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Hello everyone. Welcome once more to our show, featuring another insightful study in the Bible

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Prophecy Masterclass, Part 3. By way of reminder, these will be random studies taken from the Book

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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, except as it relates to theme. On this sixth show, episode number 19 in

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the series, we will conclude our study of chapter 7 of the Book of the Revelation by witnessing the

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abundant harvest of souls, which will be the fruit of the labors of the 144,000, throughout

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much of the apocalyptic period. 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. I, Liam,

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

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Revelation, and, if you would like to contribute to this ministry aimed at preparing saints to

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warn the lost, 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. Christians Murdered, Wave Number 2

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Great Multinational Multitude, Back to Chapter 7

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Chapter 7, Verses 9-10 Verse 9, After this I beheld, and, lo,

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a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,

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stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.

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Verse 10, And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sits upon the throne,

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and unto the Lamb. Immediately following the sealing and the identification of the 144,000,

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John saw an innumerable multitude of people from every nation on earth, from all around the world

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standing and encircling the throne that seats God the Father, and the Lamb, wearing white robes,

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symbolizing the righteousness of Christ, as they hold palm branches in their hands,

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singing vociferously, Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.

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Verse 11, And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white

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robes? And whence came they? Verse 14, And I said unto him, Sir, you know. And he said to me,

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These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes,

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and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Verse 15, Therefore are they before the throne of God,

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and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them.

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Verse 14 identifies this congregation of people as more Christians born during the tribulation,

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wearing white garments that have been washed in the blood of the Lamb, so that they are now

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outfitted with his imputed righteousness. Without doubt, they are the product of the work and the

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energies of the 144,000-strong special force of evangelism, and the power of the Lord God.

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Verse 15, Moreover, these are the ones whose coming was, foretold and, promised to the saints

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under the altar, the ones already dead, having been murdered for their faith, a number of years

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earlier. In addition, in order to have arrived at this point, the church of the Lord God,

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which was the most important church of the world, was the most important church of the world.

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Verse 15, And the church of the Lord God, which was the most important church of the world,

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was the most important church of the world. In addition, in order to have arrived at this point,

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they will have to have represented, among unbelievers, some of the most difficult of

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prospective saints to reach. If the Old Testament tale and narrative of Israel's most wicked and

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most ignominious of kings is in any wise instructive, King Manasseh, some of these may even arrive at the

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foot of the cross with guilt-ridden consciences and bloody hands, having participated directly

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or indirectly in the roundup and slaughter of the first wave of tribulation saints, those were

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featured for us and shown under the altar of heaven, in chapter 6. Hunger and thirst no more.

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Verse 16, They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun light on them,

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nor any heat. Verse 17, For the lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them,

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and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away all tears from

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their eyes. Being the great multitude of multinational Christ-rejecting unbelievers

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that they will have been at the outset of the apocalypse, these people will have virtually

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gone through hell and high water as sceptics and doubters to arrive at this point only to be saved,

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before being themselves massacred and murdered for their faith in Jesus Christ.

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This means then, that they, as unbelievers, will have seen, experienced first-hand, and survived the

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intense suffering and deprivation brought on by World War III, as well as during and throughout

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the period of the seal judgments, when God will step aside so as to allow the

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heart of every man, to express itself, saints-to-be, watching, in some case perhaps,

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if not participating, as their forerunners under the altar prefigure a heartless massacre that is

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also their inevitable destiny. They will have been survivors of the exponential intensification of

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the ravages of World War III, when God the Son steps back into the picture, halting all wars

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between the nations, indirectly attacking humanity by severely weakening the earth's biosphere,

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destroying significant portions of the ecosystem in the process, as will be discussed in chapters

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8 and following. All industry and commerce will have been brutally disabled, if not totally

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decimated. The world's greedy industrialized economies will have been irreparably handicapped.

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Having been driven to their knees thereby only to be led to a saving faith by the 144,000,

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they will be the lucky ones. They will have survived the critical shortages of the barest

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of all of life's essentials these acts of God will bring, i.e., bread and water.

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In addition, they will have endured the malnourishment, thirst, and nagging hunger

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pangs, and the beast, all without losing their faith in the Christ. Of these God says,

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they will never thirst, nor will they ever hunger, again, the Lamb will be their provider and

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sustainer, throughout all eternity, God will wipe away every tear they will have shed or will shed,

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during their own suffering, and afterward, knowing they have loved ones who did not make it,

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and so, will be lost for all eternity.

