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What does Revelation Chapter 14 mean?

Between chapters 11 and 16, Revelation pauses its in-order description of the end times to introduce certain figures and highlight certain events. One of these events, shown in chapter 14, is a celebration which occurs very near the end of the tribulation.

John’s vision here includes Jesus and the same 144,000 sealed believers who were described in chapter 7. These stalwart believers sing a song of praise to God while standing on Zion: the general area of the city of Jerusalem. The sealed believers are further described as spiritually pure, in stark contrast to the wicked people marked as worshippers of the Antichrist (Revelation 14:1–5).

Next John sees three angels delivering messages of warning and prophecy. These messages predict God’s impending judgment on sin and evil. Included in these statements is a comment about those who accepted the mark of the beast, described in chapter 13. Those who take that mark are bound for eternal damnation—they are not believers. This further supports the idea that the mark of the beast is not some casual, hidden concept. Those who take it will know they are rejecting God by doing so. This passage ends with a word of encouragement for Christians who suffer persecution for their faith (Revelation 14:6–13).

The last section of chapter 14 depicts Jesus holding a sickle—a farming tool used to cut plants during the harvest. This passage symbolizes the return of Jesus, and the subsequent battle, in terms of a grape harvest. Just as mature grapes are fat and full of juice, the wickedness of unbelievers on earth will have reached a peak at this moment. Just as a winepress crushes and shreds grapes to make wine, the wrath of God will tear apart those who fight against Christ at the end of the tribulation (Revelation 14:14–20).

Chapter Context
This chapter continues a segment of Revelation which deviates from the chronological account of the end times. These events occur at the end of the tribulation, when Christ returns to defeat all the remaining wickedness on earth. This event is given more details in chapter 19. In Acts 14:19–22 we learn that Paul and Barnabas returned to the cities of Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged the believers by saying believers must endure many tribulations before they enter the kingdom. Revelation 14 and 15 offer similar encouragement to stay loyal to Christ in the face of persecution. Chapter 16 resumes a step-by-step account of the end times.

Verse by Verse

Verse 1. Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father ‘s name written on their foreheads.

John saw the Lamb—Jesus—standing on Mount Zion. The event pictures Jesus as having returned to Jerusalem at the end of the tribulation. He is ready to inaugurate His kingdom on earth. With Him on Mount Zion are the 144,000 sealed Jewish believers who have survived the tribulation. They have triumphed over all its turmoil and persecution.

This is the same group of saved Jews we read about in Revelation chapter 7. In that chapter, these saved Jews received the seal of the living God on their foreheads (Revelation 7:4). This verse describes the 144,000 as having the name of the Lamb and His Father on their foreheads. This seal marks them as belonging to God as His servants. This is a stark contrast to unbelieving Jews (and Gentiles) who received the mark of the beast. In Greek, the contrast between the words for “seal” and “mark” is especially drastic. One means a signature or signet, the other means a “brand,” like that put on an animal.

The 144,000 ministered faithfully during the first half of the tribulation and probably fled to a place of safety for the second half of the tribulation (Matthew 24:16–21).

Context Summary
Revelation 14:1–5 reports that John saw the Lamb and the 144,000 sealed Jews standing on Mount Zion. This continues Revelation’s temporary break from a moment-by-moment account of end-times judgments, looking forward to the end of all things. The 144,000 are those we read about in Revelation 7. They come from the tribes of Israel and receive God’s seal on their foreheads (Revelation 7:2–4). They serve God faithfully throughout the tribulation and are among those who survive to enjoy shelter, refreshment, and comfort in Messiah’s kingdom (Revelation 7:15–17). There is great rejoicing in heaven as the 144,000 stand with the Lamb on Mount Zion.

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

Heaven is not a dull, boring, quiet place, as many unbelievers suppose. It is a place of joyful celebration. John reports that he heard a voice from heaven that sounded like a roaring river or waterfall or loud thunder. John describes the voice further as the sound of harpists playing on their harps. The choristers are not identified. They may be tribulation martyrs whose lives were snuffed out by the beast. If that is the case, they must be celebrating the imminent end of the beast and his empire.

Other possibilities are that these singers are church-age saints, or Old Testament saints, or both groups of saints, or angels. The Old Testament saints are in heaven in spirit form and are awaiting the resurrection of their bodies at Christ’s return (Daniel 12:1–2). Whoever they are, it is clear they are joyfully welcoming the end of the tribulation and the commencement of Jesus’ reign on earth.

