Revelation: The Eternal Gospel
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The Rise of the False Prophet
He will have the authority of the first beast
He will do signs to deceive the Jews
He will cause all the inhabitant upon the earth to build an image of the first beast and worship it
The Image will have those who do not worship it put to death
Those who worship the beast will be given a mark, which is the name of the first beast
The mark is not given until the second half of the tribulation
The mark is visible
The mark is the name of the man of lawlessness
The Rest of the Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand, Revelation 14:1-5
The Rest of the Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand, Revelation 14:1-5
The Lamb Standing on Mount Zion, Revelation 14:1
Revelation 14:1
And behold, also I saw the Lamb standing upon the Mount Zion and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His father written upon their foreheads.
At the Beginning of the Millennial Kingdom
Christ has Returned to Earth and Has Destroyed His Enemies
The One Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand are Before the Lamb
Those Sealed at the Beginning of Mid-Tribulation, Revelation 7:3-4
saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
Of the Tribes of Israel
They Spread the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom Throughout the Entire Earth, Revelation 7:9
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
The Song of the One Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand, Revelation 14:2-3
Revelation 14:2–3
And I heard a sound out from the heaven as a sound of many waters and as a sound of great thunder and the sound that I heard as harpist playing on their harps.
And they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders and no one had the ability to learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, the ones redeemed from the earth.
The Sound is of Many Singing
Only They are Able to Learn their Song
They Sing before the Living Creatures and the Elders
The Four Living Creatures are the Cherubim Before the Throne, Revelation 4:6
Revelation 4:6
And before the throne as a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne and encircling the throne four living creatures, full of eyes in front and in back.
The Elders are the Twenty-Four Priests of the Church Sitting on the Throne With Christ, Revelation 4:4
Revelation 4:4
And circling the throne, twenty-four thrones. And upon the twenty-four thrones elders were seated, clothed with white garments and golden victor’s wreaths upon their heads.
This Puts Them Now in the Heavenly Jerusalem
The Living Creatures and Elders Would Understand the Song
No Others Living on Earth will Have the Ability to Learn this Song
It is a Song Specific to Their Redemption
They Remained Undefiled and Did not Lie, Revelation 14:4-5
Revelation 14:4–5
These are the ones not defiled with women, for they are virgins. They are the ones who follow the Lamb, first fruits of the God and the Lamb.
And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless.
They Remained Virgins
They Spoke the Truth of the Messiah and the Gospel of the Kingdom of the Heavens
They are the First Fruits of Israel
They are Blameless
The Eternal Gospel, Revelation 14:6-7
The Eternal Gospel, Revelation 14:6-7
A Messenger with the Eternal Gospel, Revelation 14:6
Revelation 14:6
And behold another messenger flying in [the] midst of heaven, having an eternal gospel to gospelize upon the ones residing upon the earth and upon all the nations and tribes and tongues and peoples,
The Messenger (Angel) is seen in the midst of the heaven
The Eagle in the midst of the heaven, Revelation 8:13
Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”
The Angel calling the birds to the feast of the Lamb, Revelation 19:17
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble for the great supper of God,
It is a Message for the Ones Dwelling Upon the Earth
They are Seated Upon the Earth
Not the Earth Dwellers, Revelation 13:8
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.
It is Eternal - A Gospel that Relates to Eternity
It is a Gospel that Goes Out to All Peoples Sitting Upon the Earth
The Gospel, Revelation 14:7
Revelation 14:7
saying in a great voice, “Fear the God and give to Him a proper opinion, because the hour of His judgment came. And all of you worship the Maker of the heaven and the earth and the sea and springs of waters.”
They are to Fear God
The Hour of His Judgment Came
Past Tense
ἦλθεν - Aorist Active Indicative
At the Time of Writing the Event Has Already Happened
We are in the Millennial Kingdom at this time
It is a message brought by an angel, not men
They are to Worship the Maker of the Heaven, Earth, Sea, and Springs of Waters
In Contrast to what Humans have been doing
Did not Glorify God, Romans 1:21
For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Exchange the Glory of God for that of Corruptible Humans, Romans 1:23
and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
Worshiped the creation rather than the Creator, Romans 1:25
For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
They are to Give Him Proper Credit for What He Has Done
The nation of Israel will be under a new covenant, Jeremiah 31:31-34
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.
“But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
“They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
Israel will be a Nation of Priest, Zechariah 8:23
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from all the nations will grasp the garment of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” ’ ”
Conclusion
Conclusion
The One Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand Are At Rest
The Eternal Gospel