REVELATION 14 - The Controversy of Zion addressed

THE HOLY LAMB OF GOD

Rev 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. 144,000 = 12,000 x 12,000 12 is the number of Apostles - gentile believers 12 is the number of Jacob's tribes. - Jewish believers LAMB Greek for 721 arnion {ar-nee'-on} It's ironic to have the LORD being called a "little lamb," deliberately diminutive and vulnerable. He uses the same word in John, to describe his flock. Jhn 21:15 A stray lamb is completely vulnerable, to predators which ranged from dogs to human beings Sunday dinner. The LORD, with ALL power and strength, did not need to fear, but, when Jesus was accomplishing the Final Act, he did lose all his power and strength, becoming as vulnerable as any other flesh and blood man, being whipped, being scourged, being tortured, and dying nailed to a cross. Would any serial killer in the USA be executed and tortured in such a manner? This was the law of the land, which by then was a Greco-Roman principality. Herod was the grandson of Cleopatra. Then there was Rome... They determined the manner of death. He was helpless, like a lamb, when he was nailed to a cross on a field overlooking the Holy Temple. He gave up the ghost while wearing a crown of thorns, and the placard declaring, "King of the Jews." Psa 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. ZION : Became "The City of David" Mount Zion is a nickname, not a proper one. The proper name, is Mount Hermon. Deuteronomy 4:48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon 2Sa 5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city of David. 1Ki 8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which [is] Zion. __________________________________________
Rev 14:2	And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps. 2Sa 6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 1Ki 10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. 1Ch 13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all [their] might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 1Ch 15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. MANY WATERS This usually refers to seas of peoples, and nations. This reference is plainly coded, because of the vital symbols. THUNDER Hebrew for 06963 qowl {kole} This Hebrew word qowl usually stands for "VOICE" of a person. Great THUNDER I wonder if Angels clap with their wings? O to hear the LORD SING! Our LORD loves music.
Rev 14:3	And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred [and] forty; and no man could learn that song but the hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Rev 14:4	These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, [being] the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. Firstfruits - Hebrew for 01061 Bikkuhr {bik-hoor} (Str. & Ges.) 1) First-fruits 2.) The first of the crops and fruit that ripened, was gathered, and offered to God according to the ritual feast of Pentecost, which followed the annual Passover Feast. 3.) The bread made of the new grain offered at Pentecost 4.) The day of the First-fruits (Pentecost.) ________________________________________
Rev 14:5	And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Rev 14:6	And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
	14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Rev 14:8	And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Rev 14:9	And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Rev 14:10	The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Rev 14:11	And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Rev 14:12	Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Rev 14:13	And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. ________________________________________
Rev 14:14	And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Rev 14:15	And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Rev 14:16	And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 20th Century, AD. WWI, WWII, Revolution, Jihad, Plagues, Disasters, Climate changes........
Rev 14:17	And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
Rev 14:18	And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. Harvest of believers, before the final indignation. Nuclear war, and worse. GRAPES : Gen 40:10 And in the vine [were] three branches: and it [was] as though it budded, [and] her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: _________________________ Gen 49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: __________________________________ Lev 25:11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of thy vine undressed. Num 6:3 He shall separate [himself] from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. ______________________________ Grape is a metaphor for many things. Firstly, it is the symbol for blood. Veinous blood is this color. Grape is synonomous with believers, on the vine of the original tree of life, in the Law, and in Faith in Jesus Christ. Context determines the signifigance of how grape is utilized. Sometimes, it is just literal, too. But, more times than not, it is attached to a deeper meaning, like in Song of Solomon and in Isaiah: Sgs 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes. Sgs 7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters [of grapes]. Isa 5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. Isa 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? ____________________________________________
Rev 14:19	And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God. _________________________________
Rev 14:20	And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs. This hasn't happened yet.