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Tropical_Man 67M
6573 posts
12/3/2007 12:43 am
Revelations 14


malcolm smith

Chapter 14 begins with another look at the 144,000. It said the 144,000 the church, was standing on Mt Zion. Remember when David brought the Ark to that little hill called Mt Zion. From that time on the word ‘Mount Zion’ ceased to be a geographical location, and it became a sign, a word to describe a way of life. The church is seen exalting in God on Mount Zion. And the scripture says, I heard them singing.

The scripture says that when they spoke or sang, it was like the sound of loud thunder, and yet it was as beautiful as many harpists playing. What has happened? We began in Chapter 1 with the solitary Lord of the Universe, and when He spoke His voice was like many waters, but then we were introduced to the preaching of the gospel. Then all of those who were redeemed by His blood, had been drawn into such a union with Himself, that when they sing and praise, you can’t quite make up your mind, is it Him or is it them. They sing as one. One body in Christ. No one could learn the song, except the 144,000 because they worship in truth.

Remember the Altar of incense in the Tabernacle? From that altar clouds of incense were rising, which the people understood to be their praise and their worship to God. So the highest peak of Israel’s worship each day, would be when the Priest would offer the incense, and all the praise of the people would raise to God in that incense. That incense, that golden altar, was right in front of the Throne of God, the Ark of the Covenant. Now it says that all these, the 144,000 ‒ the complete Church, stood before the Throne and sang praise to God. They were the golden incense altars, in the form of people.

‘These are the ones who have not been defiled with women. They are chaste’. Do you remember all through the Old Testament, every time Israel went after another god, or they walked away from God, He said ‘you have played the , you have committed adultery’? All that this symbolic statement is saying is that the Church, the perfect Church of all ages, is as pure as a virgin. Remember what Paul says in his second letter to the Corinthian church, in chapter 10. He says that he has engaged us, as a virgin to Christ.

It says of this Company that they are the first fruits. When the Passover took place, and it was stated that the first day after the Sabbath of the Passover, was the Feast of First fruits. The priests would cut the first fruits and take it to the Temple to be used in worship. Jesus was crucified at Passover. Do you realise that as the Priests went down to cut the first fruits, Jesus rose again from the dead, and He was the first fruit.

It says that no lie was found in their mouth. The grand lie ‒ you shall be as God. That is THE lie, and when we repented, that is what we repented of. And it says they were blameless. Read Ephesians 1 ‒ it says that in Christ, because of our union with Him, we are accepted by God as though we had never sinned.

In verse 6 of this chapter, ‘another angel flew in the Heavens’ and he speaks of this angel preaching the Gospel, the eternal Gospel, calling upon men to fall before their Creator. Any person that ever goes to hell goes there pushing and shoving past the goodness, mercy and grace of God.

It goes down to verse 20, and says the winepress was trodden, and it goes on to say that the blood came out from the winepress. These are no ordinary grapes. This is blood, death, and judgment. And it says up to the horses’ bridles, up to a distance of 200 miles. 1,600 furlongs is equal to 200 miles, and 1,600 furlongs is the correct translation from the Greek. So this is where we find the symbol in the number 1,600.

4 x 4=16 16 x 10 x 10. 4 is the four corners of the world. 4 x 4 is the world and the universe. x 10=completion. x 10=completion, completion. 1,600 furlongs is telling us in the symbolic language of Revelation, that this is the universal, and complete and utter judgment of God.



Tropical_Man 67M
6389 posts
12/3/2007 6:22 pm

acyually it is right on. Most of revelations has salready taken place. It is symbolism.