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13 And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, `Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' `Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours -- and their works do follow them!'

14 And I saw, and lo, a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sitting like to a son of man, having upon his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle;

15 and another messenger did come forth out of the sanctuary crying in a great voice to him who is sitting upon the cloud, `Send forth thy sickle and reap, because come to thee hath the hour of reaping, because ripe hath been the harvest of the earth;'

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

“Yes,” says the Spirit,(B) “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress

14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,(C) and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man[a](D) with a crown(E) of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple(F) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle(G) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest(H) of the earth is ripe.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:14 See Daniel 7:13.