Revelation 14:1-13

Translation

Then I looked and, Oh! A little lamb standing on the Mountain of Zion, and 144,000 others were standing with him. They had the his name and the name of his father written on their foreheads. I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of the sea and loud thunder, and the sound I heard was like guitarists playing their guitars. And they were singing a new song before the throne and the four beasts and the elders, and no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who were purchased from the earth. These are the ones who don’t become ritually impure by lying with women, for they are virgins. They follow the little lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from humanity as the firstfruits of God and the little lamb. In their mouths there is no falsehood. They are blameless.

I saw another angel flying at the zenith of the sun, and he had the good news of the little lamb to proclaim to those who live on earth, every ethnicity, tribe, language, and people-group. He said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgement has come. Worship the one who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the well-springs of water.

A second angel came and said, “Fallen, Fallen is Babylon the Great! She made all the nations drink from the wine of the wrath of her fornication!”

A third angel came and said to them in a loud voice, “Whoever worships the beast and its cultic image and receives the mark on their forehead or their hand will drink form the wine of the wrath of God mixed at full strength in the cup of his wrath, and they will be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy angels and the little lamb. The smoke of their torment rises forever. The ones who worshipped the beast and its cultic image and recieved the mark of his name will not have rest day or night.

Here is the perseverance of the saints, the ones who keep the law of God and faithfulness to Jesus.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write: Blessed are the dead who are killed for the lord from this moment on. Yes, says the Spirit, they will rest from their labors, because their works follow after them.

The Army of the Lamb

Deut 23:9-14

The New Revised Standard Version Sanitary, Ritual, and Humanitarian Precepts

9 When you are encamped against your enemies you shall guard against any impropriety.

10 If one of you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he shall go outside the camp; he must not come within the camp. 11 When evening comes, he shall wash himself with water, and when the sun has set, he may come back into the camp.

12 You shall have a designated area outside the camp to which you shall go. 13 With your utensils you shall have a trowel; when you relieve yourself outside, you shall dig a hole with it and then cover up your excrement. 14 Because the LORD your God travels along with your camp, to save you and to hand over your enemies to you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

Three Messages from Angels

Perseverance of the Saints

Ephesians 6:12-13

The New Revised Standard Version The Whole Armor of God

For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.