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Hello everyone. Welcome to our show today, featuring another insightful study in the Bible Prophecy

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Masterclass, Part 3. As alluded to earlier, these will be random studies taken from the

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Book of the Revelation, in so far as, although the presentation is divided up into a sequential

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series of episodes, we will conduct the lessons in the upcoming podcasts by arbitrarily selecting

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themes in no set order. Thus, on this fourth show, episode number 17 in the series, we will begin

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with chapter 7 of the Book of the Revelation covering God's plan for reaping a second bountiful

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harvest of precious souls in the days leading up to the Battle of Armageddon and the physical

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return of Jesus Christ. The text which is the basis for this study is Judgment Day,

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Volume 3, Armageddon, Acts of God vs. Gods of Earth, written by Mr. Alvin Mitchell.

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I, Liam, will be your affable narrator and host. For a more systematic approach to the study of

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the Revelation, may we suggest that you plan to purchase a copy of the text on Amazon.com,

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when it becomes available. Please join me in a word of prayer and praise to God the Almighty

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for granting us this opportunity to delve into His Word, and for giving us these awe-inspiring

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warnings and powerful insights into His awesome plans for the future of mankind and of the world

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as we know it. Let us pray also for blessing upon the study and upon all who make time to join in

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and to listen. Revelation Chapter 7

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Tribulation Evangelism

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At this point, still early in the unfolding of God's choreographed End Times drama,

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hundreds of millions of souls, maybe more, are missing, vanished without a trace, blood-stained

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trails mar the paths to mass graves housing billions more, saints murdered, and sinners

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slaughtered during World War III. By virtue of their witness of this human carnage, some having

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first-hand knowledge, if they did not participate in the aforementioned bloodletting their stomachs

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turned will have experienced a change of heart. Coupled with all the evidences that remind of the

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snatch, in the midst of bombed-out, burning buildings, bodies and body parts lining streets

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of all the major cities around the world, smoke will ascend up into the upper atmosphere from

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forest fires and oil fields set ablaze further complicating life and making lives miserable by

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blocking the sun, thereby contributing to a throwing off of the growing seasons.

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In the face of these and other horrifying sights, hard, heretofore, otherwise impenetrable hearts,

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impervious to the Gospel message preached, will have softened tremendously.

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Traumatized minds will be flooded with streams of endless questions that will not suffer silence.

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Desperate searches and frantic quests for rational solutions will only be appeased by one unlikely

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source, namely, the Bible. Chains of doubt, shackled to lost souls that locked God out, by whatever

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means, for whatever reason, will have been loosened, leaving fertile minds exposed to a faith

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oft-spurned, and now at last ready for a harvest long held at bay. In full awareness of this, the

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Lord God will have already graciously, mercifully prepared a troop that will fish for their souls,

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well in advance of the rivers of blood in which their corpses will float during the rain, and the

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terror, of the dreaded beast, revelation. 13.1-18

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God's Choice, New Direction Short Stick

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Barring traditional Judaism, all practical knowledge of God will have been eliminated

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from the earth. Without benefit of a more direct involvement and input, Satan will appear to have

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won the battle, the telling, chilling cameo appearance of an angry lamb of God at the end

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of chapter 6, notwithstanding. Every Christian left behind will then be completely useless,

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if Christ came for His Church today, January 4, 2013, the left behind could easily include perhaps

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90-95% of all professing Christians. All denominations and churches will be under

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the devil's direct control and supervision, a definite impediment to anything that is

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God's will, and every soul that God will save, from here on out. Left behind, Christians,

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being false saints, false prophets, and false preachers, in addition to unproductive, true

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saints given to compromise, or who simply refuse to grow, will doubtless have been instrumental

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in the roundup and slaughter of the first wave of new converts, specifically, those true Christians

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introduced to us, under the altar, in chapter 6. This being so, as is customary, the vision of

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the Lamb having dissipated, God will quietly shift gears here, changing course slightly, so as to lay

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the foundation for the next phase of His salvation program and process. His preference, like always,

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is to start in obscurity, in the least likely of places, in a corner where Satan is least likely to

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anticipate resistance, in a manner that is tantamount to always choosing, intentionally,

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the, short end of the stick. That then begs the question, if the Old Testament is right,

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if the Old Testament Israeli slash Jewish saints and the pre-tribulation churches are in heaven,

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and, the first wave of tribulation saints are in the graves, how then will the work of evangelizing

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the second wave of lost souls be facilitated? Restless winds restrained.

