Lets
address the 144,000 first. There are only 144,000 human
beings that will be taken as the "FIRSTFRUITS". People get
confused by inserting the church as a whole, into the
special place held for the 144,000. Only the 144,000 show
up with the Lamb on mount Sion..... signifying their
following the Lamb everywhere he goes and being part of
his spiritual kingdom government, located in the city of
God, Zion, or Sion!
Revelations 14:1.........
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on mount Sion, and
with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his
Father's name written in their foreheads.
"THEY ARE" the first fruits of the
end times as stated in:
Revelations 14:4........
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they
are virgins, These are they which follow the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among
men, being thefirstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
Jesus
told the 12 apostles that he had other sheep. This would
be the church members that the apostles were to build up.
Jesus teachings were TO the apostles, and to the crowds he
spoke in parables! The 12 apostles and the 12 patriarchs
(the 12 sons of Israel), make up the 24 elders of Gods
government and are seen around the throne of God in:
Revelations 4:5........
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and
upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting,
clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads
crowns of gold.
If you read Revelations
front to back, you will see that the VERY FIRST PLACE that
anyone is taken up to heaven is:
Revelations: 11:12......
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto
them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to
heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
This is the first mention
of the FIRST ASCENSION to
heaven, during the tribulation, in the end times, in the
book of Revelations. This is not speculation, not word
play, but spoken plainly and understandably, theseARE THE FIRSTFRUITS! The
BARLEY harvest! Nothing more to prove, nothing more to
say, they are what they are, the 2 Witnesses of
Revelations! They are the firstfruits and they are
ascended into heaven in the chapter that is talking about
the 2 WITNESSES, chapter 11. Revelations chapter 11 also
states:
Revelations 11:4......... These are
the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks
standing before the God of the earth.
The 144,000 are the modern day representation of Zerrubabel
and Joshua of the book of Zechariah chapter 4.
Zerrubabel and Joshua were commissioned for their duties
as civic and religious leaders of Jerusalem by the
annointing with olive oil, (that is having oil poured over
ones head, having been baptized and sealed with the Holy
Ghost) and represent the offices of priest and king
in Jerusalem. They were to rebuild and restore the temple
worship.
This is a SPECIFIC NUMBER of people,
144,000, 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel,
sealed by the angel of:
Revelations 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,
3..............
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the
trees, till we have
sealed the servants of our God in their
foreheads.
READ ENTIRE CHAPTER 4 OF
ZECHARIAH to understand the connection of the 144,000 to
become priest and kings. Also:
Revelations: 20:6.......... Blessed and holy is he that
hath part in the first resurrection: on such the
second death hath no power, but they
shall be priest of God and of Christ, and shall
reign with him a thousand years.
The BRIDE OF
CHRIST is Holy
Jerusalem that descends from heaven:
Revelations: 21:9........
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had
the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked
with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the
Lamb's wife.
10......... And he
carried me away in the spirit to a great and high
mountain, and shewed me that great city,the holy
Jerusalem, descending
out of heaven from God,............
Now go to Ezekiel 16 and read
entire chapter. It tells us specifically of Jerusalems
abominations and the Lords cleaning up of his bride.
Ezekiel 16:9........ Then
washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy
blood from thee, and I annointed thee with oil.
Holy JERUSALEM is the BRIDE
OF CHRIST!....................... Revelations
21:9
The 12 tribes of Israel are
the 12 gates of Jerusalem....... Revelations
21:12
The 12 names of the
apostles are the 12 foundations....... Revelations
21:14
The CHURCH IS taken in the Wheat Harvest
mentioned at:
Revelations 14:14.........
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like
unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and
in his hand a sharp sickle.
15............
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a
loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy
sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to
reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16............
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the
earth; and the earth was reaped.
This is clearly talking about the
(RAPTURE) of the church and all saved Christians.
This is Jesus! Notice that he
does not return completely to the earth! This is the
RAPTURE. And it happens right BEFORE the Wrath of God is
poured out upon the earth in Chapter 16! The
church will suffer tribulations and persecutions, but will
NOT suffer the WRATH of GOD! It is RIGHT THERE for all to see.
The 144,000 are the 2
witnesses (the southern kingdom and the northern kingdom),
divided into 12 tribes of 12,000 each. These end times
Christians will prophesy about the TRUTH in Revelations
and the end. They will be hated because the world has been
deceived. The BEAST will hate them and make war against
them because they expose the TRUTH and bring millions to
Jesus Christ, out of the tribulation. The BEAST will
eventually kill them and they will ascend up to heaven in
a cloud.
The Revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things
which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his
angel unto his servant John:
This revelation is given to
his SERVANTS! The
servants are the prophets (which there are 144,000 of in
Revelations), the saints are the church (the wheat
harvest), and then there are those that fear his name,
small and great........(probably those in the grape
harvest).
Also........
Revelations 1:3......... Blessed is he that readeth,
and they that hear the
words of this prophesy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the
time is at hand.
Revelations 11:18.........
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the
time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou
shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets,
and to
thy saints, and them that fear thy name, small and
great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
There is a clear seperation
between the SERVANTS and the SAINTS as can be seen in this
verse.
Revelations 13:7........... And it was given unto him to
make war with the saints, and to overcome them:
and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
There will be Saints out of
all kindreds, tongues, and nations that the BEAST will
make war with.
Revelations 13:10..........(
NLT ) Anyone who is destined for prison, will be taken to
prison. Anyone destined to die by the sword will die by
the sword. This means that God's holy people must
endure persecution patiently and remain faithful.
(God's holy people are
summoned to endure and remain faithful while experiencing
temporary persecution.)
About Revelations
3:10,11,&12......... You will notice that Jesus writes
the name of God, Jerusalem, and his new name upon the ones
of the Philadephian church, of them that overcometh.
Notice that Revelations 14:1........... The 144,000 have
the Fathers name written in their foreheads. Also,
Revelations was sent and signified to his SERVANTS, not
the saints. It is revealed to the servants the prophets.
Also, the 144,000 have already been tried and tested and
found to be Totally FAITHFUL! So they are kept from this
hour of temptation. The hour of temptation has to come
after the 2 witnesses (the 144,000) are killed, probably
right after, so they can be made an example of by the
anti-christ.
No one is trying to take
your blessed hope. But being a foolish virgin can mean
that you miss the dance by not coming out of
BABYLON! And then not making it as a firstfruit in the
FIRST ASCENSION, which the FIRSTFRUITS will be part of.
This is how you miss the hour of temptation, by being
among the 144,000. You can't do it by worshipping Pagan
entities on Pagan Holidays. Look it up, Easter is the big
one! And Jesus gave you a sign, that he would be 3 days
and 3 nights in the heart of the earth as Jonas was 3days
and nights in the whales belly.
YBIC
Michael P