Verse 3. and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

The choristers in heaven join in singing a new song before God’s throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. The scene takes us back to chapter 4, where the four living creatures surrounded God’s throne and ascribed holiness to Him. The elders at that time praised God and worshiped Him as worthy to receive glory, honor, and power. In this verse it might be the same beings who sing a new song that only the 144,000 can learn. We do not know the words to the song, but they probably extol God for redeeming the 144,000 from the earth.

When God delivered the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt and led them safely through the Red Sea, Moses and the Hebrews sang about the experience (Exodus 15). They praised God for redeeming them from the clutches of Pharaoh. It seems reasonable that the song mentioned in Revelation 14:3 focuses on God’s power in purchasing the 144,000 by the blood of the Lamb and protecting them through the tribulation.

Verse 4. It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,

The 144,000 are called “virgins” in this verse. The Greek word used here is parthenoi, most often a reference to those who have abstained from sex. The same word can also be used as a reference to spiritual purity. These men refused to participate in the idolatrous worship of the beast. They are like the wise virgins Jesus described as having oil in their lamps while they waited for the bridegroom (Matthew 25:1–13). Similarly, the 144,000 are faithfully waiting for Jesus, the bridegroom, to return with His bride, the church, to celebrate the marriage supper on earth.

Instead of following the beast, as so many will do in the tribulation, the 144,00 follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They are obedient servants of the Lord. Furthermore, they have been redeemed—washed in the blood of the Lamb. As redeemed tribulation Jews, they are the firstfruits for God and the Lamb. They precede a vast number of Jews who believe on their Messiah at the end of the tribulation and enter Jesus’ kingdom on earth (Zechariah 12:10; Romans 11:15, 26–27).

Verse 5. and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.

This verse further describes the 144,000 as totally honest and blameless. They stood resolutely against the deception of the age that reached its peak in the words and actions of the false prophet. Whereas the false prophet deceived the masses by his wonders, the 144,000 faithfully represented Jesus, who is the truth (John 14:6).

These faithful followers of the Lamb are also depicted as “blameless.” The word translated “blameless” is the Greek amōmoi, which describes an animal that has passed inspection and is qualified to be a sacrifice because it has no defect. The apostle Peter described Jesus as having redeemed us with his blood, “like that of a lamb without blemish or spot” (1 Peter 1:19). Although the 144,000 are not sinless, they cannot be rightfully accused of any lies or wrongdoing. We, too, ought to live in such a way that no one will be able to accuse us of bad speech or evil deeds.

Verse 6. Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.

This verse features another angel that flies above John and has a gospel message to proclaim to every person, nation, tribe, language and people. It seems God is granting the world a final opportunity to turn to Him. The gospel is good news. It stands forever, even in earth’s darkest days, as good news about God’s grace and forgiveness offered to sinners because Jesus died for our sins (1 Corinthians 15:3). However, there is no evidence that even one person believes the angel’s message. The darkness of the beast’s kingdom settles into the human heart.

Many interpreters see this as an example which demonstrates God’s motivations behind the complex events of the end times. By offering repeated opportunities for repentance, and extraordinary evidence of His truth, God is removing all excuses. These events, in part, help to prove that humanity does not ultimately reject God because they are misled, or uninformed. Mankind rejects God because they love their sin more than their Creator.

The gospel mentioned in Revelation 14:6 is called “eternal,” suggesting it never changes. It is the same throughout all ages. Paul warned the Galatian church not to accept a false gospel. He wrote: “There are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:7–8).

Context Summary
Revelation 14:6–13 reports what three angels announce. The first angel declares God’s imminent judgment on Babylon, but first he proclaims the eternal gospel throughout the world. It appears that God gives earth’s inhabitants one last chance to repent before He executes His judgment. The second and third angels pronounce judgment on the kingdom of the beast and his worshipers. Revelation 15:1—18:24 fills in the details of the predicted judgments. A voice from heaven encourages those who obey God and maintain steadfast in faith in Christ. The voice pronounces blessing upon those who lay down their lives for Christ.

