Episode 51: And The Trumpets Sang

Summary

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The Life of Jesus, Episode 51: “And The Trumpets Sang”

Podcast: The Life of Jesus
Host: Fox Audio Network
Air Date: March 29, 2026
Featured Voices: Stacy Keach (John/Narrator), Lauren Green, Ainsley Earhardt, and others

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Episode Overview

This immersive episode guides listeners through the dramatic middle chapters of Revelation, the climactic vision of John as described in the New Testament. Stacy Keach portrays John’s apocalyptic visions of the end times: the opening of the seven seals, the sounding of the trumpets, judgments poured out upon the earth, and the cosmic battle between good and evil. The retelling is interspersed with reflections on the symbolism and challenge of interpreting the prophetic and sometimes terrifying visions, with reminders of hope for the faithful.

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Key Discussion Points & Content Breakdown

1. Setting the Stage: Seals and Trumpets (00:02-01:31)

• Ainsley Earhardt introduces the episode, preparing listeners for the fearsome but ultimately hopeful visions in Revelation.
• Encourages listeners to recognize God's sovereignty and the hope for believers, even as disasters unfold.

2. The Seven Seals Unleashed (01:31-07:57)

• Stacy Keach narrates the dramatic opening of the first six seals:
  • First Four Seals (The Four Horsemen):
    • White horse (conquest), red horse (war), black horse (famine), pale horse (death) ([01:31]-[03:15]).
    • “I saw and behold a white horse. And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him. And he went out conquering and to conquer.” — Stacy Keach as John ([01:34]).
  • Fifth and Sixth Seals:
    • Souls of martyrs plead for justice; massive earthquake and cosmic disturbances ([03:18]-[04:32]).
    • “O sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood...” — Martyrs’ cry ([03:18]).
• Sealing of the 144,000:
  • 12,000 from each of the tribes of Israel protected ([04:51]-[06:51]).
• Heavenly Worship:
  • Saints in white robes; assurance that those who endured tribulation now receive salvation ([06:51]-[07:57]).
  • “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation... God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” — Heavenly elder ([07:12]).

3. The Trumpets of Judgment (07:57-15:58)

• Seventh Seal and Silence in Heaven:
  • Prepares for further judgments ([07:57]).
• First Four Trumpets:
  • Hail and fire scorch earth, a burning mountain turns sea to blood, star called “Wormwood” poisons waters, sun/moon/stars darkened ([07:57]-[10:44]).
• Announcement of Three Woes:
  • “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth...” — Cry from an eagle ([10:16]).
• Fifth and Sixth Trumpets:
  • Demon locusts torment humanity; four angels released to kill a third of mankind ([10:44]-[12:55]).
    • “In those days, men will seek death and will not find it.” — John ([11:17]).
• Vision of the Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll:
  • John eats the scroll, which is sweet in the mouth but bitter in the stomach — symbolizing the bittersweet nature of prophecy ([15:58]-[16:15]).
  • “Take it and eat; it will be bitter to your stomach but sweet as honey in your mouth.” — Angel ([15:58]).

4. The Two Witnesses and the Seventh Trumpet (16:28-19:40)

• The Two Witnesses:
  • Prophesy for 1,260 days, perform miracles, are slain by the beast, resurrected after three and a half days, and ascend to heaven ([16:28]-[18:54]).
  • The world rejoices at their death but is struck with terror at their resurrection and ascension.
• Seventh Trumpet and Heavenly Declaration:
  • God’s reign is announced; the temple and Ark in heaven revealed ([19:30]-[19:40]).
  • “We give thanks to thee, Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast, that thou hast taken thy great power and begun to reign.” — The elders worship ([19:30]).

5. The Woman, the Dragon, and the Two Beasts (19:40-29:40)

• Vision of the Woman and the Dragon:
  • Woman clothed with the sun gives birth; red dragon (Satan) seeks to destroy her child but fails ([19:40]-[22:07]).
• War in Heaven:
  • Michael and angels cast the dragon and his forces to earth; celebration in heaven ([22:07]-[22:49]).
  • “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God... have come. For the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down.” — Lauren Green as voice of heaven ([22:07]).
• The Beasts:
  • First beast (political power) and second beast (false prophet) rise ([22:49]-[27:00]).
  • Mark of the beast (666) introduced as a requirement to buy or sell ([25:55]-[27:45]).
  • “This calls for wisdom... Its number is 666.” — John ([27:40]).
• Redemption of the 144,000 and The Eternal Gospel:
  • The 144,000 sing a new song, angels proclaim judgment and warning against worshiping the beast ([27:45]-[29:40]).
  • “If anyone worships the beast... he shall be tormented with fire and sulfur.” ([28:58]).