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Verse 1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,

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holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth,

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nor on the sea, nor on any tree. Verse 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east,

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having the seal of the living God, and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels,

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to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea. Verse 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth,

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neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

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The break in the action begun at seal number 5, in the previous chapter, continues here in chapter

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7, it should be noted, perhaps, that contrary to the thinking and teaching of some, like Pastor

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Skeving of the Fargo Baptist Church in Fargo, North Dakota, this passage does not represent

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the midpoint of the last seven years before the return of Christ. That midpoint, which is yet to

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come, is the point at which the beast's global reign will begin and it will last for only 3.5 years.

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There will be no Christian saved after this midpoint, which is the only time the beast

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will have global authority and at which time he will kill all Christians when they refuse

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his system of worship-based commerce, per Revelation. 13-15-18, 14-9-13, 15-2-4, 20-4.

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For angels have been positioned at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four

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winds of the earth, so that the winds cannot blow so as to disturb anything on the earth,

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or the sea, not even a tree. After this sight, John was shown an angel coming in from the east

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carrying the seal of the living God, who issued a stern directive intended for the four angels.

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It will be their responsibility to restrain the winds, conversely, theirs will be the authority

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and the ability to release those same four winds so as to hurt the earth and the sea,

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at the appropriate time. They were to continue their restraint of the four winds until the

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sealing of the servants of God upon their foreheads had been completed. The language of this passage

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is reminiscent of Daniel chapter 7. Thus, there is perhaps the best place from which to launch,

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as one strives for an accurate interpretation of this passage. The four corners of the earth

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simply signifies the farthest points due north, east, south, and west of the nation of Israel

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and conveys in general the idea, all around the world, as we would say today, or, global.

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The four winds suggest, unrest and turmoil, amongst the nations globally, including all of their

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anti-God, anti-Christ activities, or around the world, the nations and people of our planet being

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symbolized here by, the sea, which is generally viewed as a symbol of perpetual restlessness,

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that worsens with agitation from the wind, the earth and the trees, may be representative of the

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peaceful elements of our world, as they are normally in a state of calm, moved only when acted upon by

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some outside force, in which case, they may be symbolic of more tribulation saints, over whom the

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moratorium has been declared as well, so that the killing of saints as for a time, for the duration

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thereof, been stopped. This would give them time to grow in spirit, as well as in numbers.

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In this way, they can contribute to the work of evangelism led by the 144,000.

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Hence, the sense of this passage in which the angel is restraining the four winds is such that

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the global agitation and fighting amongst the nations and peoples of the earth, the never-ending

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striving for supremacy begun by the advent of the crown rider on the white horse in 6 colon 2 has

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for a time ceased, or has been brought to a standstill. Precisely where in time this cessation

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will start, and how long it will last is difficult to pinpoint. It seems that one can say with some

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assurance that it will begin after the cameo appearance of the Lord Jesus, after World War

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III and the deaths of the first wave of tribulation saints, i.e., after the events of Chapter 6,

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the seal judgments, for sure. Except for the acts of God, those apocalyptic, calamitous events and

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happenings that can only occur as He instigates and directs, and the incredible hostilities,

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dangers and hardships new converts will face, the locust attack, and, the work of His two witnesses,

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it appears that, when the cessation does start, all will be relatively quiet where the nations

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and international conflict are concerned, until the Battle of Armageddon.

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Jewish Evangelism, the 144,000.

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The Sealing

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Verse 4a. And I heard the number of them which were sealed.

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In the interim, 144,000 servants of God will receive seals or marks in their foreheads,

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in Ephesians 1 verse 13 and 4 30 Paul speaks of the Christians being

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sealed with the Holy Spirit or Holy Spirit of promise, until the day of redemption.

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Ultimately, this may be what is envisioned here, though later the

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mark in the forehead is called the name of God.

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As shown earlier, the Holy Spirit will have been recalled to Heaven from the earth, along with the

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Snatch, or, Rapture, of the Church. He will only reappear when dispatched for some special purpose,

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much like His Old Testament and Early New Testament appearances with the Apostles.

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The Jewish Evangelists will need special assistance and special enablement for enlightenment,

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insights, guidance that can only come via God's Spirit just as would any saint, in order to carry

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out the monumental task of global evangelism. There will be no teaching ministries to prepare

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them, once that last saint under the altar has been killed. This empowerment will give them the

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boost they need to fend against what may otherwise be insurmountable odds, and, to face daunting

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dangers and risks that will only intensify as the day of the beast draws nearer, in the short

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period of time they will have in which to work. Who are they?

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Verse 4B And there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes

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of the children of Israel. Verse 5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand.

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Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gat were sealed twelve thousand.

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Verse 6 Of the tribe of campaigners Platнойakos were sealed twelve thousand.

