THE BOOK OF REVELATION
Part 31
The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion
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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.
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:
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.
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 the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault
before the Throne of God.
Rev 14:1-5 KJV
The 144,000 Elect were “redeemed from among men.”
They have the mark of God in their foreheads, standing as testimony against
those who have succumbed to worshipping “the beast,” and received his ‘mark.’
In this prophetic passage of future fulfillment, the
Lamb stood on Mount Zion, in the New Jerusalem and with Him 144,000 [men] who
had His Name and His Father's Name inscribed on their foreheads.
They were sealed in chapter 7.
None amongst this group is a woman, as this is
clearly indicated in verse 4:
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are
virgins … (KJV).
These are they who have no sexual relations with
women; they are spiritually undefiled, pure virgins. And they are preserved as
natural virgins throughout their lifetime on the Earth.
They follow the Lamb wherever He goes.
They have been purchased from among [the men] on the
Earth as a consecrated offering— they have been ransomed—redeemed—purchased as
“firstfruits” to God and the Lamb.
These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto
God and to the Lamb (KJV).
Also, it is very important to note that, like Jesus,
the saints are “a kind of firstfruits” of God’s creation.
Of His own Will begat He us with the Word of Truth, that we
should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures (James 1:18 KJV).
This verse speaks of both the spiritual and natural
creations. In the supernatural, we are given birth through “the Word of Truth.”
God chose to give us birth through His Word that we might be ‘a kind of
firstfruits’ of all He created.
The Lamb was slain, and with His Blood He purchased
men [people of God] for God from every tribe and language and people and nation
(Rev.5:9).