Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth - to every nation, tribe, language and people. He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water."
A second angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries."
A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commndments and remain faithful to Jesus.
Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them." (Rev. 14:6-13 NIV)
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I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one "like a son of a man" with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe" (Rev. 14:14-15 NIV).
The Son of Man is used 88 times in the New Testament. It is used by Daniel for the Messiah coming in the clouds. It is used by Jesus for a term identifying Himself. Christ: The gold crown is the miter the High priest wore at the time of First Fruits. The sickle was used to cut the first ripened grain of barley at Passover. The 144,000 have no sin (leaven) just as there was no leaven during Unleavened Bread.
The Day of Atonement correlations are found from Rev. chapters 4-15. Every Jubilee cycle began by blowing silver trumpets on the Day of Atonement (Rev. chapter4). The seven-sealed book is Day of Atonement imagery (Rev. chapter5). The thirty minutes of silence at the altar is Day of Atonement imagery. The priest would be in the holy place 30 mins (Rev. chapter 8). The expelling of Satan is the removal of Azazel (goat); the day of Atonement (Rev. chapter 12). In Rev. chapter 15, these judgments are a picture of Day of Atonement judgments.