12 This calls for endurance from the saints,(A) who keep God’s commands and their faith in Jesus.”[a]

13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”(B)

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they will rest from their labors, since their works follow them.”

Reaping the Earth’s Harvest

14 Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and one like the Son of Man[b](C) was seated on the cloud, with a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:12 Or and the faith of Jesus, or and faithfulness to Jesus
  2. 14:14 Or like a son of man

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