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Of the tribe of blurry clear downtown Areным were sealed twelve thousand.

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the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed 12,000.

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Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed 12,000.

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Verse 7, Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed 12,000.

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of the tribe of Levi were sealed 12,000.

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of the tribe of Issacharra were sealed 12,000.

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Verse 8, of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed 12,000.

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of the tribe of Joseph were sealed 12,000.

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the tribe of Benjamin were sealed 12,000. Although these servants will be Christians,

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they will not be Gentiles. Rather, each of the 144,000 preachers will be Jewish. None

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will be Jehovah's Witness. They will all be selective men, chosen only from the 12

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tribes of Israel. Here in chapter 7, John tells us nothing else

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about these evangelists. Everything else we know comes from chapter 14.

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Thus, from the first few verses of chapter 14, we know that the 144,000 will be fervent,

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dedicated followers of the Lamb, which means their mission and life's goal from this

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moment forward will be to preach the everlasting gospel of the Lord and Savior they, and all

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Jews will have spurned theretofore. They will in all likelihood not come to a

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saving faith in the Christ until after World War III, the globally devastating war begun

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in chapter 6, otherwise they should be killed along with all of those whose souls appear

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under the altar, per chapter 6 colon 9 dash 11.

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If all this is so, how will God preserve them blameless until their hour of service?

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Devout, devoted, godly unbelievers. Evidently, these men will be Orthodox, maybe

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even ultra-Orthodox, Jews, more or less, who have striven up to this point to serve God

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according to their understanding of the law and their traditions, that is, traditional

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or biblical Judaism, as the term applies to OT law.

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In God's eyes, for sure, their lives are exemplary, they are, by most accounts and

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measures, well prepared psychologically, spiritually, emotionally, they are not hormingers, they

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are not liars or deceivers. They are like first fruits to the Lamb and to God, having

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been redeemed from the earth, from among mankind, apparently from another phase, maybe the beginning

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phases, of the tribulation period. Like everyone else, except the reject churches,

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they will have come over the threshold of the tribulation doorway, as unbelievers in

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their Christ. Being devout men already by Leviticus' law

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standards, the tremendous events and occurrences of this time may be all that is necessary

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to change their minds, making them instantly vessels meet for the Master's service.

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How Saved? No indication is given as to how they will

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be driven to their knees, in a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. We may safely presume

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that had this faith existed prior to the Snatch, they would in all likelihood have been taken

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with the Church. Had they been saved in the interim, following

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the fall of the United States or between the rise of the Jews and the end of World War

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III, Chapter 6, they might have been killed with that first tribulation wave of new converts,

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whose souls, crying out for justice, were comforted by the Lord, under the altar.

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In the midst of all that is mystery surrounding them, one thing we can ascertain, at some

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point God will turn on a light. Having observed them and kept them safe for

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such a time as this, recall Esther and Mordecai, as with the Gentiles Cornelius, Lydia, the

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Ethiopian eunuch and Apollos the Jew converted by Achela and his wife Priscilla, God will

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not allow them to continue to serve in the error of their ways.

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Thus, that light will illumine for them a path that says, This is the way, walk ye in

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it. The signs of the times as they exist then

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will confirm that directive, whereupon, in humble contrition they will bow the knee in

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saving faith to the Lamb they in all likelihood will not have known, heretofore.

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In verse 1 of chapter 14, this group of 144,000 Jewish evangelists are shown standing with

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the Lamb, upon Mount Zion, having the Father's name written upon their foreheads, this observation

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is in all probability meant to be illustrative of the presence of the Holy Spirit of God

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and his residence within them by virtue of their faith in Christ Jesus as their Lord

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and Saviour, Son of the Living God. This name is symbolic of the mark that associates

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them with and identifies them as belonging to the Son.

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That they, as Jews, are willing followers of the Lamb wherever he goes, is very much

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indicative of their embrace of the Gospel message, and their enthusiasm for the proclamation

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and propagation of that message which historically the Jews have previously rejected, for two

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thousand years. Having been fully converted, then led to a

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saving knowledge of the Lamb, they will be totally committed and sold out to the cause

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and things of Christ, there is no biblical rationale for interpreting 7 to 4 and 14 to

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1 as two different groups, or, as people other than the Jews they will be.

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One should like to re-emphasize, and stress that these people will not be Jehovah's Witnesses.

