saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,

The Lamb and the 144,000

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.

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,

And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”

Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.