And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion. 9:5
14:1-5
1 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.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
I saw a lamb standing on mount Zion,
with 144,000 who had his father's name
written on their foreheads.
3 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.
They sang a new song,
which no one could learn,
but the 144,000 who were redeemed from the earth. [1]
4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
They were those who were not defiled with women,
because they were virgins.
14:6-13
6 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,
I saw an angel fly by, saying,
7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Fear God. [2]
It's time for God's judgment.
8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
I saw another angel say,
Babylon the great has fallen,
because she made all the nations drink
the wine of her fornication.
9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Another angel said with a loud voice,
Whoever worships the beast and receives
his mark on his forehead or on his hand,
10The 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:
will drink the wine of God's wrath,
and be tormented with fire and brimstone
in the presence of the lamb and angels.
11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
The smoke of their torment will ascend up forever. [3]
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 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.
The saints obey God's commandments. [4]
14:14-20
14 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.
I saw someone who looked like the Son of man
sitting on a white cloud,
with a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
An angel came by and said,
Thrust in your sickle,
because the harvest on earth is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
And he thrust in his sickle on the earth.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
Another angel with a sickle came out of the temple in heaven.
18And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Another angel came by and said to the one with the sharp sickle,
Thrust in your sharp sickle,
because the grapes are ripe.
19 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.
And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth,
and gathered the vine of the earth
into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
And blood came out of the winepress as high as the horse bridles
into a pool that was a 1600 furlongs wide. [5]
Only 144,000 celibate men will be saved. (Those who were not "defiled with women.")
Or are the 144,000 men that are "not defiled by women" homosexuals? Will only gay men be saved?
What the Bible says about burning people to death and hell
Jesus sits on a white cloud with a sharp sickle in his hand. When the angel flies by and tells him to reap, he helps the angels kill all the people with his sickle. "And blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs."
Which turns out to be about 1.2 x 1014 liters.
And since an adult has about 5 liters of blood, that equates to 2.4 x 1013 (24 trillion) people.
Every Jot and Tittle: All the commandments in the Bible
 The Son of Man's Bloody Gorefest
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