14:6 我又看見另有一位天使飛在空中，有永遠的福音要傳給住在地上的人，就是各國、各族、各方、各民。
14:7 他大聲說：「應當敬畏上帝，將榮耀歸給他！因他施行審判的時候已經到了。應當敬拜那創造天地海和眾水泉源的。」
14:8 又有第二位天使接著說：「叫萬民喝邪淫、大怒之酒的巴比倫大城傾倒了！傾倒了！」
14:9 又有第三位天使接著他們，大聲說：「若有人拜獸和獸像，在額上或在手上受了印記，
14:10 這人也必喝上帝大怒的酒；此酒斟在上帝忿怒的杯中純一不雜。他要在聖天使和羔羊面前，在火與硫磺之中受痛苦。
14:11 他受痛苦的煙往上冒，直到永永遠遠。那些拜獸和獸像，受牠名之印記的，晝夜不得安寧。」
14:12 聖徒的忍耐就在此；他們是守上帝誡命和耶穌真道的。
14:13 我聽見從天上有聲音說：「你要寫下：從今以後，在主裡面而死的人有福了！」聖靈說：「是的，他們息了自己的勞苦，做工的果效也隨著他們。」
Then I saw another angel flying directly
overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to
every nation and tribe and language and people. And he said with a loud voice,
"Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come,
and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of
water."
Another angel, a second, followed, saying,
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the
wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."
And another angel, a third, followed them,
saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and its image and
receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of
God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be
tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the
presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever,
and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its
image, and whoever receives the mark of its name."
Here is a call for the endurance of the
saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying,
"Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on."
"Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from
their labors, for their deeds follow them!"
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三個天使宣告的信息對屬基督的人是安慰，對不屬基督的人是災難！可見被基督買贖的人是多麼有福啊！
當然被基督買贖的人要面對許多的爭戰，要被人藐視和厭棄，但是最後基督得勝了！他們的堅忍是有意義的，因為最後會得著上帝所應許的，雖然生命可能會喪失，財產可能被人搶奪，但這一切沒有關係，基督最後全勝利！
在這裡更看見上帝要我們永遠記得的事：「從今以後，在主裡面而死的人有福了！他們息了自己的勞苦，做工的果效也隨著他們」。屬基督的人一生為基督做的，上帝都記得喔！
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