After the horrific images of the previous chapter John points us to the triumphant Christ. "Then I looked and saw the Lamb on Mount Zion with 144,000 with the Father's name written on their foreheads... and I heard a sound from heaven of rushing water with thunder... then I heard harpists and a new song before the throne... and no-one could learn the song other than the 144,000... who didn't defile themselves with women and kept themselves pure... and they follow the Lamb wherever he goes... and then I saw another angel flying in mid-air and he had the gospel to proclaim to every nation... and he said fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgement has come... then came a second angel declaring... fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great... then a third angel said that if anyone worships the beast, his image or takes his mark they will drink of God's fury... and they will be tormented with burning sulphur... for there is no rest day or night for who worships the beast or receives his mark... but blesses are the dead who die in the Lord from now on... then I looked and saw a white cloud... and seated on it was the son of man... with a crown of gold and a sharp sickle... then another angel called to the son of man... take your sickle and reap because the harvest is ripe... so he swung his sickle and harvested the earth... then another angel appeared with another sharp sickle... and another angel told him to reap the grapes... and he threw the grapes into the winepress of God's wrath... and blood flowed from the winepress rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 180 miles!"
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