Good News & Bad News (Revelation 14)

Revelation 14:1-20

Revelation 14:1 NASB95

Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.

We first saw the 144,000 in chapter 7. What John HEARD was...

Revelation 7:3–4 NASB95

saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

…but what John SAW was...

Revelation 7:9 NASB95

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;

similar to how John heard about the Lion of Judah but saw a Slain Lamb in chapter 5.