seekeroftruth
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Revelation 14:1Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5 No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7 He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
8 A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[a] which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”
9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” 12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”
Times Up! A line has been drawn.... we have to be on one side or the other. Here's the line.... Jesus will be standing on Zion. He will have a Posse of 144,000 descendants of Jacob [whom God renamed Israel]..... 144,00 trained up, harp slinging, sealed and studied virgins.... looking for anyone who thinks a tattoo trumps a seal of God.
Times Up! The Battle Line will have been drawn.... time to be on one side or the other.... pick the wrong side... and hellfire waits.... it smells like rotten eggs constantly..... in fact... I want to say.... the party will be farty smelling on the dragon's [satan's] side of the line. While on the other side of the line. Jesus the Messiah says.... "I got this... you saints go take a rest".
This is from the easy English site.
These Jews had the mark of God on them (Revelation 7:4). That mark was the name of the Lamb and of the Father. Since they had received the mark, the Lord had protected them. Not one of them had been lost.
The hill called Zion was the hill where the city called Jerusalem stood. But here the hill called Zion is not the one on the earth. It is the place of the city of God in heaven.
For those who refuse the love of God their punishment will never end. They chose evil ways rather than good ways. They will receive evil things and not good rewards. Their end is to be without God. That place is hell where the fire never stops (Mark 9:44).
God’s people may suffer much here on earth. But the terrible pain of those who do not believe will be far worse. God’s people must be patient and they must trust God. It would be foolish to lose their confidence in the Lord. Their troubles would soon be over and they will live with God.
Death is not the end. All who believe in God will rise again from death. God will raise them up to live in a place of rest and happiness. The Holy Spirit agrees that this is so. This is true about all God’s people. But verse 13 is mainly about people who die because of their faith in Jesus. God will make sure that they receive their reward. Their lives on this earth were hard. But God has prepared a place where they will be content.
I don't know why my mom hated it when my grandmom would preach hell fire and damnation. I bet my grandmom would talk about the smell of hell. [I wonder if this site will actually let me say "hell"... better call it "damnation".].... damnation. When I was a child.... not only did we say the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.... we also read a verse out of the Bible... and we recited the Lord's Prayer. That's how we started the school day... every school day.... it's what we did. But there was one thing we were never allowed to do.... fart in public. We were taught to excuse ourselves and fart in the bathroom.... burping was reserved for the bathroom as well..... and might I add... My grandmom lived in the mountains before it was fashionable to do so... and she had an outhouse.... so farting was only done outside... on the way to the outhouse or in the outhouse [if you made it that far]..... and maybe that's why my mom never liked it when my grandmom would talk about Hellfire and Damnation. It's farty.
Satan was going to have a stinking party.... very soon.... Jesus and His Posse of 144,000 Messianic Virgins is mounting up at Mt. Zion....
Three Angels sounded the final warning..... the Line is Drawn..... John is seeing the line in time.... Jesus will let His human Believers rest..... now it's time.... the war in Heaven will spill over to earth.... and it will cause a stink my grandmother would have hated.
Warning! Jesus and the 144,000 Messianic Virgins are mounting up..... and the three angels are putting out a worldwide warning..... things are going to get really stinky soon.
