1. Revelation 14:1–5 (ESV)
  2. Structure and outline

The way in which Revelation 14:1–5 links to what follows

Revelation 14:1–5 (ESV)

1 Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

The Lord not only preserves his own in the midst of Satan’s rage as described in Revelation 12:1–17 and Revelation 13:1–18, but he also punishes those who attack and tempt and persecute those for whom Christ has died. Revelation 14:6–11 describes that punishment.