Verse 1

The Sealing of the 144,000 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.

Referenced Verses

  • Dan 7:2 : 2 Daniel explained:“I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Jer 49:36 : 36 I will cause enemies to blow through Elam from every direction like the winds blowing in from the four quarters of heaven. I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds. There will not be any nation where the refugees of Elam will not go.
  • Mark 13:27 : 27 Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
  • Rev 9:4 : 4 They were told not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead.
  • Rev 9:14 : 14 saying to the sixth angel, the one holding the trumpet,“Set free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.
  • Ezek 7:2 : 2 “You, son of man– this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land!
  • Ezek 37:9 : 9 He said to me,“Prophesy to the breath,– prophesy, son of man– and say to the breath:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.’”
  • Isa 11:12 : 12 He will lift a signal flag for the nations; he will gather Israel’s dispersed people and assemble Judah’s scattered people from the four corners of the earth.
  • Isa 27:3 : 3 I, the LORD, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it.
  • Dan 8:8 : 8 The male goat acted even more arrogantly. But no sooner had the large horn become strong than it was broken, and there arose four conspicuous horns in its place, extending toward the four winds of the sky.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!
  • Zech 1:18-20 : 18 Vision Two: The Four Horns(2:1) Once again I looked and this time I saw four horns. 19 So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me,“What are these?” He replied,“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” 20 Next the LORD showed me four blacksmiths.
  • Zech 6:1 : 1 Vision Eight: The Chariots Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze.
  • Matt 8:26-27 : 26 But he said to them,“Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm. 27 And the men were amazed and said,“What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”
  • Rev 4:1-6 : 1 The Amazing Scene in Heaven After these things I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said:“Come up here so that I can show you what must happen after these things.” 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit, and a throne was standing in heaven with someone seated on it! 3 And the one seated on it was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald encircled the throne. 4 In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne 6 and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
  • Rev 6:6 : 6 Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying,“A quart of wheat will cost a day’s pay and three quarts of barley will cost a day’s pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”
  • Rev 7:3 : 3 “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”