6. The Harvest of the Earth (29:40-31:40)

• Blessed Are the Dead in the Lord:
  • Promise of rest and reward for the faithful ([29:52]).
  • “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth... for their deeds follow them.” ([29:52]-[29:57]).
• The Final Harvest and God’s Wrath:
  • Son of Man and angels reap the earth: one for salvation, one for judgment ([30:05]-[31:12]).
  • “Put in your sickle and reap, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” — Angel ([30:26]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Divine Sovereignty:

  • “The ones who belong to Jesus know that the same God who created the world has every right to destroy it.” — Ainsley Earhardt ([00:41])

• On the Apocalyptic Imagery:

  • “How could someone who lived in AD 90 describe a helicopter in battle? Could war helicopters be what John described as locusts arrayed for battle, with scales like iron breastplates and a noise like many chariots and horses rushing to battle?” — Ainsley Earhardt’s reflection ([32:27])

• On Hope for the Faithful:

  • “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” — Heavenly elder ([07:55])
  • “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth... for their deeds follow them.” — Voice from heaven ([29:52]-[29:57])

• On the Endurance of the Saints:

  • “Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” — John ([29:40])

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Reflection on the Vision (32:27-33:57)

• Ainsley Earhardt’s Commentary:
  • Reminds listeners that John’s vision was shaped by his limited frame of reference.
  • Stresses the symbolic vs. literal interpretation of Revelation’s visions.
  • Concludes with encouragement to live faithfully as the world approaches its end:
    • “Suffice it to say, those who don’t serve the Lord will wish they had, and those who do will rejoice. That final day is coming. The only question is when.” ([33:10])

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Important Timestamps

• [01:31] — Seals opened, Four Horsemen ride
• [04:51] — 144,000 sealed and vision of the great multitude
• [07:57] — Seventh seal and the trumpets begin
• [10:16] — Eagle cries: “Woe, woe, woe...”
• [11:17] — Torture by locusts (demonic army), men seek death
• [16:28] — Two witnesses prophesy and are killed/resurrected
• [19:30] — Seventh trumpet; elders worship
• [22:07] — Dragon cast down, “Now salvation has come”
• [25:55] — Introduction of the beast’s mark, the “number of a man: 666”
• [29:40] — “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord”
• [30:05] — Final harvest and depiction of God’s wrath
• [32:27] — Modern reflection and the challenge of interpreting prophecy

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Summary Tone and Style

The episode is epic and reverent, staying close to the apocalyptic grandeur of its biblical source while voiced in an emotionally resonant and almost cinematic narrative style. Performers deliver their lines with gravity, vividly describing both horror and hope.

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Takeaway for Listeners

This episode offers a sweeping, immersive vision of Revelation’s most intense scenes — challenging but rich in hope for those who serve God. With its stellar cast and dramatic delivery, listeners are drawn into the drama of end-times judgment, the cosmic battle of good vs. evil, and the ultimate restoration promised by faith. Earhardt’s closing words urge listeners to heed the call to faithfulness as the world approaches its final days.

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Transcript

[Ainsley Earhart]

Hello everyone. This is Ainsley Earhart. Thank you for joining me for episode 51 of this 52 episode podcast series, the Life of Jesus, we will hear the next nine chapters of Revelation. In this podcast, we will hear of seals being opened and trumpets sounding. With each occurrence, a further disaster will strike the earth. John's account of what he saw can be fearsome indeed for those who serve the Lord. These events are informative but not particularly frightening. The ones who belong to Jesus know that the same God who created the world has every right to destroy it. They also know God destroyed the world by a flood so that it could become better. He will do the same at the very end. Let's find out what God has planned as we listen to Stacy Keach giving John's account of the end of time. You're listening to the Life of Jesus. We'll be right back.

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[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

now. I saw when the lamb opened one of the seven seals. And I heard one of the four living creatures say, as with a voice of thunder, come. And I saw and behold a white horse. And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him. And he went out conquering and to conquer. When he opened the second seal, I heard the heard the second living creature say, Come. And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that men should slay one another. And he was given a great sword. When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, come. And I saw and behold a black horse. And its rider had a balance in his hand. And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures.

