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(see "Prophetic Vocabulary")
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In PART #29 the JURY heard TESTIMONY of 144,000 humans that would be "SEALED IN THEIR FOREHEADS".
It is the position of the DEFENSE that a study of the 144,000 is ONE OF THE EASIER studies of Scripture, SIMPLY BECAUSE there are ONLY 11 VERSES of SCRIPTURE regarding the 144,000.
Our FIRST INTRODUCTION to these 144,000 'Servants of God" is in Revelation 7:1
7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
The DEFENSE would submit for the consideration of the JURY that;
According to scripture, before any of God’s judgment begins to fall, these 144,000 SERVANTS OF GOD must be sealed in their foreheads.
None of the judgment intended for children of disobedience can begin, until these 144,000 are sealed in their foreheads.
Is that not what is written?
7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
-What does it mean to be “sealed in their foreheads"?
The DEFENSE would ask the JURY to pull out their "Prophetic Vocabulary".
It is the position of the DEFENSE that;
In support of this translation, the DEFENSE would offer the following evidence for JURY consideration.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY, the DEFENSE would offer for consideration that;
it is the 144,000's UNDERSTANDING that will be sealed,
And no man in heaven above or hell below, can sway their knowledge and understanding of the truth which God Himself has placed within them.
They are sealed in truth AND LOVE!
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
These 144,000 "SERVANTS OF GOD"are sealed in the knowledge of truth and love, that ONLY the Holy Spirit could have placed within them.
And if these 144,000 are sealed in truth, then all they can speak is truth.
There will be no guile in their lips.
-Who are the 144,000, and what are the SCRIPTURAL qualifiers for this special group of people?
In REVELATION 7, we are informed that the 144,000 will come out of the 12 tribes of Israel.
One MUST remember that that the 12 tribes of Israel are not a people from a middle Eastern Country called "Israel.
(see "Prophetic Vocabulary")
Note; Can a Juror determine truth without hearing ALL of the evidence? It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that one hear ALL of the evidence, beginning with Part #1 of these posts!
In PART #29 the JURY heard TESTIMONY of 144,000 humans that would be "SEALED IN THEIR FOREHEADS".
It is the position of the DEFENSE that a study of the 144,000 is ONE OF THE EASIER studies of Scripture, SIMPLY BECAUSE there are ONLY 11 VERSES of SCRIPTURE regarding the 144,000.
Our FIRST INTRODUCTION to these 144,000 'Servants of God" is in Revelation 7:1
REVELATION 7
7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
The DEFENSE would submit for the consideration of the JURY that;
According to scripture, before any of God’s judgment begins to fall, these 144,000 SERVANTS OF GOD must be sealed in their foreheads.
None of the judgment intended for children of disobedience can begin, until these 144,000 are sealed in their foreheads.
Is that not what is written?
7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
-What does it mean to be “sealed in their foreheads"?
The DEFENSE would ask the JURY to pull out their "Prophetic Vocabulary".
It is the position of the DEFENSE that;
- the "Symbolic Prophetic Word" FOREHEAD,
- translates as;
In support of this translation, the DEFENSE would offer the following evidence for JURY consideration.
JEREMIAH 3
3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
HOSEA 4
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,
that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY, the DEFENSE would offer for consideration that;
it is the 144,000's UNDERSTANDING that will be sealed,
And no man in heaven above or hell below, can sway their knowledge and understanding of the truth which God Himself has placed within them.
They are sealed in truth AND LOVE!
1 JOHN 4
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
These 144,000 "SERVANTS OF GOD"are sealed in the knowledge of truth and love, that ONLY the Holy Spirit could have placed within them.
And if these 144,000 are sealed in truth, then all they can speak is truth.
There will be no guile in their lips.
-Who are the 144,000, and what are the SCRIPTURAL qualifiers for this special group of people?
In REVELATION 7, we are informed that the 144,000 will come out of the 12 tribes of Israel.
One MUST remember that that the 12 tribes of Israel are not a people from a middle Eastern Country called "Israel.