Verse 7. And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

The angel with the eternal gospel urged everyone to reverence God, ascribe glory to Him, and worship Him. The angel gives two reasons sinners should fear God, give Him glory, and worship Him. First, God’s judgment is imminent. Soon He will bring an end to the beast and his empire (Revelation 17; 18). Also, He will consign the beast and the false prophet to eternal destruction in the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20). All the beast’s followers, too, will experience similar judgment (Revelation 20:11–15).

In the church age—the modern, present era—God uses saved human beings to warn the lost to turn in faith to God. Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 5:11: “Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others.” And in 2 Corinthians 5:20, he declared, “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us.” In the tribulation, in addition to saved people, God apparently plans to use angels to warn sinners to turn to Him.

The angel with the eternal gospel also urges sinners to respect, glorify, and worship God because He created everything. Instead of worshiping an idol—the image of the beast—those who live in the tribulation should worship the true God, the Creator of heaven and earth.

Verse 8. Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.”

Another angel appears in John’s vision and announces the fall of Babylon. The Bible depicts Babylon as the center of Satanic activity from the days following Noah’s flood until its fall at the end of the tribulation. Babylon is notorious for its idolatry, blasphemy, and immorality. The book of Daniel reveals its idolatry in the case of Nebuchadnezzar’s command to worship a giant image (Daniel 3:1–7) and its blasphemy and immorality in the case of Belshazzar (Daniel 5).

Jeremiah 50:38 describes Babylon as “a land of images, and they are mad over idols.” Further in Jeremiah 51:7 we read: “Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD‘s hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations went mad.” Babylon is used, in the Bible, both as a literal place and culture and as a symbol of a godless, wicked worldview.

In Scripture, then, “Babylon” is as much a reference to the world’s ungodly and sinful nature as anything else. The Satanic system called Babylon is precisely what the beast and the false prophet promote, but it is doomed to destruction. According to Revelation 14:8 its end will be double destruction—both in this world, and in the world to come.

Verse 9. And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

Another angel appears in John’s vision and cries out with a loud voice. His message concerns anyone who worships the beast and its image and has the mark of the beast on his forehead or on his hand. This statement makes it clear that anyone who takes this mark is declaring their opposition to God. In simple terms, all who take the mark of the beast are lost—the very act of accepting the beast’s image signifies they are unbelievers.

This reference to the worship of the beast and the mark of the beast recalls Revelation 13. In that previous chapter we learn about the rise to political power of the beast from the sea, an apparent reference to the Mediterranean region. This region approximates the territory of the Roman Empire. Apparently, the beast—typically labelled as Antichrist—will rule like a Caesar over the Revived Roman Empire. He guarantees Israel’s protection and peace until the middle of the tribulation, when he breaks his treaty with Israel (Daniel 9:27). To gain the first beast’s favor, the second beast—the False Prophet—places a statue in Jerusalem in the holy place and commands everyone to worship the beast. He also causes everyone to receive the mark of the beast on his right hand or on his forehead. Failure to comply with the false prophet’s order withdraws a person’s right to buy and sell.

Verse 10. he also will drink the wine of God ‘s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

The third angel tells what will happen to the beast’s followers. Every one of them will be the object of God’s full wrath. God is depicted as pouring out His judgment like undiluted wine into the cup of His anger. Psalm 75:8 states: “For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.”

Here, the wine of God’s wrath is described as “full strength.” It was common in prior eras to mix “straight” alcoholic liquids, such as wine, into fairly large amounts of water. Undiluted wine was considered sour, strong, and distastefully bitter. By analogy, unrepentant sinners will find it extremely difficult to drink the wine of God’s wrath. According to Revelation 14:10, every unrepentant sinner will be vexed with fire and sulfur. The worshipers of the beast chose to follow the Devil, and they will follow him into judgment in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:7–15). The holy angels and Jesus, the Lamb, will observe the judgment of those who worship the beast.

Verse 11. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

Some modern religious teachers recoil at the thought of eternal punishment. However, the Bible clearly teaches that all who do not believe in Jesus as Savior will experience eternal punishment. This verse declares that the smoke of the unbelievers’ torment ascends forever and ever. The implication is that these condemned souls never see relief from their punishment, whether during the day or at night.

This is not something God does out of sadism. Ezekiel 18:23 assures us that God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked. He offers life and full forgiveness if a wicked person turns away from his sins and does what is right in God’s sight (Ezekiel 18:21–22). However, as Proverbs 29:1 states, “He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.” If sinners insist on sinning against an eternal being, they will face serious eternal consequences. John 3:36 gives two very different choices and the results of those choices: “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

The followers of the beast make the wrong choice. This verse once again indicates that those who take the mark of the beast (Revelation 13:16–17) are consciously rejecting God, and are unquestionably non-believers.

