This is a very important chapter, as it contains the last message for planet earth. All inhabitants of the earth will have to make a decision for or against this message. This is a life-or-death message called the Three Angels’ Message. I am glad you are here to read it, as servants of God all over the world — from the last movement called the Three Angels’ Message Movement — are giving this message. Revelation chapter 14 commentary is similar to Noah’s message: enter into the ark, or you shall not enter heaven. Jesus’ love and eyes are upon you. Jesus cares for you so much that He sent the book of Revelation so that we can be warned of the things that are soon to come to pass. What is Revelation chapter 14 commentary all about? Let us find out.
RE 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
We understand that the book of Revelation is not written in chronological order. Some verses point to a future event, and some verses later go back to earlier events. In this case, we are taken to during or after the millennium, when the redeemed will have been saved and taken to heaven. Jesus is here together with either a special class of people — for those who believe the 144,000 is literal — or all who will have been saved, for those who believe that this number is symbolic.
In Revelation chapter 14 commentary, we see that the glory of all those who will make it to heaven is not attributed to any believer but to God. Their righteousness is from God; their victory is from God. God leads the way for His chosen ones — the humble, meek, and lowly ones who will have followed the callings of that still small voice in their hearts, the Holy Spirit, who told them: This is the way, walk in it. The Bible is clear: nobody who is rough, unkind, rude, proud, selfish, dishonest, apathetic, or unloving will enter heaven.
To make it to heaven, it is not so much about your actions as it is about who you are. What you will take to heaven is who you are. Unless we let God transform our lives here and become like Jesus, we have no hope of eternal life. Many churches teach that as long as you believe in Jesus you will be saved. That is a doctrine from Babylon — it is not true. Unless our characters are changed into the likeness of Jesus, we shall not enter.
The return of Jesus will not transform who we are. God cannot force a selfish person to love others. God cannot force a proud person to give glory to God, who gives all things. At the second coming, Jesus will transform our bodies, and not our characters or personalities.
PH 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Only the body will be changed. God cannot force a personality change if someone did not, during their time of probation, change their defects of character.
1 CO 15:51–54
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Here too the Bible says that only the body will be changed. The corruptible body will receive a body that cannot get sick — a body that is immortal. This is plain, as in Revelation, seven times Jesus repeats: To him that overcomes. We need to overcome sin to enter heaven. Only Jesus’ righteousness can give us the victory. If you try to gain the victory without God, you will fail.
RE 14:2–3 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps. And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Here again we have this number, which some say is 144,000 literal and some say it encompasses all people who will be saved. The mysteries of heaven — the creatures, the elders, the four beasts — yet all these creatures of God’s creation never went through sin, sorrow, suffering, pain, or tears. We alone, of all of God’s creatures, went through the pain of earth, of a world fallen in sin.
A corrupt world where what is established, praised, and respected by most human beings, God sees as disgusting and an abomination. In Revelation chapter 14 commentary, we see that there are two groups on earth: those who are like Jesus — meek and lowly — and those who resemble the beast. Which group do you belong to?
LK 16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
RE 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
This group was not defiled with women. We find in the Bible that a woman represents a church. The true church is found in Revelation 12; the apostate, or fallen, church is found in Revelation 17 and 18.
They were not defiled with false beliefs, human reasoning, or human devising. They followed only the truth, which is the Bible — the Word of God.
In Revelation chapter 14 commentary, we find that many people on earth today highly regard human reasoning, and, as the human agent is frail, biased, and dishonest, they will fall with them. We see this very much in atheism and in all religions. A high regard for human thoughts and ideas is a sure path into false beliefs and conclusions that entangle human beings in doctrines of demons, causing them to not enter heaven.
As all honest people will accept the truth, all dishonest people will reject it. Let us be very careful what we believe as truth.
RE 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
We see that the group that enters heaven has another special quality. Besides being honest and being very careful not to come to wrong conclusions on a topic, they are wise — although no one is truly wise but God. They do not come swiftly to conclusions on a topic; they take time to study for themselves, and they do not regard the majority opinion.