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Only a preview

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At this juncture in the Apocalypse narrative, per chapter 7, the evangelistic Jews having only now

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been chosen, their work has yet to begin, hence, no soul has been won. Thus, the crowd from every

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nation and language dialect under the sun, standing before John, has neither been saved,

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nor have they been killed. This is a preview of the aftermath of a grand, sweeping endeavor,

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led and conducted by the 144,000, yet to transpire, beyond the fact that they will work and evangelize

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throughout the period of the Trumpet judgments, leading up to and through the work of the two

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witnesses who only worked during the first 3.5 of the last seven years of the so-called Tribulation

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period, there is no way to ascertain the exact amount of time they, the 144k, will be given to

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work. One can only surmise that it will take considerable effort, exertion, and time to reach

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the perhaps billion or so God knows can and will be saved, given ample occasion and pressure.

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Whatever the number to die between this point and the midpoint of the last seven years prior

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to the return of their Savior and Lord, the sum of all those to be killed, for sure,

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will not be reached until the beast assumes his throne.

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In the end, these people in John's preview are the same ones portrayed in 15 colon 2 dash 6,

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where they will arrive, having been evangelized throughout this period stretching in all

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probability from the end of World War III, under the seal judgments, chapter 6, to the first days,

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weeks or months of the beast. They are the ones who will be greeted by the cold, heartless stare

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and frosty glare of that hell-infested monster, who will by no means warmly embrace their stoic

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rejection of him as God of all the earth. None will ever bow to him, nor will they stoop

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to wearing his mark, even at the cost of their lives.

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Their presence here is symbolic, a kind of cameo appearance, as their bodies, once they are

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killed, will not be resurrected until after Armageddon, just before the millennial reign,

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looking across the 3.5 years plus, over which they will be won, and brought to a saving

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knowledge of the Christ, only to be killed during a final face-off with the beast, when they refuse

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his overtures and wu's to become their God, in fact therefore, at this particular juncture in the

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apocalyptic narrative, they have not even been saved, or, killed or murdered yet, as the

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tribulation from which they are to be rescued by death has yet to occur, it is just beginning,

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hence, they will only be saved during this brief interlude, leading up to and into the early days

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of the reign of the dangerous wild animal. See Chapter 8

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Poor verses 15 and 17, this multitude will serve before God who sits upon the throne,

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day and night in his temple, as he lives among them. The Lamb who is the center of the Father's

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attention and deepest affection, as it was his blood spilled to make their presence possible,

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will lead them to living fountains of waters, symbolic of the presence and work of the Holy

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Spirit, who on behalf of the risen Christ, gives us now, as he will give us throughout all eternity,

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the eternal life promised, based upon his death, and resurrection, and the Father will dry their

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eyes of all tears. Sidebar

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As for the significance of the living fountains of water, one need only refer back to our Lord's

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dissertations in John's Gospel where he talks with the Samaritan woman at the well about the gift of

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God, and living water, which he had power and authority to give. That water, said he, had the

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capacity to become a well of water, capable of impartation of eternal life, 4.10-15. Later, in a

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temple, before the Jews and his mortal enemies, the Pharisees, during and on the last day of the

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feast of tabernacles, Jesus asserted that any one thirsty should come to him for refreshment.

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That one placing his faith, trust, and confidence in me, he declared, will have flowing out of his

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belly rivers of living water, 7.38. Verse 39 explains that he to whom he referred metaphorically,

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as living water, was in fact the Holy Spirit of God. Thus, we are forced to conclude then that it is

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God the Holy Spirit who actually gives us eternal life, in the name, to the honor, glory, and credit

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of Christ the Son, and without him that eternal life would be utterly impossible, and inaccessible

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for, or to us. Might this, the Spirit, not be the missing ingredient denied to us at the fall,

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affected by Adam's disobedience? If so, then if the Father of all mankind had eaten from the tree

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that leads to life, in either his sinless or fallen state, the Spirit of God would have taken up

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residence in their sinful, fallen persons, making it impossible for us to ever die.

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Or to ever be extricated from our flawed states. God made men to be a vessel within which he himself,

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through the medium of his Holy Spirit would live and express himself physically, eternally.

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In light of the immense danger of being a Christian in the days of the apocalypse,

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their highly anticipated presence before the throne cannot but be the product of intense

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evangelistic activity begun and conducted by the 144,000 Jews who, as God's servants, are without

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doubt evangelists or preachers. Verse 11, And all the angels stood round about the throne,

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and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped

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God. Verse 12, saying, Amen, blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power,

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and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. In reaction to the great company of people

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s praise, all the angels standing around the throne, together with the elders and the four

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living creatures, threw themselves prostrate before the throne in worship and praise, saying, Amen,

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blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might to our God eternally. Amen.

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And, there you have it, my friends. This edition of the podcast in the Bible

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Prophecy Master Class concludes our study of the seventh chapter of the book of the Revelation.

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We sincerely hope that you have been blessed by this and all of the lessons in this series of studies.

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Plan to join us next time for another random theme taken from this awe-inspiring book.

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Until our next meeting, we pray God s richest blessing upon each and every one of you.