February 27, 2016
ABOUT THE 144,000
The 144,000 is a parabolic representation of the Lord's Elect, who are the Bride of the Lamb. To better understand this harvest of souls, one needs to understand the 3 harvests of souls from the Earth. The firstfruits are the 144,000.
[And the Lord asked me to quote from the seventh chapter of Revelation here]
Revelation 7:1-4 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed.
144,000 is not a literal number, it is parabolic language
Matthew 13:10-13 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why do you speak unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away even what he has. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:34-35 All these things spoke Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke He not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
These souls [the 144,000] comprise Spiritual Israel. The Bible declares: "For they are not all Israel who are of Israel?"
Romans 9:6-8 For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, "In Isaac your seed shall be called." That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
The Bible also declares that "those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God?" The Elect are the children of the promise. Their names were written in the Lamb's Book of Life from before the Foundation of the world.
Job 38:4-7 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
The Elect are the sons of God who shouted for joy when God laid the cornerstone and fastened the foundations of the Earth. They sang and shouted together with joy at the beginning of Creation. But when Satan realized they were to be the heirs of the Father's Creation and the Earth was to be their inheritance, he became furious with envy and violence filled his heart, and he became the Lord's enemy. He successfully hijacked the Earth with his serpent seed and God had to destroy the Earth and the city of Atlantis during the first tribulation. Then he sent the 200 watchers to Mt. Hermon and again hijacked the Earth and all living DNA, which brought about the second tribulation and the flood. With 3 nails and the Son of Man's death on a wooden cross, God was able to bind the strong man for the New Testament Church age to flourish without his impediment. ["impediment" defined: obstruction; hindrance; obstacle].
The 3 Harvests of the World
The Bible teaches of 3 harvest: one of barley, one of wheat, and one of grapes. One is of the Elect, the second is of the great multitude that no man can count, and the third harvest belongs to Satan. The harvesting of the Earth is divinely ruled over and controlled by a perfectly just God. And there are 3 Feasts: Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. There are 3 gleanings: the firstfruits, the main harvest, the corners of the field. There are 3 categories of souls: the Elect, the great multitude, and those that receive the mark of the beast. There are 3 categories of souls regarding the wedding of the Lamb: the Bride, the friends of the Bridegroom, and those who refused to come to the wedding after they were invited.
The Barley Harvest and the Firsfruits
The firstfruits are the crop that come up in the field first. This crop is to be an offering to the Lord. It is to be tied with a red cord (or a sheave), to make it well known to all who are in the field that it is an offering to the Lord. The firstfruits are always carefully pulled out from among the field, it is never cut down as is done with the main harvest, which is swiftly cut down when reaped. The firstfruits harvest is carefully handled and placed in the temple as an offering to the Lord, and is never taken to the threshing floor and consumed. The firstfruit also was used to sanctify the main harvest.
The Barley Harvest represents the first part of God’s harvest. Those in this first harvest are referred to in Scripture as “overcomers”. The gathering in of the nations is actually a of the Barley Harvest. It is in and through the manifestation of the sons of God that all nations will come to know the Lord and serve Him. These overcomers shall come forth in the first resurrection. Barley matures early, which tells us that the “barley firstfruits” are the first people to mature spiritually to bring forth the fruits of the kingdom that God requires. Barley grain is a soft seed. In days of old when they wanted to separate the grain from the chaff they would put the barley on a sheet holding the four corners and would raise the sheet to the wind. This process is called winnowing. It would easily separate the two and would give them the pure grain. Those of the barley harvest are soft and pliable in the hands of the Lord, and easily separated from the world.
The Wheat Harvest
The Wheat Harvest represents “the church in general”. It speaks of those who were justified by faith, but either did not go through or submit to the sanctification process of the Lord. They are believers, but are in need of further correction in order to be fully sanctified and put on the divine nature and character of their Heavenly Father. There still remains iniquity in their lives that must be purged by the fire of God. Those who are part of the Wheat Harvest shall be saved “ yet so as through fire”. They will be resurrected at the same time the “the unjust” on the Last Day. God’s judgment is designed to “thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn” (Matthew 3:12). The wheat harvest is taken to the threshing to remove the chaff from the wheat requires threshing. This is a more severe action, but it does the job. It depicts the fact that the Church will be harvested by means of judgment, or tribulation. The Latin word, "tribulum", is a threshing instrument.
The Grape Harvest
Grapes have to be crushed (or trodden under foot), in order to obtain its juice for the making of "new wine". Grapes do not have chaff, but they do have “flesh” that must be pressed severely in order to obtain its juice. This represents the most severe form of judgment.