The 12 tribes of Israel were the 12 SONS BORN UNTO Jacob(whose name God changed to Israel)
The 12 tribes are the FAMILY of Jacob/Israel
Some believe these 144,000 refer to FLESHLY Genetic lineage of being born into the FLESH of this FAMILY.
However, one must call to remembrance that God’s true church is spiritual, so these 144,000 will come 12,000 out of each one of the 12 “spiritual” tribes of Israel.
4 God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.
-Who are these “Spiritual” tribes?
The current Jews in the world are the descendants of Benjamin and Judah.
The other 10 tribes are those known as the “10 lost tribes” of Israel.
Lost that is to man, not God.
7:5 Of the tribe of Juda [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Reuben [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Gad [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:6 Of the tribe of Aser [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Nepthalim [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Manasses [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Levi [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Issachar [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Joseph [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Benjamin [were] sealed twelve thousand.
-Why do these 144,000 come out of the 12 “spiritual” tribes of Israel?
In earlier TESTIMONY, the JURY heard that God’s covenant was with the “seed” of Abraham.
Genesis 17
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face:
and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;
twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
10 This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee;
Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin;
and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
DEUTERONOMY 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
DEUTERONOMY 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
JEREMIAH 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.
COLOSSIANS 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the GODHEAD bodily.
2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
In this fact that these 144,000 come out of the “spiritual” 12 tribes of Israel, does God reaffirm that His promises and covenant with the “seed of Abraham” are still effectual and binding and valid.
THESE ARE THE "SEED" OF THE PROMISE TO THOSE THAT BELIEVE, as Abraham believed!
Romans 4
3 For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Abraham believed GOD;
-NOT the world
In fact, within the 144,000, rests the COMPLETE and TOTAL embodiment of all of God’s Truth, Promises to His children, Mercy, and TRUE Nature.
Let us now move on to REVELATION 14, where the testimony of the 144,000 continues.
REVELATION14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
-Beloved of God, in the above verse of Revelation, we see the 144,000 standing with Jesus Christ in Heaven.
In REVELATION 14:2 and 14:3, we hear the voices of the 144,000 that are standing with Jesus Christ IN HEAVEN.
REVELATION 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
-In this verse of scripture, we are told that the 144,000 have BEEN/WERE redeemed, denoting past tense, or an event that has already occurred,
-which makes sense because they are CURRENTLY standing before the throne of God, singing a song that NO MAN CAN LEARN, BUT THE 144,000!
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY, it WOULD APPEAR that these 144,000 HAVE BEEN "TRANSLATED" FROM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH, just as Enoch and Elijah were translated into Heaven.
These 144,000 "SERVANTS OF GOD" know God and follow God.
JUST LIKE ENOCH, these 144,000 WALK WITH GOD.
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
Many denominations believe that the 144,000 are to be God’s messengers of the Everlasting Gospel, which will be preached unto the entire world for the last time.
But if one reads REVELATION 14:6 - 7, after the description of the 144,000, one will see that it is an Angel of the Lord that spreads the everlasting gospel unto the entire world, not the 144,000 that are now in Heaven.
Revelation 14
6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Besides;
How could the 144,000 spread the gospel to the world, when they are not on the earth, but in Heaven with the Lamb?
-So what are some of the identifiers that God gives us, His children in truth and spirit, that we may gain understanding of the identity and nature of these people?
REVELATION14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.
According to our "Prophetic Vocabulary", a woman is a church,
-So these would not be affiliated with ANY CURRENT WORLDLY ORGANIZED RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION in existence.
REVELATION14:4(continued)These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.
These are those who’s every action and thought of spirit is moved by love for their God, and their fellow man, just as Christ was their example of love, which has been placed within them by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus is the Lamb.
Jesus is the truth, the life and the way.
These are those that follow the truth that is has been placed within their hearts, which is the Holy Spirit, no matter where that Spirit would lead them, even if it would go against the traditions and wisdom of the world.
These are no longer fleshly beings, but spiritual beings "walking in flesh";
-loyal and obedient to the Creator, out of truth AND LOVE that is within them.
