Chapter 14 (part 1)
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Transcript
Image Bearers from Chapter 13
Revelation 13:3–4 “3 … its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. 4 And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?””
Image Bearers from Chapter 14
Revelation 14:1–5 “1 Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.”
666 or 144K
Lamb 13:11 False 14:1 True
Mark 13:11 Number 14:1 Name (Jn 17:11; Rev 3:12)
Place 14:8 Babylon 14:1 Zion
Women 17:5 Harlot 14:4 Virgin, Bride (Rev 19:7)
Worship 13:15 Antichrist 14:3 Father
Truth 13:14 Deceived 14:5 No lie in their mouth
Word 13:11 Dragon 19:13 Yahweh
The Power of Two - The Power of Choice
To understand the end we must biblical principles from the beginning
The contrast between two groups of people described in Revelation centers on this biblical truth:
Seed - Genesis 3:15 “15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your (seed) offspring and her (seed) offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.””
The translation in the KJ is seed, not offspring
The seed is the offspring but it’s also much more - it’s everything!
What is a seed? What is the biblical definition?
Genesis 1:29 “29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.”
Everything y we consume is seed - physically and spiritually
Do you remember what God said after Adam & Eve ate the wrong seed?
Genesis 3:16–18 “16 To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.” 17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.”
In all 4 gospels Jesus describes a seed war:
Matthew 13:7“7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.” - thorns come from seeds also
Matthew 13:24–26 “24 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.”
What does seed represent?
Information, code, intelligent design from a creator - the end in beginning form
What does seed (information) produce?
The image of the information coded into it by the designer
In the natural realm this is best demonstrated by human life
The connection of the seed in Genesis to Revelation
Remember the 7th (5th) Empire?
Daniel 2:42–43 “42 And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.”
The toes are the 10 rulers, the 10 horns of the beast in Rev 12:3; 13:1
These 10 horns are not men but fallen angles - principalities
They will “mingle, mix with the clay” - “they will not hold together”
This mixture is not a natural marriage but a mixing of information (seed) with mankind (daughters of men) to corrupt, to produce an image (Rev 13:14)
Remember the state of the Earth before the flood (4200 BC)?
Genesis 6:1–4 “1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.”
These fallen angles were cast into the abyss before the flood - are they are loosed in Rev 9:2?
Is Daniel’s vision of the final beast’s mixture with the clay (man) connected to the marring of the daughters of men from above?
Again, let’s look at the state of things just before the flood
Genesis 6:11–12 “11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.”
The bloodline was so corrupted that man could no longer bear the image of God, save Noah
Luke 17:26–27 “26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.”
What if Jesus is alluding to the marriage of angles to the women of men?
Jesus’ Strategy to Win the Seed War
Jesus is fully aware of the corruption from Satan via his information (seed) and is strategic in re-identifying those He delivers.
Luke 8:48 “48 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.””
Luke 8:49–50 “49 While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.” 50 But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.””
Who daughter is dead? Not God’s daughter!
Luke 8:54–55 “54 But taking her by the hand he called, saying, “Child, arise.” 55 And her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat.”
Luke 13:16 “16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?””
Sons & Daughters - we are all both - It is our true identity
The information(seed) we align with will determine our fate as it will determine whose image we are able to bear
The power of two / choice - Just like Adam and Eve - what we eat will determine our fate
1 Peter 1:23 “23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;”
2 Corinthians 3:18 “18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
Romans 8:19–23 “19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.”
Closing thought:
If the Holy Spirit is the seed from God in us, transforming us into His likeness, then the false prophet (the counterfeit spirit) is the seed in earth dwellers transforming them into the image of the beast. The physical mark is an outward indication of an inward manifestation. What defiles a man?