1. 144,000: The suffering Jewish remnant of the Psalms. Judah and Benjamin. Christ’s brethren of Matt. 25:40; Psa. 69:26; 1 Sam. 22:1-2; Dan. 3.
Name in Their Foreheads: Open confession of Christ (Compare Rev. 13:16).
2. Harpers: Perhaps the same as those of Revelation 15:2.
4. Virgins: Those who had kept apart from the idolatries of the great harlot.
8. Babylon: City of confusion (See Rev. 17:5).
14. A White Cloud: (See Rev. 10:l).
Golden Crown: Royal dignity.
15. Harvest: Discriminating judgment (Matt. 24:40-41).
17. Vine of the Earth: Religious apostasy; Jewish (Isa. 5; Joel 3:13)
19. Winepress: The fierce, unsparing wrath of God; unmixed vengeance on the apostate Jews and nations with them (Psa. 75:8; Psa. 83; Isa. 34; 63:1, 6; Jer. 25:15-16).
20. 1,600 Furlongs [200 miles]: Wide-spread human carnage. [200 miles approximate very nearly to the extent of the land of Canaan.]