My Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 14:1

My Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 14:1

Before Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray, something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions for you.

Revelation 14

The Last Division of the Tribulation Week

Rev. 14:1-19:21

The Seven Parenthetical statements

Rev. 14:1-20

This sixth parenthetical passage contains seven statements which come between the seventh trumpet and the first vial as to reception, but not necessarily in fulfillment. The first five statements are necessary to explain certain things which are to transpire between the seventh trumpet and the end of the Week.

The Lamb on Mount Zion with the 144,000 Jews

“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. Rev. 14:1

And I looked,... Rev. 14:1-20 is the 5th parenthetical passage of the book. It contains 7 parenthetical statements

1. The 144,000 (or the man-child) in heaven (Rev. 14:1-5)

2. The 1st messenger angel: the everlasting gospel preached to all nations (Rev. 14:6-7)

3. The 2nd messenger angel: the announcement of the fall of Babylon (Rev. 14:8)

4. The 3rd messenger angel: the announcement of the doom of beast worshipers (Rev. 14:9-11)

5. The blessed dead (Rev. 14:13)

6. Harvest: Armageddon (Rev. 14:14-20)

7. Vintage: Armageddon (Rev. 14:17-20)

the mount Sion... This Mt. Sion is the heavenly one:

1. This scene is heavenly (Rev. 14:1-5)

2. The man-child or the 144,000 will have been taken to heaven (Rev. 12:5)

3. Earthly Mt. Zion is not mentioned in Revelation

4. The Lamb is never pictured on earth in Revelation (Rev. 5:6)

5. All raptured people go to the heavenly Mt. Sion (Heb. 11:10, 11:13-16; John 14:1-3; Rev. 21-22)

6. That there is an heavenly Mt. Sion is clear from Rom. 11:26; Heb. 12:22-23

7. Christ will come out of Sion to earth at His second coming (Rom. 11:26)

and four thousand... The same company sealed in Rev. 7:1-8, protected through the trumpet judgments (Rev. 7:1-3; 9:4), and caught up as the man-child (Rev. 12:5). Here they are in heaven singing and playing harps before the throne, before the 4 living creatures, and before the 24 elders, having been redeemed from the earth and from among people, being firstfruits from Israel to God after the rapture of the church (Rev. 14:1-5).

Father’s name written... This is the seal of the living God of Rev. 7:1-3. It is the name of the Father written on the foreheads, not the keeping of Saturday as the sabbath as some teach (cp. Rev. 3:12; 22:4).

a Lamb stood... And “mount Zion” is the location of heavenly Jerusalem. Chapter 14 is designed to give encouragement concerning the certainty of Christ’s victory over the Beast.

“Mount Zion”: The city of Jerusalem, where Messiah will return from and plant His feet on the mout of Olives.

The Resulting Scene In Earth And Heaven (chaps. 14-15)

The 144,000 on Mount Zion (Rev. 14:1-5)

In Rev. 14:1-20 and Rev. 15:1-8 various other details of the world scene in heaven and earth are introduced in preparation for the final series of seven bowl judgments in Rev. 16:1-21 and the judgments in chapters 17-18.

First, another view is given of the 144,000 who were standing on the heavenly Mount Zion with the Lamb. It is reasonable to conclude that this is the same group mentioned in Rev. 7:4-8, except that here they are in a later period of the Tribulation. Chronologically the vision anticipates the triumph of the 144,000 still intact at the time of Jesus Christ’s return from heavenly Sion to earth. In contrast with many others who become martyrs, these people live through the period. But they are not the only ones to survive, as many Gentiles and Jews will turn to Christ in the end time and somehow escape martyrdom and be honored to welcome Christ at His return.