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The 144,000, Chapter 14. Introduction

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Chapter 14, Verse 1, And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Zion and with him

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a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

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This point in the Revelation narrative will likely mark the beginning of the ministry

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of the 144,000. Whereas it is currently impossible to ascertain

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with any kind of accuracy, it is certain that the Devil's ouster from heaven will have

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been cemented within a few years afterwards, at which time also his access thereto will

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be permanently blocked, details of this booting is outlined briefly in Chapter 12, Col. 3,

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7 to 9, 12 to 13. We may be assured also that the 144,000 will

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have to work fast, for they will not have much time.

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The Devil's kingdom on earth via the reign of the beast will be above board, plain for

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all to see it clearly for what it is, bringing all gospel outreach to a screeching halt and

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spelling doom for all that the Jewish evangelists will have accomplished, in so far as none

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will take his mark or bow to him as, God not even to save their own lives.

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Having been established firmly under his control, he will truly be the God of this world, via

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the indwelling, or the bestowal of all his power upon the one God calls the Beast, Chapters

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11, 12 and 13, 17. Leading into this time of the rise and reign

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of the beast then, heaven must then proceed to implement plans and preparations by means

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of which to rescue as many as will heed what will be the last call for salvation during

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this exceedingly dangerous and deadly time. This will involve a massive evangelistic campaign

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manned by this Jewish team consisting of a hand-picked, specially trained group of men

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and one angel. The make-up, ethnicity, or racial identity

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of this group of specially chosen, ones, was established in the opening verses of Chapter

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7. There, we saw that their selection involved

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an angel dispatched from heaven bearing the seal of the living God, with whom each of

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the 144,000, all Jews, all chosen from among the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel, was

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to be marked and identified by an inscription placed upon their foreheads, without question,

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this mark is meant to symbolize the return and presence of God's Holy Spirit to indwell,

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instruct, guide and empower these holy, set-apart, workers, who will otherwise lack the training

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and the power they will need to complete their mission stand-alone.

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Up to this point the Holy Spirit will have been removed from the earth, along with the

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saints at the rapture. Like Noah's boat, the Lamb's blood during

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the Exodus, and Lot's deliverance or a rapture, so likewise this mark will serve as an identifying

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feature that will indicate divine ownership and protection of all so inscribed, during

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the latter days of the Apocalypse. Here, in verse 1, of Chapter 14, as they are

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pictured standing upon the mountain of Zion with the Lamb, their Saviour and leader, that

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seal that they received is identified as the name of the Lamb's father, i.e., in a world

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that will then be dominated almost entirely by Satanic influences, these men will have

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been singled out, and marked so as to stand out, in stark contrast, as men belonging to

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God the Almighty. They will have been kept under wraps, preserved

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in a cloak of tradition, devoutly dedicated to Levitical law, until the hour of their

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debut. In a world heretofore dominated entirely

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in the spirit realm by the demonic, they will be recognized as such in much the same way

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as Jesus, otherwise, incognito for thirty years, from his birth, was recognized by Satan

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and his demons, when the Holy Spirit lighted upon and indwelt him, symbolized by a shape

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like that of a dove, over 3.5 years. This kind of spirit assist will be absolutely

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essential and crucial to the work of these end-times Jewish preachers, as there will

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be no time for the training and fellowship sessions afforded the twelve, two thousand

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years earlier. There will be no time for direct interaction

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with the Father, like that made available to the Master in secret over the thirty years

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leading up to the first day of his 3.5 year ministry.

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Rather, in a manner similar, somewhat, to that of Paul the Apostle, when the moment

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of truth arrives, they must be singled out, called aside, informed of their mission and

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duties, informed and instructed to whatever degree that may be relative to details, outfitted

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with the mark that will identify, empower, guide, protect and preserve them throughout

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their journeys, then put to work. Verse 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as

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the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder, and I heard the voice

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of harpers harping with their harps. Verse 3 And they sung as it were a new song

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before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders, and no man could learn that

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song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

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Here, John heard a multitude of voices singing in unison. The sound was as if all were only

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one voice. In addition, upon hearing them, John was reminded of the flow of a powerful

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rush of waters, having a volume level and clarity that resounded like thunder.

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The heavenly choir had for accompaniment an orchestra of harpists, playing as they sang

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the lyrics to a new song which none, other than these men, could sing.

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Their audience included the father seated upon his throne, the four living creatures

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and the twenty-four elders, i.e., the churches and O.T. saints.

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Alright, my friends, here is where we will end this edition of the podcast in the Bible

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Prophecy Master Class. We sincerely hope that you have been blessed

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by this and all of the lessons in this series of studies.

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Plan to join us next time for the continuation of our look at End Times Evangelism as it

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will be conducted during the awful days of the Apocalypse.

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Until our next meeting, may the Good Lord bless each and every one of you.