We see in Revelation chapter 14 commentary that they also do not lie. They are honest; they do not deceive others. This is one of the greatest qualities of the Christian: honesty and humility. A follower of Christ cannot have the attributes of Satan, which is to deceive for one’s own benefit. Someone can tell the truth at all times and come out prosperous and happy. There is never a moment when we need to lie.
RE 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
This is the first angel’s message. The Three Angels’ Message is the most important message in the Bible for today. This is present truth. It is no longer about just believing in Jesus — that is the first step. This is the Noah end-time message that reveals who is truly a worshipper of God.
This message is given to all human beings on earth without exception. We see that many billions of people have not yet heard this message, and they have not taken a side for or against Jesus. In Revelation chapter 14 commentary, we see that throughout the entire book of Revelation, this is the central message.
In Revelation 13, it introduces the beast that makes war with the end-time Three Angels’ Message and the remnant. In Revelation 14, we see that Jesus declares He has an end-time group, and their message is the Three Angels’ Message — the sanctuary message, the Sabbath. They keep the Ten Commandments and have the Testimony of Jesus, which is the spirit of prophecy.
In fact, when we read the whole Bible, we find this is the central theme: truth and error. When we arrive in Revelation, we find that the great churches have fallen and are called Babylon — the mother who has daughters. This power enforces a mark, and only the remnant refuses this false doctrine, for which they are persecuted. Let us find out what this Three Angels’ Message is all about.
RE 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
The first angel’s message preaches about the judgment. Which prophecy is about the judgment? It is the 2,300-day prophecy of Daniel 8:14. It says that 2,300 years after Jerusalem is rebuilt, Jesus will begin the judgment time for all humans. A very solemn message, brothers and sisters. This message also brings us back to creation and the Sabbath.
The Sabbath is Saturday. The Ten Commandments cannot be changed. This message contrasts the Babylon churches — which keep Sunday and which have many lovely people in them — with the remnant, who keep the Bible Sabbath, the seal of God.
To find out when the first angel’s message was given, we need to ask: when was there a time, after the end of the 1,260 years of papal persecution that ended in 1798, when a group of people preached about the sanctuary and Jesus beginning to judge all humans?
We can do the search, brothers and sisters, and we will find that the only group in history that preached the first angel’s message is the Millerite movement of 1844, which became the Seventh-day Adventist Church — or what I like to call the Three Angels’ Message Movement. Is there any other time in history when a group of people preached the sanctuary message worldwide? No. This first angel’s message declares that Jesus, in 1844, at the end of the 2,300-day prophecy, entered into the Most Holy Place to begin determining who will and who will not make it to heaven. A very important message, as it will decide everyone’s destiny.
RE 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
What happens right after the first angel’s message is given? The churches of the world refuse this message — they reject the coming of Jesus and the judgment message. What happens next? They fall into a Babylon state.
They were standing, but when truth came to those churches, the fact that they rejected truth means that they rejected Jesus. When an individual or a church rejects truth, they fall into spiritual darkness. We see this as the central theme of Revelation chapter 14 commentary. The two groups are formed because the first angel’s message is given and is rejected by all churches.
Many from those churches leave the fallen churches to join the Three Angels’ Message Movement. Yet the fact remains that those daughters of Babylon — at the time around 1844 when the first angel’s message is given and rejected — also fall into a state of spiritual darkness and Babylon.
RE 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The third angel’s message is both present and future. Now is the time to be warned of the beast — the papacy. Many people in the Catholic Church are kind and loving, yet the Bible and Jesus expose the system as being opposed to God and His truth. If anyone rejects the Three Angels’ Message, they will automatically accept the beast and his image. What does the papacy say their mark is?
“Question: Have you any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of precept?”
“Answer: Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her — she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority.” — Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism (3rd American ed., rev.: New York, Edward Dunigan & Bro., 1876), p. 174.
