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Last Week
Last Week
Last week we saw the rise of the Antichrist, Satan and his deceiving image
Satan mocking God, calling down fire from heaven, alluding to the triune nature of God in his taken name, Looking like the delivering lamb but in reality the ravenous wolf of destruction.
He then makes the ultimate deception, giving life to an inanimate object, sets it up in the holy of holy and causes all men to worship it. Gos has had enough
Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps.
They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.
These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God.
John turns now to see hand hear an awesome sight
Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
He see’s again the Lamb - Christ Himself
There are 31 verses in the book of Revelation alone that refer to Jesus as the Lamb
That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”
The place in the Scripture which he read was this: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His mouth.
Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.
knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
We see in Christ fulfilling the foreshadowing of the Passover lamb as Hid blood is placed on the doorpost of our lives so the judgement of God will pass-over us!
With Him 144,000 saved out of the tribulation time
Now we were told earlier who they were
saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:
12,000 from the 12 tribes of Isreal
Now we are told what the mark is that they received, it is the name of God on their foreheads!
Remember Satan is mocking God with all of his drama, now God is mocking him! His mark brings death, God’s mark brings life! It is the same pattern we see at work today!
And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps.
Again we are taken back to the introduction of Christ in chapter 1
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will thunder against them. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed.”
AMEN!!!!!
Now John hears a what seems to be a new song
They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.
Now remember earlier John heard a song being sung before the throne
And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
The song of the church! We are the ones for whom He redeemed
The song of the Angles
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,
They are not able to say that they were redeemed by the Lamb!
This group now is sining a similar song but the words can only be sung by them. They have a special relationship with God since being martyred during the tribulation period
Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?”
And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them.
They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;
for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
We will see one more song in Chapter 15!
These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God.
these verses could be talking about those actions taken by the one’s who were holding the line in the battle against the Antichrist
We find in the book of Deut a requirement for those who are out to war to abstain from sexual activity even uncontrollable ones!
“When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.
If there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence in the night, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp.
Remember whenKing David called Uriah to come to the palace in the middle of the battle?
His plan was to have him be intimate with his wife thus explaining the pregnancy!
So when they told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”
And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”
These saint committed ALL to follow Christ during this time. They understood the consequences of their decisions in regards to eternity! God help us to be as committed!
Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—
saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
God now passes the responsibility to preach the Gospel from man to the angels! Even in the middle of all this rebellion God is extending His healing hand to rebellious man!
The admonition is Fear God, Give Him Glory, His judgement is here, Worship Him! Not the Image of the Beast!
Again, another Angle appears
And another angel followed, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
Another appeal to man from the heavenly throne room
And final warning!
Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand,
he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Now there are those who would say that these are satellites broadcasting messages 24/7
We have seen so far everything that is written is real and true, not metaphors or allegory
Man now has a direct witness of God but still refuses to respond so here is the consequence
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand),
When is this? When you see the abomination that causes the desolation!
There is teaching out there that the church must usher in the return of Christ
While we should be about the work of the kingdom, the sad testimony is that we are falling woefully short!
We find now the message to those who will respond to the message of God
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”
Same as we saw in Chapter 7
They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;
for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”