Matthew 13:24-30 The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man who sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the plant was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? from where then has it tares? He said unto them, An enemy has done this. The servants said unto him, Will you then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather you together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 13:36-43 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear.
[And the Lord asked me to quote from the seventh chapter of Revelation here]
Revelation 7:1-4 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed.
144,000 is not a literal number, it is parabolic language
Matthew 13:10-13 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why do you speak unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away even what he has. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:34-35 All these things spoke Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke He not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
These souls [the 144,000] comprise Spiritual Israel. The Bible declares: "For they are not all Israel who are of Israel?"
Romans 9:6-8 For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, "In Isaac your seed shall be called." That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
The Bible also declares that "those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God?" The Elect are the children of the promise. Their names were written in the Lamb's Book of Life from before the Foundation of the world.
Job 38:4-7 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
The Elect are the sons of God who shouted for joy when God laid the cornerstone and fastened the foundations of the Earth. They sang and shouted together with joy at the beginning of Creation. But when Satan realized they were to be the heirs of the Father's Creation and the Earth was to be their inheritance, he became furious with envy and violence filled his heart, and he became the Lord's enemy. He successfully hijacked the Earth with his serpent seed and God had to destroy the Earth and the city of Atlantis during the first tribulation. Then he sent the 200 watchers to Mt. Hermon and again hijacked the Earth and all living DNA, which brought about the second tribulation and the flood. With 3 nails and the Son of Man's death on a wooden cross, God was able to bind the strong man for the New Testament Church age to flourish without his impediment. ["impediment" defined: obstruction; hindrance; obstacle].
The 3 Harvests of the World
The Bible teaches of 3 harvest: one of barley, one of wheat, and one of grapes. One is of the Elect, the second is of the great multitude that no man can count, and the third harvest belongs to Satan. The harvesting of the Earth is divinely ruled over and controlled by a perfectly just God. And there are 3 Feasts: Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. There are 3 gleanings: the firstfruits, the main harvest, the corners of the field. There are 3 categories of souls: the Elect, the great multitude, and those that receive the mark of the beast. There are 3 categories of souls regarding the wedding of the Lamb: the Bride, the friends of the Bridegroom, and those who refused to come to the wedding after they were invited.
The Barley Harvest and the Firsfruits
The firstfruits are the crop that come up in the field first. This crop is to be an offering to the Lord. It is to be tied with a red cord (or a sheave), to make it well known to all who are in the field that it is an offering to the Lord. The firstfruits are always carefully pulled out from among the field, it is never cut down as is done with the main harvest, which is swiftly cut down when reaped. The firstfruits harvest is carefully handled and placed in the temple as an offering to the Lord, and is never taken to the threshing floor and consumed. The firstfruit also was used to sanctify the main harvest.
The Barley Harvest represents the first part of God’s harvest. Those in this first harvest are referred to in Scripture as “overcomers”. The gathering in of the nations is actually a of the Barley Harvest. It is in and through the manifestation of the sons of God that all nations will come to know the Lord and serve Him. These overcomers shall come forth in the first resurrection. Barley matures early, which tells us that the “barley firstfruits” are the first people to mature spiritually to bring forth the fruits of the kingdom that God requires. Barley grain is a soft seed. In days of old when they wanted to separate the grain from the chaff they would put the barley on a sheet holding the four corners and would raise the sheet to the wind. This process is called winnowing. It would easily separate the two and would give them the pure grain. Those of the barley harvest are soft and pliable in the hands of the Lord, and easily separated from the world.
The Wheat Harvest
The Wheat Harvest represents “the church in general”. It speaks of those who were justified by faith, but either did not go through or submit to the sanctification process of the Lord. They are believers, but are in need of further correction in order to be fully sanctified and put on the divine nature and character of their Heavenly Father. There still remains iniquity in their lives that must be purged by the fire of God. Those who are part of the Wheat Harvest shall be saved “ yet so as through fire”. They will be resurrected at the same time the “the unjust” on the Last Day. God’s judgment is designed to “thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn” (Matthew 3:12). The wheat harvest is taken to the threshing to remove the chaff from the wheat requires threshing. This is a more severe action, but it does the job. It depicts the fact that the Church will be harvested by means of judgment, or tribulation. The Latin word, "tribulum", is a threshing instrument.
The Grape Harvest
Grapes have to be crushed (or trodden under foot), in order to obtain its juice for the making of "new wine". Grapes do not have chaff, but they do have “flesh” that must be pressed severely in order to obtain its juice. This represents the most severe form of judgment.
Matthew 13:24-30 The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man who sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the plant was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? from where then has it tares? He said unto them, An enemy has done this. The servants said unto him, Will you then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather you together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 13:36-43 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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