¹² This calls for patient endurance^(A) on the part of the people of God^(B) who keep his commands^(C) and remain faithful to Jesus.

¹³ Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord^(D) from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit,^(E) “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress

¹⁴ I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,^(F) and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man^[a](G) with a crown^(H) of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.