[Narrator / Additional Voice]

A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

denarius, but do not harm oil and wine. When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature come. And I saw and behold a pale horse. And its rider's name was Death. And Hades followed him, and they were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword and with famine, and with pestilence, and by wild beasts of the earth. When he opened the fifth Seal I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice,

[Biblical Voice / Character]

o sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake. And the sun became black as sackcloth, and the full moon became like blood. And the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit. When shaken by a G, the sky vanished like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the generals and the rich and the strong, and everyone slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains.

[Biblical Voice / Character]

And rocks fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of their wrath has come.

[Narrator / Additional Voice]

Come.

[Biblical Voice / Character]

And who can stand before it.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

After this? I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth that no wind might blow on earth or sea, or against any tree. Then I saw another angel ascend from the rising of the sun with the seal of the living God. And he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea. Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads. And I heard the number of the sealed. A hundred and forty four thousand sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel. Twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Judah. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Reuben. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Gad. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Asher. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Naphtali. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Manasseh. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Simeon. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Levi. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Issachar. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Zebulun. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Joseph. Twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Benjamin. After this I looked. And behold a great multitude which no man could number from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in Their hands salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb. And all the angels stood round the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God.

[Lauren Green]

Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power, and might be to our God forever and ever. Amen.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

Then one of the elders addressed, who

[Biblical Voice / Character]

are these clothed in white robes? And whence have they come?

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

Sir, you know.

[Biblical Voice / Character]

These are they who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night within his temple. And he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore. The sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd. And he will guide them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God. And seven trumpets were given to them. And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer. And he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne. And the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth. And there were peals of thunder, voices, flashes of lightning and an earthquake. Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them, the first angel blew his trumpet. And there followed hail and fire mixed with blood which fell on the earth. And a third of the earth was burnt, and a third of the trees were burnt up. And all green grass was burnt up. The second angel blew his trumpet and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. And a third of the sea became blood. A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. The third angel blew his trumpet. And a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a tor. And it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of water. The name of the star is wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood. And many men died of the water because it was made bitter. The fourth angel blew his trumpet and a third of the sun was struck And a third of the moon and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened. A third of the day was kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night. Then I looked and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew in mid heaven.

[Biblical Voice / Character]

Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth. At the blasts of the other trumpets, which the three angels are about to blow.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth. And he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit. He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great fur. And the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth. And they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green growth or any tree, but only those of mankind who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads. They were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them. And their torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a man. And in those days men will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, and death will fly from them. In appearance, the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle. On their heads were what looked like crowns of gold. Their faces were like human faces, their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions teeth. They had scales like iron breastplates. And the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. They have tails like scorpions and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails. They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to come. Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet. And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, saying to the sixth angel who

[Narrator / Additional Voice]

had the trumpet, release the four angels who are bound at the great R.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month and the year to kill a third of mankind. The number of the troops of cavalry was twice 10,000 times 10,000. I heard their number, and this was how I saw the horses in my vision. The riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of Sulfur and the heads of the horses were like lions and fire and smoke and sulfur issued from their mouths. By these three plagues. A third of mankind was killed by the fire and smoke and sulphur issuing from their mouths. For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. Their tails are like serpents with heads. And by means of them they wound up. The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands. Nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood which cannot either see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their immorality or their thefts. Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven wrapped in a cloud with a rainbow over his head. And his face was like the sun and his legs like pillars of fire. He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land and called out with a loud voice like a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders sounded. And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven. Seal up with the seven thunders have said and do not write it down. And the angel whom I saw standing on sea and land lifted up his right hand to heaven and swore by him who lives forever and ever who created heaven and what is in it. The earth and what is in it. And the sea and what is in it. That there should be no more delay but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel. The mystery of God, as he announced to his servants the prophets should be fulfilled. Then the voice which I had heard from heaven spoke to me again. Go take the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land. So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, take it and eat. It will be bitter to your stomach

[Narrator / Additional Voice]

but sweet as honey in your mouth.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate. Was sweet as honey in my mouth, which. But when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

[Narrator / Additional Voice]

You must again prophesy about many peoples

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

and nations and tongues and kings. Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff.

[Biblical Voice / Character]

Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there. But do not measure the court outside the temple. Leave that out, for it is given over to the nations. And they will trample over the holy city for 42 months. And I will grant my two witnesses power to prophesy for 1,260 days. Clothed in sackcloth.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the Earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours out from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them thus, he is doomed to be killed. They have power to shut the sky that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying. And they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to smite the earth with every plague as often as they desire. And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends from the bottomless pit will make war upon them and conquer them and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is allegorically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified for three days and a half. Men from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. But after the three and a half days, a breath of life from God entered them. And they stood up on their feet. And great fear fell on those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven come up hither. And in the sight of their foes they went up to heaven in a cloud. And at that hour there was a great earthquake. And a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earth. And the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is soon to come. Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven. The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. And he shall reign forever and ever. And the 24 elders who sat on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God.

