Revelation 14

Lamb of God

Lamb — the sacrificial offering, Christ slain for sin

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. Revelation 14:1

John sees Christ, the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion with His faithful servants, who bear His Father's name. D&C 77:11 identifies the 144,000 as high priests ordained to bring souls to the Church of the Firstborn.

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• quoted by D&C 133:18 — When the Lamb stands on Mount Zion with the 144,000 having His Father's name in their foreheads.
• interpreted by D&C 77:11 — Explains who the 144,000 are.

Redeemer

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. Revelation 14:3–4

These disciples were redeemed, bought back by Christ, and they follow the Lamb wherever He leads. They are the 'firstfruits,' the first harvest gathered to God and to Christ.

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• alluded to by D&C 88:98 — They who are Christ's, the first fruits, who descend with Him first.

Doctrine of Christ

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, Revelation 14:6

Latter-day Saints understand this angel as the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ through heavenly messengers like Moroni. In D&C 133 the Lord Himself says He sent this angel.

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• interpreted by D&C 133:36 — The Lord: 'I have sent forth mine angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel.'

Judgment

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: Revelation 14:10

Those who choose the beast face judgment before Christ, the Lamb. The One who offered them redemption is the One before whom they must answer.

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Faith in Christ

Jesus — 'Jehovah saves'

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12

The patient saints are those who keep God's commandments and keep their faith in Jesus through persecution.

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• the same title in Revelation 12:17 — Keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Faith in Christ

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. Revelation 14:13

To die 'in the Lord' means to die faithful to Christ, united with Him. The Spirit confirms that such people rest, and their good works go with them.

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• quoted by D&C 63:49 — Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord ... when the Lord shall come.

Son of Man

Son of Man — Son of the Man of Holiness, the Father (Moses 6:57)

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. Revelation 14:14–16

John sees Christ crowned as King, sitting on a cloud and reaping the earth. This pictures His Second Coming as the great harvest, when the righteous are gathered in.

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• alludes to Daniel 7:13 — One like the Son of man coming with the clouds of heaven.
• alludes to Matthew 13:40-41 — The harvest is the end of the world; the Son of man sends forth His angels.
• the same event in Matthew 24:30 — The Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven.
• the same title in Revelation 1:13 — One like unto the Son of man.

Second Coming

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. Revelation 14:19–20

The wicked are gathered like grapes and trodden in the winepress. Isaiah and D&C 133 show the Lord treading the winepress at His coming in red garments, and Revelation 19:15 says Christ treads it.

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• alludes to Isaiah 63:3 — 'I have trodden the winepress alone.'
• the same event in Revelation 19:15 — Christ treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
• the same event in D&C 133:50 — The Lord at His coming: 'I have trodden the wine-press alone.'