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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "kind": "event",
  "id": "revelation-lamb-zion",
  "era": "revelation",
  "order": 518,
  "title": "The Lamb and his faithful followers",
  "group": "rev-conflict",
  "date": {
    "kind": "relative",
    "label": "Revelation 14 · reading sequence",
    "note": "This is the order of the book. It does not assign a calendar date to a vision or choose one scheme of fulfillment."
  },
  "summary": "The Lamb stands on Mount Zion with 144,000 bearing his name and his Father’s name. They sing a new song and are described as truthful, blameless and following the Lamb.",
  "context": "The names on these foreheads contrast with the beast’s mark in chapter 13 and recall the sealed servants of chapter 7. The description of virgins and undefiled followers is interpreted literally by some and as imagery of covenant fidelity by others. It should not be used to imply that women or marriage are inherently impure. Zion is part of this vision, not evidence that John or a mapped group travels to a modern site. The focus is belonging to the Lamb and following him.",
  "question": "How does this portrait of the Lamb’s followers answer the pressures described in the preceding chapter?",
  "locationNote": "Visionary setting; no geographic pin or route. The background map shows the historical recipients in western Asia Minor, not the location of this vision.",
  "relatedNote": "These readings illuminate biblical language and themes. Connections do not by themselves settle the timing or every interpretation of the vision.",
  "passages": [
    {
      "reference": "Revelation 14:1–5",
      "range": [
        66014001,
        66014005
      ],
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2014%3A1%E2%80%935&version=BSB",
      "availability": "bundled",
      "verses": [
        {
          "book": "Revelation",
          "chapter": 14,
          "verse": 1,
          "text": "Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads."
        },
        {
          "book": "Revelation",
          "chapter": 14,
          "verse": 2,
          "text": "And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps."
        },
        {
          "book": "Revelation",
          "chapter": 14,
          "verse": 3,
          "text": "And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth."
        },
        {
          "book": "Revelation",
          "chapter": 14,
          "verse": 4,
          "text": "These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb."
        },
        {
          "book": "Revelation",
          "chapter": 14,
          "verse": 5,
          "text": "And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "range": [
        36003012,
        36003013
      ],
      "kind": "teaching",
      "note": "Zephaniah’s humble remnant without deceit offers a close comparison with these truthful followers.",
      "reference": "Zephaniah 3:12–13",
      "translation": "bsb",
      "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zephaniah%203%3A12%E2%80%9313&version=BSB"
    }
  ],
  "places": [],
  "mapPeriod": "revelation-asia",
  "further": [],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "editorial",
        "ref": "content/authored/revelation.json"
      }
    ],
    "review": "draft"
  },
  "eraName": "Revelation",
  "interactiveUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/?event=revelation-lamb-zion",
  "attribution": [
    "Place coordinates from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0.",
    "Teaching stops, summaries and regional extents are original editorial content of this atlas.",
    "Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. https://berean.bible/licensing.htm"
  ],
  "translation": "bsb",
  "url": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/revelation-lamb-zion/",
  "markdownUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/revelation-lamb-zion/index.md",
  "jsonUrl": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/revelation-lamb-zion/index.json",
  "cautions": "Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.",
  "revision": "2a2c26a3a7e3df72"
}