

This is a direct word link between Mystery Babylon and the prophecy of fallen Babylon by Isaiah. 

The prophet says Babylon is the desert by the sea. The angel calls Babylon the great city who has all the nations of the world drunk with her wine. There is only one city called great that is also a dessert next to a sea, and has an effect on the whole world. The city is Mecca, inside the country of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia supplies oil to much of the world. Not only that, this city is the most holy ground of Islam. The Kabbah Stone is also located here.

9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

Here we see a third angel with another message. Worshipping the beast or its image is not a good thing to do. The image of the beast is likely the very image we read about in Acts 19. That is if you take the time to follow this stone throughout history, you will find it wound up in Mecca before Muhammad took the city for Islam. The Hindus were worshiping the stone at that time and the practice was adopted for Muslims. 

Acts 19:35

And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple guardian of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?

We can clearly see this image came from, according to the people of Ephesus, a god in heaven. This is the same understanding as Islam with the Kabba stone. We also must see the beast also has a seal or mark for men. They wear it on their hand or forehead. If you choose to allow yourself to worship the beast or its image and allow yourself to take its mark, you will end up in the flames of hell.  

11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

The smoke from the burning bodies of those who worshiped the beast or its image, and took his mark will rise forever. These people will never find rest, but only pure torment. This is true hell in every imaginable way.

12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Now here is a lesson for those who keep the commandments of YHWH and have the faith of Yeshua.

13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”

Those who die from this point on are blessed. They will rest from their labors and all the works or laws they kept from Torah will follow them. That is, their good deeds.

14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.

Isaiah 19:1, 16-17

[Proclamation Against Egypt] The burden against Egypt. Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He waves over it. And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts which 

He has determined against it.

Here John sees Yeshua riding on a cloud, and we can directly link this to Isaiah. The prophet tells us where Yeshua is going when He first comes on the cloud. He is heading to Egypt and all the idols in Egypt will fall. We know Egypt is an Islamic country, and we see this is the declaration against Egypt.

15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

This is what we call the rapture, but this doesn’t happen until we see Him descend on a cloud. We cannot allow ourselves to be deceived. Our Savior comes on a cloud. No other way should we expect to see Him.

16 So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord

This is interesting because we see Yeshua comes on a cloud and does two things. One, He goes to fight against Egypt. Two He brings all His people up to the cloud with Him.

Matthew 24:31

And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

17 Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

John sees yet another angel and he too has a sickle.

18 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.”

The angels are everywhere it seems. Here is another angel John sees and this one has power over fire. He directs the angel with a sickle to gather those on the earth who do not believe.

19 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

Joel 3: 12-13

“Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great.”

Isaiah 63: 2-3

Why is Your apparel red, And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?

“I have trodden the winepress alone, And from the peoples no one was with Me. For I have trodden them in My anger, And trampled them in My fury; Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments, And I have stained all My robes.

Let us make no mistake. Yeshua comes to destroy these nations. As we can see, His clothes are covered in the blood of these nations who chose the antichrist.

20 And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs. (184 miles)

The wrath of God is complete at this point. Blood was about five feet high for roughly one hundred 

and eighty four miles.