Verse 12. Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

Those who refuse to worship the beast will be under intense persecution. Prior verses indicated that those who rejected his mark would be ostracized at best, and martyred at worst (Revelation 13:16–17). This verse encourages them to patiently withstand the persecution. They are saints; that is, believers who are separated unto God. They obey God, not the beast, and their faith is in Jesus.

Genuine faith in Jesus shows up when it is tried. Peter described such faith as “more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire” (1 Peter 1:7). He predicted that genuine faith will “be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 1:7).

Perhaps those who are called saints in this verse are Jewish believers. It is said they keep God’s commandments. This may be a reference to the Ten Commandments that God gave specifically to Israel. When He gave Israel the Ten Commandments, He said, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you [the Israelites] out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery” (Exodus 20:2).

Verse 13. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

In contrast to the wicked who cannot rest day or night in their torment (Revelation 14:11), the tribulation martyrs enjoy the blessing of rest from their labors. God will compensate them for their faithful works on His behalf. These blessed individuals are the last martyrs of the tribulation. They are worthy of their reward, because they will have suffered so much and so severely during the beast’s reign of terror.

This verse points out that these believers “die in the Lord.” This phrase marks them as new creations in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). Unless raptured before dying, every person will keep an appointment with death. He or she will either die in the Son or in their sin. Those who die in the Son enjoy eternal rest. Those who die in their sin experience eternal unrest. Jesus extends the invitation, “Come to me…and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me…and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:28–29).

Verse 14. Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

John looks heavenward and sees “one like a son of man” seated on a white cloud. This person wears a crown and carries a sickle in his hand. Some Bible teachers identify the person in John’s vision as an angel, but it seems best to identify this figure as the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus is called the “the Son of Man” in Revelation 1:13 and is often identified as the Son of Man in the Gospels (Matthew 8:20; 9:6; 10:23; Mark 2:10; 9:9; 10:45; Luke 6:22; 12:40; 18:31; 21:27; John 13:31). Also, the crown on His head suggests that He is returning to earth to reign as king. Further, He holds a sickle with which to reap a harvest of the wicked for judgment. Only Jesus has the prerogative to execute judgment, as the apostle Paul told the Athenians: “[God] has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance by raising him from the dead” (Acts 17:31).

Context Summary
Revelation 14:14–20 anticipates the judgment of the wicked that takes place at Christ’s return. Matthew 13:36–43 and 24:21–46 disclose Jesus’ words about this future event. Second Thessalonians 1:5–12 predicts it, and so does Jude 1:14–15. Isaiah 63:1–6 also describes the Lord’s day of vengeance on the wicked. This event is poetically described using the image of a winepress, with blood streaming from it as high as a horse’s head.

Verse 15. And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”

Another angel exits the temple in heaven, which indicates he has divine authority for his mission. With a loud voice this angel implores the “one like a son of man” sitting on a cloud (likely Jesus) (Revelation 14:14): the time is right and the harvest is ripe. For centuries God has delayed His judgment, giving sinners ample opportunity to repent. But, as in the days of Noah, His Spirit will not always strive with man (Genesis 6:3). His judgment will be swift, relentless, and thorough. This sickle is sharp (Revelation 14:14) and will leave no wicked person standing, just as a sharp sickle swung into a harvest of wheat leaves no stalk standing.

Some believe this harvest consists of both saints and sinners, but the context of this part of Revelation 14 is judgment, as verse 19 indicates. So, it seems that only the wicked are “reaped” in this harvest. The verses which follow describe this “reaping” in graphic terms, using the symbolism of grapes being crushed in a winepress.

Verse 16. So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

In response to the angel’s call to thrust His sickle into the harvest, the “one like a son of man” “seated on the cloud” (identified as Jesus) (Revelation 14:14) swung His sickle across the earth. Consequently, the earth was reaped. Not a single unbeliever anywhere on the planet will escape Jesus’ judgment. The psalmist asked, “If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?” (Psalm 130:3). After sinning in the perfect environment God had placed them in, Adam and Eve tried to hide from God’s presence by secluding themselves among the trees of the garden. But their attempt was unsuccessful, and God confronted them about their sin (Genesis 3:8–13). Likewise, when Christ thrusts in His sickle to judge the wicked, no sinner will be able to hide from Him.

