Revelation 14:7 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Revelation 14:6-13

Read Revelation 14:7 with 14:6-13. This verse calls for reverent worship of the creator because judgment's hour has come. The complete unit's controlling movement is: An eternal-gospel angel calls all peoples to creator worship, a second announces Babylon's fall, a third warns beast worshipers, and a heavenly beatitude blesses those who die in the Lord.

Why This Verse Appears Here

The preceding movement establishes: Revelation 14:1-5 established this prior movement: The Lamb stands on Zion with 144,000 bearing divine names, singing a new song and described as undefiled, truthful firstfruits who follow wherever he goes. This unit then contributes: An eternal-gospel angel calls all peoples to creator worship, a second announces Babylon's fall, a third warns beast worshipers, and a heavenly beatitude blesses those who die in the Lord. The following movement develops: Revelation 14:14-20 continues the book through this next movement: A crowned humanlike figure reaps earth's ripe harvest; angels then gather grapes into God's winepress, producing an enormous city-outside blood image. At Revelation 14:7, this verse calls for reverent worship of the creator because judgment's hour has come.