The Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The blessedness of the departed faithful.

If the threatenings of judgment upon the worshippers of the false are motives to patience and fidelity, how much more is the promise of a blessed reward! Between these two the tried and persecuted Christian disciple is hedged in. This blessedness is

The reward is

Here is the encouragement to

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