Revelation 19:17–21 further describes this thorough and deadly reaping. The wages of sin have never been reduced. Romans 6:23 identifies those wages as death. The death is physical, spiritual, and eternal, but God has provided a remedy. Romans 6:23 also states that “the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Verse 17. Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Another angel emerges from the temple in heaven, which suggests he has full authority from God for what he is about to do. He, too, carries a sickle. This sickle, like the first, will be used to “harvest” unbelievers. The symbolism of reaping and harvesting describes God’s eventual destruction of all non-believers during the end times. Unlike most of Revelation, the segment contained in chapters 12 through 15 jumps back and forth in time, with this passage looking ahead to the end of the tribulation.

The reference to angels in Revelation 14 shows they are servants of God and dedicated to doing His will. Isaiah saw angels hovering around God’s throne in humble submission to Him (Isaiah 6:1–2). After Jesus successfully refused the Devil’s attempts to cause Him to sin, angels arrived and ministered to Him (Matthew 4:11). Hebrews 1:7 says, “He [God] makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire.” Further, Hebrews 1:14 points out that His angels are ministering spirits. We can learn from the angels to quickly obey God as humble, ready servants.

Verse 18. And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”

Another angel, who has control over fire, emerges from the altar. John reports that this angel shouted to the angel with the sickle to use his sickle to harvest fully ripe grapes from earth’s vine.

This passage carries several layers of symbolism. The original language portrays the grapes as mature and full of juice. Perhaps the reference to mature, juicy grapes indicates the wickedness of unbelievers has reached its peak or perhaps it points to the wicked rich who live luxuriously in the kingdom of the beast. Either way, the days of sinful indulgence are coming quickly to an end. Psalm 73:18–20 describes the wicked rich as they feel God’s hand of judgment upon them. The passage says: “Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.”

Upcoming verses will continue the symbolic—and graphic—use of grapes to depict the results of God’s judgment on sin during the end times.

Verse 19. So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

The angel described in verse 18 used his sickle to sweep across the earth and to gather the grape harvest. Then he threw the grapes into the winepress of God’s wrath.

This imagery is easily lost on a modern reader, but to the original audience, it would have been clear. The custom of the day was to produce grape juice by trampling the grapes underfoot in a winepress. Here, the grapes represent the wicked: God will prepare the wicked for final judgment by gathering them together to be trampled upon.

Isaiah 63:2–4 prophesies: “Why is your apparel red, and your garments like his who treads in the winepress? ‘I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel. For the day of vengeance was in my heart.’” That prophecy, along with this verse, anticipates the horrific scene depicted in Revelation 14:20.

At His return, Christ will gather earth’s armies together at Armageddon, where He will “tread down” His enemies (Revelation 17:12–14; 19:15). Just as grapes are smashed and torn in a winepress, releasing wine, the enemies of God will be ripped apart, creating a tidal wave of blood.

Verse 20. And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse ‘s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.

The city mentioned in this verse is likely old Jerusalem. The judgment God executes on the wicked centers outside Jerusalem, appropriately so, because that’s where Jesus bore God’s wrath for our sins. His cross was located at Golgotha, which was located outside Jerusalem (John 19:16–18).

This passage uses the symbolism of grapes in a winepress to describe the eventual defeat of the wicked in the end times. As grapes are crushed and broken to release wine, the bodies of God’s enemies will be smashed in a bloody defeat. Taken in absolutely literal terms, this verse describes a cascade of blood some five or six feet (2 meters) high and 180 miles (290 kilometers) long. Most interpreters see this as primarily symbolic. Some suggest that what’s described is a 1600-stadia zone of carnage during battle, so violent that blood is splattered as high as the head of a horse.

Whether entirely or partly poetic, one thing is certain: this judgment creates a gory scene. Revelation 19:13 pictures Jesus as having blood on His robe as He rides into warfare against the wicked. Although some believe this is the blood Jesus shed on the cross, others see this as the blood of His enemies. The interpretation that it is the blood of His enemies is supported by the prophetic picture given in Isaiah 63:2–4. Jesus’ defeat of His enemies at the end of the tribulation will be absolute and terrible.

End of Chapter 14.

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