Revelation 14:13-14

The Messages of the Three Angels

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

The Harvest of the Earth

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

  1. Cross References
    Revelation 20:6
    Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
    Ecclesiastes 4:2
    And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.
  2. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:18
    Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
    1 Thessalonians 4:16
    For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
  3. Cross References
    Revelation 6:11
    Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
  4. Cross References
    Revelation 1:13
    And in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.
  5. Cross References
    Revelation 6:2
    And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.
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