THE 144,000 OF REVELATION. Part 1.

     T here has been far too much paper and ink wasted on this topic, for much of it finds not a fit within The Word of God!
     Therefore, whats the point these people are pushing?  A Personal agenda? Seeking fame and fortune? Allow me to remind Y O U, dear reader, of a warning our Savior gave three times in the one chapter, and referred to deceptions twice more, all in the same chapter of Matthew 24.

    Matthew 24:4  "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you."
 
    Why do Y O U suppose I speak of this?
     It is a known fact, [if only by their actions and words they use] that most people never read the Bible, to any great extent, let alone STUDY IT!
     Again, why can I be so positive, about this?   Yet, again the Bible gives answer!
 
     2 Corinthians 3:18  "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
    If, we as a Nation wish to cut our crime rates in half, then we should try to have half of us read the Bible on a daily basis!One can only learn, and gain knowledge and is that not a good thing?
 
     There's One faith, whose leadership, chooses to teach its members, that this number of 144,000 is ALL the people there's room for in Heaven. However, by shear coincidence,(?) only their "Elevated Ones", that are so chosen!  [Funny how that works out, right?]
     It must be that they have accidentally missed this passage....
     
     Revelation 5:11  "And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;"
     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;"

    Or, perhaps, they skip over these verses, because it does not fit within their Doctrines? Should they not install some windows in the walls of their Halls, if only to allow God's light/truth to shine inside? But these fine folks are not the only ones who shun windows, as do Saints and Lodges, check me out on this, and ask about the why. I did they say it saves money, in building costs, and heating and, Cooling and there's no windows to be broken! I guess that's one reason for their "Holy Undies"? {What's that all about?}

    I am not a math whiz, but even this dummy knows that 100 million people, is far more than 144,000, agree? Plus thousands of thousands, which no man could number?

     Revelation 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."
    Note: Winds are symbolic of war and strife, and the four corners means the whole earth. Meaning... we are not now, no matter how bad the worldly conditions are, we are NOT YET, in in the Times of Trouble, we are however in the woes of Matthew 24:3-8.

     Revelation 7:2-3 " 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, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."
       Revelation 7:4-8  "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. 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. 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. 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. 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."

     Now, Please think, of this passage, that our Jewish friends totally reject, at least those STILL waiting for the Messiah., Christ Jesus, to come for the first time!
      Matthew 23:38  "Behold, your house is left unto you desolate."
    Luke 13:35 " Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."

     This is the reason the Jewish Temple leaders, in around 340 A.D. pronounced a curse on anyone who works the number given by Daniel, as it gives Christ's Baptism and His 3.5 yrs of Ministry, and well as His death on the wood, and then the rest of this 7 year span, the remaining 3.5 yrs., latter with the Stoning of Steven, the Gospel was to be taken to the Gentiles as...
     Daniel 9:24-27  "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.  Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
Note: In prophecy one day is one year,if no other, time frame is given,  [Numbers 14:34- Ezekiel 4:6],70 weeks = 70 x 7 = 490 years but the end of which the One week, or Seven years, in the midst of this week HE shall be cut-off. Christ died 3 and one-half years after His Baptism, and at the end of the second half of 3.5 years, The Church leaders led the stoning of Steven!

    Acts 7:59  "And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
    Acts 11:19  "Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only."
    Acts 13:46  "Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles."

Note: Because the Nation had rejected and called for His death, the Gospel, was given to the gentiles, but anyone Jew can still accept Christ as their Savior, and be saved, but as NOT as a Nation in the whole, since they stoned Stephen.

To compare the Revelation 7 list of tribal names to the list given in Genesis 49 :1-16, you'll find that three Tribes are not listed in Revelation. They are Simion, Dan and Naphtali, and the reasons given for this is found also in Gen.49.
     So, who is Manasses, of Rev.7:6? Why is His name listed? He is NOT one of the twelve sons of Jacob/Israel, so?
      Matthew 1:10  "And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;"

Note: This beginning chapter of Matthew shows the Human blood line from which Christ, came as a babe.
   
         2 Kings 16:20  "And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead."
Note: EZEKIAS and HEZEKIAH, are one of the same person.It was this King, that removed Israel from idol worship, and temple prostitutes. His Oldest son was Manasses.

        2 Kings 20:21  "And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
       Genesis 46:20  And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him."

     The above are the two persons named Manasses or Manasseh

                             DOUBLE  PORTION.
Both sons of Joseph, received blessing from both their Father, as was the custom, as well as their Grandfather Jacob whom God renamed Israel.

    Genesis 48:19-22  "And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.  And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."

Note: Ephraim "and his seed shall become a multitude of nations."  Which some have thought to mean England, upon whose empire the Sun never set, but????? Only God knows.
   Still others think that this son's generation became the U.S. of A. Again God knows.

                                SO WHO ARE THESE 144,000 PEOPLE?

     
     Revelation 7:3-4  "Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 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."