They are led by the Spirit in TRUTH.
JAMES 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
REVELATION14:4(continued) These were redeemed from among men, [being] the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
There are 23 references in the KJV Bible pertaining to “firstfruits”.
One might notice that of ALL THE OFFERINGS called for scripture, ONLY the firstfruit offering WAS NOT BURNT.
IT WAS FOR THE PRIESTS.
Beloved of God, who is our High Priest?
EZEKIEL 44:30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all [things], and every oblation of all, of every [sort] of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
44:31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Satan would have the world to believe that these 144,000 “firstfruits”, are to be tormented and persecuted and killed as an example to the world as they spread the everlasting gospel.
The Lord God of Israel would ask, “By whose authority would you burn my firstfruits?”
LEVITICUS 2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
The 144,000 “firstfruits” WILL NOT BE BURNT!
They will be the “firstfruits” of the living.
1 CORINTHIANS
15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Beloved of God, if Christ is the first fruits of them that slept, can the 144,000 be the “firstfruits” of them that slept?
Can they?
How can the 144,000 be the firstfruits of them that slept, when Christ is ALREADY the first fruits of them that slept?
If Christ has already laid claim to the title of the “firstfruits of the dead”, anything of the dead would and COULD ONLY now be second fruits, would they not?
Will Christ relinquish the title of “firstfruits of the dead”?
The only first fruits that the 144,000 have left that they could be, if not the firstfruits of the dead, is the firstfruits of the living, is it not?
JAMES 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY;
One moment, REVELATION 7:1 – 7:8,
the firstfruits are still in the field.
The next mention of these“firstfruits”,
REVELATION 14:1 – 14:5, the 144,000 have been made a “firstfruit” offering for the use of the Priest.
Only the firstfruits have been harvested.
The rest of the harvest is not yet ready, and therefore remains in the field.
Consider them the first tomato to ripen in the garden, with THE GREATER HARVEST yet to come.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY, the TESTIMONY would appear to indicate that there WILL BE THREE GROUPS of God's Children.
The FIRST GROUP, the 144,000 of REVELATION 7:3 - 7:6 are;
-THE "SERVANTS OF GOD"
-"SEALED IN THEIR FOREHEADS"
-ARE NOT A MEMBER OF SATAN'S WORLDLY ORGANIZED RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS
-STAND IN HEAVEN SINGING OF THEIR DIRECT TRANSLATION INTO HEAVEN.
-DO NOT GO THROUGH GREAT TRIBULATION AS DO THE SECOND GROUP MENTIONED IN REVELATION 7.
REVELATION14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
If the 144,000 have been sealed in truth, how could they lie?
All have fallen short of the grace of God, so how can anyone stand without fault before the throne of God?
In the grace of Christ!
That is the ONLY way most beloved of God!
That is the ONLY way.
This first group that is "Sealed in Their knowledge of the Truth" will be desperately attempting to share their understanding.
THE 144,000 SERIOUSLY DESIRE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL!
But to a DECEIVED WORLD, their words are "JUST ONE MORE VERSION OF THE TRUTH".
CATHOLIC'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Catholics ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
PROTESTANT'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Protestant's ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Adventist's ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
MUSLIM'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Muslim's ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
HINDU'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Hindu's ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
BUDDHIST'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Buddhist's ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
But God will, through the translation of His 144,000 servants, CONFIRM their words as truth, and EXPOSE the diverse truths of the worlds religions as falsehood.
The SECOND GROUP of God's children will heed the FIRST ANGEL'S MESSAGE in REVELATION 14, and FEAR GOD.
This group will;
-GOD IS REAL
-They are ACTUALLY GOATS
and NOT THE SHEEP they thought they were.
This is the group that will go through Great Tribulation.
Revelation 7
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number,
of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and [about] the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, [be] unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
The THIRD GROUP of God's children are the "CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE".
This group will suffer the FULL CUP of God's wrath.
In PART #31, the DEFENSE will continue to present the TESTIMONY of REVELATION 14.
