The 144,000

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December 5, 2021

  • The book of Revelation not complicated
  • Come like little children
  • Matthew 18:3 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
  • You are not going to be tricked by the Lord
  • Matthew 7:7–11 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
  • Sometimes when the Lord reveals your heart, you might get offended
    • What you’ve been taught and believe
    • Tradition
    • What you are ignorant of
  • Matthew 21:44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
    • Better we are broken by the Word of God
    • than be ground to powder by the Word of God

Who are the 144,000?

Revelation 6:12–17

  • 12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

Revelation 7:1–9

  • 1 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. 2 Then 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 granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” 4 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:

5 of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed;

6 of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed;

7 of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed;

8 of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed;

of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

  • Sealed means saved in the following scriptures:
    • Ephesians 1:13 13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
    • Ephesians 4:30 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
    • 2 Corinthians 1:22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
    • 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”

Genealogy in Genesis 5

  • No word in the Bible is there to fill up space.
  • Adam Man (is)
  • Seth Appointed
  • Enosh Mortal
  • Kenan Sorrow; (but)
  • MahalalelThe Blessed God
  • JaredShall come down
  • Enoch Teaching
  • Methuselah His death shall bring
  • Lamech The Despairing
  • Noah Comfort, Rest

Tribes in Revelation 14

  • They are in an order that is seemingly random.
  • No word in the Bible is there by accident or chance.
  • We are going to apply the same principle
  • This time, the scripture gives us the meaning of the name
  • Not human interpretation, as some have claimed the meaning in Genesis 5
  • Judah: Genesis 29:35 And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she called his name Then she stopped bearing.
  • Reuben: Genesis 29:32 So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, “The LORD has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.”
  • Gad: Genesis 30:11 Then Leah said, “A troop comes!” So she called his name
  • Asher: Genesis 30:13 Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed.” So she called his name
  • Naphtali: Genesis 30:8 Then Rachel said, “With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.” So she called his name
  • Manasseh: Genesis 41:51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.”
  • Simeon: Genesis 29:33 Then she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also.” And she called his name
  • Levi: Genesis 29:34 She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called
  • Issachar: Genesis 30:18 Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name
  • Zebulun: Genesis 30:20 And Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name
  • Joseph: Genesis 30:24 So she called his name Joseph, and said, “The LORD shall add to me another son.”
  • Benjamin: Genesis 35:18 And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him

“I will praise the Lord -the Lord looked upon my affliction- a troop comes – the daughters will call me blessed. With mighty struggles I have struggled – God caused me to forget. The Lord heard I was hated, now at last I will be attached to my husband. God has rewarded me, God has gifted me with a good gift. God will add the son of (His) right hand.”

  • Ben-Oni (suffering) the first time; Benjamin the second coming. Genesis 35:18

144,000 timeline

  1. 6th seal
  2. Signs in the sky
  • I will praise the Lord
  1. Mighty men hid themselves
  2. They saw the coming wrath of God
  • The Lord looked upon my affliction
  1. Every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him
  • Revelation 1:7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
  • A troop comes – the daughters will call me blessed. With mighty struggles I have struggled
  1. 144,000 Jews get saved
  • Revelation 14:1–5 1 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 5 And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God.
  • Mount Zion in heaven
  • Hebrews 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
  1. Redeemed from the earth
  • God caused me to forget.
  1. Virgins – The parable of the virgins?
  • The daughters will call me blessed?
  1. Redeemed from among men
  • The Lord heard I was hated,
  1. They are the first-fruits to God because they believed in His Lamb.
  • Now at last I will be attached to my husband.
  • God has rewarded me
  • God has gifted me with a good gift.
  1. They follow the Lamb
  • God will add the son of (His) right hand.
  1. Redeemed from the earth and from men

Left Behind

  • Dan: Genesis 30:6 Then Rachel said, “God has judged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name
  • Ephraim: Genesis 41:52 And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

“God has judged me – fruitful in the land of my affliction”

Rapture

  1. Three Angels – Rev 14:6, 8, 9
  2. Son of Man – Jesus
  3. Another Angel
  • Remember, I am giving you’re a framework of the Bible, a skeleton.
  • You will have to read the Bible for yourself
  • When you read, you will know exactly what is going on with what you are reading and where things are as far as God’s plan is concerned.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

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