    As of this day 1:2015, we are NOT facing the Tribulation bearing the times of the end, and Christ Return, As bad as nature is today and Satan's pouring out evil ideas upon men, we have not yet seen the apocalyptic versions yet. Therefore mankind is still under probation portion of God's Judgment, still to face its closing at the time of the International Sunday Worship Law, as this shall be humanity's last trail, and then Judgement is closed and set for all the living! No more asking for forgiveness, nor is repenting still an option. The die is cast, and all the living will have made their choice, to OBEY either God or men!
      That's the reason why for the SEALING....
   Revelation 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."
Note: These people, all the 144,000 will at that time be living, and God will be their power and strength to preach HIS Words of Truth, to the whole world, sometime before people are forced to chose God or men' side. Remember the Bible story about the Egyptian Plagues? What event caused God to bring them on? The release from captivity of slavery, right? But the last one in the which the first born of all life, died, right? But what event brought God to that point?  The Pharaoh, made them work on the Sabbath day, the Seventh day!
     Isaiah 58:13  "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:"

Note anyone who thinks they can Worship God on any they they choose, are standing on quicksand, They should remember all those Egyptians who died, as an effort to show just how seriously both God and us should take His Words. But how can we know this time-line?

     Revelation 7:2-3  "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, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."
   Yes all god's own are sealed, His Laws are written on their hearts and minds, and they as the children of Israel just before the Exodus, out of Egypt, saw all these things, yet God protected them from harm, so also will HE do at that time!For THAT time, or "The LORD's Day", and,  "The Day of the LORD, is not as the Universal Church claims the day of worship, but the day when God's Wrath is poured out upon all those who reject Him, or teach falsely, and not within the Holy Bible! {Such as " There is not contention between Genesis and Evolution, that's outright Blasphemy! Because it is calling God a lair!

Note: The whole Bible, in it's essence is but God's promise to Abraham, coming to fruition, in Christ.! Look....

    Galatians 3:18  "For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise."

Note: Laws of men, can NOT save Y O U, nor even the Laws of God! Only in and by His Son and God's Mercy, unmerited favor can anyone be saved.

     Galatians 3:20-28  "Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."
     Galatians 3:29 " And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."
It is ONLY by YOUR acceptance and surrender your will to Christ, that Y O U become a SPIRITUAL ISRAELITE, thus a Child of the Promise, a Son or Daughter of God the Father!

     As there is not yet, today, the wrath of God being poured out, there are no 144,000 right now, in 2015 January. The deciding factor, as best as men can determine can be found in Revelation 13th chapter.When these two Beastly Powers, act in unison, and begin to pass National Laws forcing by law [All Governments "speak" by their laws] internationally, then the 144,000 shall make themselves known, by their actions, deeds and words, by God's Power! They shall do the work, "IN THE SPIRIT OF ELIYAH", just as John the Baptist was enabled, to make straight the path....to Christ!

    Revelation 9:1-4  "And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads."
Note: Does this say ONLY the 144,000 will survive the Tribulations?  NO! But ALL of these shall be with christ forever, but so shall many others!

      Revelation 16:1-3  "And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea."
NOTE: Please know dear reader, that much of the Bible is NOT in a chronological order, it therefore forces students to think, dig and search, within it. Does this not point to.....
   Revelation 13:12  "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed."
  
QUESTION: If you have read my blogs, relating to the this power, The Little Horn, Rome, plus accepting the fact that MOST Christains worship on Rome's declared day Sun (god-worship) day You should by all means really study Daniel and note that kingdoms which put religion on par with governments the Bible refers to them as beasts!, Pagan Rome"morphed" into Pagan/Christian" Rome. Find my blogs, on "Secret Societies" and "The Man Behind the Mask." while keepi ng these two quotes in mind.

       "The Catholic National" ( a monthly magazine for Catholics) July, 1895: "The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus christ Himself, hidden under veil of flesh."
       Pope Leo. X111, in an Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894. "We Hold upon this earth the place4 of God Almighty."
Note Now tie this type of thinking with these three verses.......

    Revelation 13:2  "And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."   {see Rev. 12:9 to see who the dragon is).
     Daniel 7:25  "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."
Note: Now Y O U know the who and the why most "Christians" observe Sunday in place of the 7th Day Sabbath!....look....
       2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 " Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."

Note:  WHY? these leaders of this power, most certainly know the Word of God, so why do they actively work against Him?

       2 Thessalonians 2:10-12  "And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
   Please find my blog on "The Year of 2014, and find Pope France's, comment on his Bishops requests to allow all homosexuals to worship in their Churches, and his reply?  "Who am I to judge"? Wish his predecessors thought the same way during the Dark Ages, where they killed millions in the name of God, saying "Believe as I say or die."  {Fox's "Book of Martyrs", and many others about Church History}
       
                           HEAVEN BOUND?

    Revelation 14:1  "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."
     John 6:27-29 " Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.  Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."

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