JOHN 4
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.4 God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.
-Who are these “Spiritual” tribes?
The current Jews in the world are the descendants of Benjamin and Judah.
The other 10 tribes are those known as the “10 lost tribes” of Israel.
Lost that is to man, not God.
REVELATION 7
7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: [and there were] sealed an hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.7:5 Of the tribe of Juda [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Reuben [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Gad [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:6 Of the tribe of Aser [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Nepthalim [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Manasses [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Levi [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Issachar [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Joseph [were] sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Benjamin [were] sealed twelve thousand.
-Why do these 144,000 come out of the 12 “spiritual” tribes of Israel?
In earlier TESTIMONY, the JURY heard that God’s covenant was with the “seed” of Abraham.
Genesis 17
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face:
and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;
twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
10 This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee;
Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin;
and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Does not scripture say that he who is circumcised in the heart, is the real "Follower of Christ"?
DEUTERONOMY 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
DEUTERONOMY 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
JEREMIAH 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.
COLOSSIANS 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the GODHEAD bodily.
2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
God’s church is of spirit, not flesh.
In this fact that these 144,000 come out of the “spiritual” 12 tribes of Israel, does God reaffirm that His promises and covenant with the “seed of Abraham” are still effectual and binding and valid.
THESE ARE THE "SEED" OF THE PROMISE TO THOSE THAT BELIEVE, as Abraham believed!
Romans 4
3 For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Abraham believed GOD;
-NOT the world
In fact, within the 144,000, rests the COMPLETE and TOTAL embodiment of all of God’s Truth, Promises to His children, Mercy, and TRUE Nature.
Let us now move on to REVELATION 14, where the testimony of the 144,000 continues.
REVELATION14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
-Beloved of God, in the above verse of Revelation, we see the 144,000 standing with Jesus Christ in Heaven.
In REVELATION 14:2 and 14:3, we hear the voices of the 144,000 that are standing with Jesus Christ IN HEAVEN.
REVELATION 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
-In this verse of scripture, we are told that the 144,000 have BEEN/WERE redeemed, denoting past tense, or an event that has already occurred,
-which makes sense because they are CURRENTLY standing before the throne of God, singing a song that NO MAN CAN LEARN, BUT THE 144,000!
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY, it WOULD APPEAR that these 144,000 HAVE BEEN "TRANSLATED" FROM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH, just as Enoch and Elijah were translated into Heaven.
These 144,000 "SERVANTS OF GOD" know God and follow God.
JUST LIKE ENOCH, these 144,000 WALK WITH GOD.
GENESIS 5
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
Many denominations believe that the 144,000 are to be God’s messengers of the Everlasting Gospel, which will be preached unto the entire world for the last time.
But if one reads REVELATION 14:6 - 7, after the description of the 144,000, one will see that it is an Angel of the Lord that spreads the everlasting gospel unto the entire world, not the 144,000 that are now in Heaven.
Revelation 14
6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Besides;
How could the 144,000 spread the gospel to the world, when they are not on the earth, but in Heaven with the Lamb?
-So what are some of the identifiers that God gives us, His children in truth and spirit, that we may gain understanding of the identity and nature of these people?
REVELATION14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.
According to our "Prophetic Vocabulary", a woman is a church,
-So these would not be affiliated with ANY CURRENT WORLDLY ORGANIZED RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION in existence.
REVELATION14:4(continued)These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.
These are those who’s every action and thought of spirit is moved by love for their God, and their fellow man, just as Christ was their example of love, which has been placed within them by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus is the Lamb.
Jesus is the truth, the life and the way.
These are those that follow the truth that is has been placed within their hearts, which is the Holy Spirit, no matter where that Spirit would lead them, even if it would go against the traditions and wisdom of the world.
These are no longer fleshly beings, but spiritual beings "walking in flesh";
-loyal and obedient to the Creator, out of truth AND LOVE that is within them.
They are led by the Spirit in TRUTH.
JAMES 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
REVELATION14:4(continued) These were redeemed from among men, [being] the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
There are 23 references in the KJV Bible pertaining to “firstfruits”.
