The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Revelation 14:8-12
Of this effect and result of the Reformation and of the fall of spiritual Babylon the next angels made announcement: v. 8. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. v. 9. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, if any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, v. 10. the same shall drink of the... read more
F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Revelation 14:1-99
Revelation 14 CHAPTER 14 GIVES US a series of visions, all of which set before us in various ways God’s thoughts and actions from heaven during the period when the two beasts are dominating the earth, persecuting and even slaying the saints. In the first of these visions we see how God will preserve for Himself faithful souls who will be true to the Lamb and free from the corruptions that the beast is enforcing on all under his power. The number given is symbolic. Twelve is the number of... read more