[Biblical Voice / Character]

We give thanks to thee, Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast that thou hast taken thy great power and begun to reign.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

The nations raged, but Thy wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged for rewarding thy servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear thy name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth. Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the Ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake and heavy hail. And a great portent appeared in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of 12 stars. She was with child. And she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery. And another portent appeared in heaven. Behold. A great red dragon. With seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems upon his heads. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth. She brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. But her child was caught up to God and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness where she has a place prepared by God in which to be nourished. For 1,260 days now, war arose in heaven. Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought, but they were defeated. And the was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down. That ancient serpent who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven.

[Lauren Green]

Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come. For the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down. Who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. For they love not their lives, even unto death. Rejoice then, O heaven, and you that dwell therein. But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath because he knows that his time is short.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had borne the male child. But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness to the place where she is to be nourished. For a time and times and half a time the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman to sweep her away with the flood. But the earth came to the help of the woman. And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured from his mouth. Then the dragon was angry with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring. On those who keep the commandments of God and bear testimony to Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems upon its horns and a blasphemous name upon its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard. Its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its head seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed. And the whole earth followed the beast with wonder. Men worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast. And they worshipped the beast, who is

[Biblical Voice / Character]

like the beast and who can fight against it.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words. And it was allowed to exercise authority for 42 months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven also. It was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. And all who dwell on earth will worship it. Everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world. In the book of life. Of the lamb that was slain, if anyone has an ear, let him hear. If anyone is to be taken captive to captivity, he goes, if anyone slays with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints. Then I saw another beast which rose out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast whose mortal wound was healed. It works great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of men. And by the signs which it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast. It deceives those who dwell on earth, bidding them make an image for the beast which was wounded by the sword and yet lived. And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast should even speak. And to cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain also. It causes all, both great and small, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the Right hand or the forehead. So that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark that is the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom. Let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast. For it is a human number. Its number is 666. Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb. And with him a hundred and forty four thousand who had his name and his father's name written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpers playing on their harps. And they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the hundred and forty four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth. It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are chaste. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb. And in their mouth no lie was found, for they are spotless. Then I saw another angel flying in mid heaven with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth. To every nation and tribe and tongue and people fear God and give him glory. For the hour of his judgment has come and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of water. Another angel, a second followed. Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of her impure passion. And another angel, a third, followed them.

[Narrator / Additional Voice]

If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also shall drink the wine of God's wrath poured unmixed into the cup of his anger. And he shall be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of 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.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. And I heard a voice from heaven write this.

[Biblical Voice / Character]

Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth.

Blessed indeed that they may rest from their labors for their deeds follow them.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

Then I looked, and lo, a white cloud. And seated on the cloud, one like a son of man with a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat upon the cloud, put

[Lauren Green]

in your sickle and reap. For the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

So he who sat upon the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth was rip. And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp

[Narrator / Additional Voice]

sickle, put in your sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.

[Stacy Keach (Narrator of Revelation)]

So the angel swung his sickle on the earth and gathered the vintage of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress as high as a horse's bridle for 1,600 stadia.

[Lauren Green]

I'm Lauren Green, Fox News chief religion correspondent. I hope this podcast series blesses and leaves you with tangible reminders of God's presence in your life. Thank you for listening. We'll be back with more after this.

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[Ainsley Earhart]

In listening to Revelation, we must remember that John lived 2,000 years ago and was seeing far into the future of the world. The sights and sounds he experienced were far beyond his experience, and he even lacked the words to describe the things he saw. How could someone who lived in AD 90 describe a helicopter in battle? Could war helicopters be what John described as locusts arrayed for battle, with scales like iron breastplates and a noise like many chariots and horses rushing to battle? Revelation contains symbolic imagery and factual accounts. It can be difficult to decipher one from the other. Suffice it to say, those who don't serve the Lord will wish they had, and those who do will rejoice. That final day is coming. The only question is when. Father I look around and I see so much of what John saw. For him, it was a prophetic vision. For me, it is my reality. Help me serve you as the world winds down to a close. Thank you for listening to episode 51 of this 52 episode podcast series, the Life of Jesus. Make sure to spread the word. Listen ad free with a Fox News Podcast plus subscription on Apple Podcasts, Amazon prime members can listen ad free on the Amazon Music app.

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