One might notice that of ALL THE OFFERINGS called for scripture, ONLY the firstfruit offering WAS NOT BURNT.
IT WAS FOR THE PRIESTS.
Beloved of God, who is our High Priest?
EZEKIEL 44:30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all [things], and every oblation of all, of every [sort] of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
44:31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Satan would have the world to believe that these 144,000 “firstfruits”, are to be tormented and persecuted and killed as an example to the world as they spread the everlasting gospel.
The Lord God of Israel would ask, “By whose authority would you burn my firstfruits?”
LEVITICUS 2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
The 144,000 “firstfruits” WILL NOT BE BURNT!
They will be the “firstfruits” of the living.
1 CORINTHIANS
15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Beloved of God, if Christ is the first fruits of them that slept, can the 144,000 be the “firstfruits” of them that slept?
Can they?
How can the 144,000 be the firstfruits of them that slept, when Christ is ALREADY the first fruits of them that slept?
If Christ has already laid claim to the title of the “firstfruits of the dead”, anything of the dead would and COULD ONLY now be second fruits, would they not?
Will Christ relinquish the title of “firstfruits of the dead”?
The only first fruits that the 144,000 have left that they could be, if not the firstfruits of the dead, is the firstfruits of the living, is it not?
JAMES 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY;
One moment, REVELATION 7:1 – 7:8,
the firstfruits are still in the field.
The next mention of these“firstfruits”,
REVELATION 14:1 – 14:5, the 144,000 have been made a “firstfruit” offering for the use of the Priest.
Only the firstfruits have been harvested.
The rest of the harvest is not yet ready, and therefore remains in the field.
Consider them the first tomato to ripen in the garden, with THE GREATER HARVEST yet to come.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY, the TESTIMONY would appear to indicate that there WILL BE THREE GROUPS of God's Children.
The FIRST GROUP, the 144,000 of REVELATION 7:3 - 7:6 are;
-THE "SERVANTS OF GOD"
-"SEALED IN THEIR FOREHEADS"
-ARE NOT A MEMBER OF SATAN'S WORLDLY ORGANIZED RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS
-STAND IN HEAVEN SINGING OF THEIR DIRECT TRANSLATION INTO HEAVEN.
-DO NOT GO THROUGH GREAT TRIBULATION AS DO THE SECOND GROUP MENTIONED IN REVELATION 7.
REVELATION 3
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.EXODUS 20
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.REVELATION14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
If the 144,000 have been sealed in truth, how could they lie?
All have fallen short of the grace of God, so how can anyone stand without fault before the throne of God?
In the grace of Christ!
That is the ONLY way most beloved of God!
That is the ONLY way.
This first group that is "Sealed in Their knowledge of the Truth" will be desperately attempting to share their understanding.
THE 144,000 SERIOUSLY DESIRE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL!
But to a DECEIVED WORLD, their words are "JUST ONE MORE VERSION OF THE TRUTH".
CATHOLIC'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Catholics ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
PROTESTANT'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Protestant's ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Adventist's ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
MUSLIM'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Muslim's ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
HINDU'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Hindu's ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
BUDDHIST'S WILL NOT hear their words, because Buddhist's ARE CERTAIN they already have the truth.
But God will, through the translation of His 144,000 servants, CONFIRM their words as truth, and EXPOSE the diverse truths of the worlds religions as falsehood.
The SECOND GROUP of God's children will heed the FIRST ANGEL'S MESSAGE in REVELATION 14, and FEAR GOD.
This group will;
- WITNESS the "revealing" of the 144,000.
- REALIZE;
-GOD IS REAL
-They are ACTUALLY GOATS
and NOT THE SHEEP they thought they were.
- FEAR GOD!
This is the group that will go through Great Tribulation.
Revelation 7
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number,
of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and [about] the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, [be] unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
The THIRD GROUP of God's children are the "CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE".
This group will suffer the FULL CUP of God's wrath.
In PART #31, the DEFENSE will continue to present the TESTIMONY of REVELATION 14.
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