RE 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
This message is stunning and of the greatest importance. It says here that one cannot remain a Christian and stay in the churches of Babylon, as they will claim to worship Jesus, but the system is the system of the beast. God’s anger — unmixed, for the first time in history, with mercy — will fall on the worshippers of the beast.
Why would God be so angry at the worshippers of the beast? Because they act in plain light and full knowledge. As we have seen, this message will go to all people on earth. All television channels, news reports, and leaders of the world will talk about this issue: worshipping Jesus and following the Bible, or worshipping man-made worship systems and rules. Many who worship the beast will do so because of a lack of faith, as we see that only God will provide for them at the time when all nations will be confronted with this decision concerning Jesus.
Jesus will be very angry, and the Bible says that the wrath of God will fall on those who, for security and to live at peace, prefer to worship on a false day — which we know is pagan and Satanic. They will knowingly know it is wrong, but for ease, they will follow the beast rather than Jesus. On which side will you then be? I counsel you to study closely The Great Controversy and Daniel and the Revelation by Uriah Smith, as those books give much more detail on the events which are to come to pass on earth. What would keep you from studying those books now?
RE 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
We see here that those who worship earthly systems instead of the Bible will not enter heaven. Will many of them claim to worship Jesus? Yes — and this is what is so astonishing about this last message for planet earth in Revelation chapter 14 commentary.
They will not be atheists. The leaders of this beast movement will unite the papacy — the great world leader to come when the wound will have been healed — with the immense power of the Protestant churches of North America. Together, their persecuting power will far surpass the Inquisition of the Middle Ages. The scenes to happen on earth in the coming years will be things we have never dreamed of — scenes that even the most vivid imagination cannot portray.
RE 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Here Jesus points to the other group. The great majority of Christians believe that there are no longer Ten Commandments. They believe they are under grace — which is true — but grace is not needed when there is nothing to obey.
It is called cheap grace, and this massive deception will sweep millions captive into false beliefs, making many ready to embrace the beast system. On one side are the great churches of Babylon, filled with false beliefs. On the other side is the remnant — the little group that keeps the commandments of God, of which the Sabbath is included, and who preach the Three Angels’ Message.
RE 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
The coming persecutions in the world will reveal that the so-called democratic and civilised governments have lost none of their cruelty and barbarism. In fact, we live in an age of disguised atrocities and abuse.
The world is becoming more legalistic. The two groups will not be the Christians and the non-Christians, but rather the legalists and those who live by love and God’s righteousness. Legalism is one of the most terrible Satanic expressions of the heart. This is why Jesus will lay to rest many people in their graves, as they will not be able to endure the incredible scenes that our world will soon be faced with.
RE 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
What happens right after the Three Angels’ Message is given? Jesus returns to earth. We see that a special group gives the last message to planet earth, and after that, the end of the world takes place. This group is responsible for the life or death of every human being. The Three Angels’ Message distinguishes between he who worships God and he who worships the beast and himself.
RE 14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
The judgment time will have been finished. Jesus will then leave the heavenly temple, having decided all destinies — for heaven or for eternal destruction.
RE 14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
RE 14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
RE 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
The earth is then ripe. The fruits of evil and righteousness have come to maturity. Those who lived for God and who have His righteousness will live forever. Those who followed the crowd and this world will be eternally lost.
RE 14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
Now is the time, my friend, to make a choice — to study this end-time warning message, which is a blessing, warning us of what is to come so that we can prepare before it comes to pass.
RE 14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Billions on earth do not care about truth. Like sheep, they follow what others are doing. But truth does not depend on what others are doing. The truth is found in the Bible. It says:
EX 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment.
On which side do you want to be? Why not study this topic fully now by reading The Great Controversy and Daniel and the Revelation?
Repeat after me: Father God, please forgive my sins. Give me Your righteousness. Help and prosper me. Help me to walk with You. In the name of Jesus, amen.
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