12. This means that God’s holy people must be patient. They must obey God’s commands and keep their faith in Jesus.
13. Then I heard a voice from heaven. It said, “Write this: From now on, the dead who were in the Lord when they died are happy.”The Spirit says, “Yes, that is true. They will rest from their hard work. The reward of all they have done stays with them.”
14. I looked and there before me was a white cloud. Sitting on the white cloud was One who looked like a Son of Man. He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
15. Then another angel came out of the temple. This angel called to the One who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and gather from the earth. The time to harvest has come. The fruit of the earth is ripe.”
16. So the One that was sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth. And the earth was harvested.
17. Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven. This angel also had a sharp sickle.
18. And then another angel came from the altar. This angel has power over the fire. This angel called to the angel with the sharp sickle. He said, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth’s vine. The earth’s grapes are ripe.”
19. The angel swung his sickle over the earth. He gathered the earth’s grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s anger.
20. The grapes were crushed in the winepress outside the city. And blood flowed out of the winepress. It rose as high as the heads of the horses for a distance of 200 miles.