1. Read Revelation 14.
2. Read Revelation 7:1-6 and Revelation 14:1-5.
a. List what you learn about the 144,000.
b. Do you think these Scriptures refer to the same group or two different groups?
c. What does Revelation 9:4 reveal about this group?
d. What other group sing a new song (Revelation 5:8-10)? What is different about the song sang by the 144,000?
e. Why were they worthy to follow the Lamb (see also Isaiah 53:9)?
f. What are firstfruits (Leviticus 23:9-14 1Corinthians 15:20)?
g. Do you think the 144,000 are in heaven or on earth or both? Why?
2. Read Revelation 14:6-13 again.
a. How many angels are mentioned in this passage and what does each do?
b.This chapter records the first reference to Babylon in the book of Revelation. What do you learn about Babylon?
c. According to these verses, why do people take the mark of the beast?
d. What is the fate of those that take the mark? Why do you think the angel warns of their fate at this time?
“cup of his wrath. In the OT God’s wrath is commonly pictures as a cup of wine to be drunk (Ps 75:8 Is 51:17 Jer 25:15)…burning sulfur (Ge 19:24 Ps 11:6 Rev 19:20 20:10 21:8). NIV Study Bible
e. What does Revelation 14:12-13 tell us about the situation of the saints at this time?
f. Who are blessed? Why?
3. Read Revelation 14:15-20 again.
a. Who is seated on a white cloud (Daniel 7:13 Revelation 1:13)? What does He do?
“Son of Man. Most common title for himself, used 81 times in the gospels and never used by anyone but Jesus…That Jesus used ‘Son of Man’ as a messianic title is evident by his use of it (Mark 8:31) in juxtaposition to Peter’s use of Christ (Mark 8:29)…crown of gold. A victory wreath of gold.” NIV Study Bible
b. What is the harvest of the earth (Matthew 13:30, 40-42)?
c. Is “another angel who had charge of the fire” the same angel as Revelation 8:3-5?
d. What is fire associated with (Matthew 18:8 Luke 9:54 2Th 1:7)?
e. What does the winepress symbolize (Isaiah 63:3 Lamentations 1:15 Joel 3:13)?
“winepress. A rock-hewn trough about eight feet square with a channel leading to a lower and smaller trough. Grapes were thrown into the upper vat and trampled with bare feet. The juice was collected in the lower vat. At times mechanical pressure was added.” NIV Study Bible
f. What city is “the city” of Revelation 14:20? What happens “outside the city” (Joel 3:12-16 Zechariah 14:1-4 Hebrews 13:12)?