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And lo a lamp stood on the Mount Sion and with them a hundred and forty four thousand having his father's name Written in their foreheads now Let me give you a bit of a review from chapters 12 up until chapter 13 or wherever now in chapter 14 so far where we're at right now is in the second half of the book of Revelation and Obviously we understand that when it comes to the book of Revelation it's broken up into two specific parts the second iteration is simply Reiterating what the first half has already told us now that first half from chapters 1 all the way to chapter 11 deals with the first century AD it goes into The beginning of sorrows and revelation chapter 6 and even great tribulation at the latter end of chapter 6 you see the hundred and forty 24,000 in chapter 7 the rapture in chapter 7 the last seal the seventh seal is open which opens up the first Trumpet to be blown of the of God's wrath in chapter number 8 and 9 and then what do you have in chapter 11? You have the final judgments that are coming upon the world and then tapering off with the millennial reign Okay That's what you see in the first half of the book of Revelation and then it starts over again in chapter number 12 Leading up to chapter 22. Now. Here's the difference between these two parts right here. Is that the second half of the book of Revelation Goes a little more into depth of the details that we saw in the first half And in fact it extends a little further because as I mentioned in chapter 11 the first half finishes off with the establishment of the millennial reign and we know that to be true because he's He's distributing the rewards to his servants and the prophets, right? Whereas in the second half what takes place is that we see the rapture taking place here in chapter 14 Chapter 15 16 and 17, excuse me Chapter 16 is the vials being poured out which is the judgment you have Babylon being dealt with in chapter 17 and 18 You have Armageddon in chapter 19 and then you have the great white throne in chapter 20 21 and 22 dealing with the new heaven and the new earth So there's some new elements that are being introduced in the second half of the book of Revelation But I want you to notice that the second half is still in chronological order. The same events are still being explained the same Events as far as 144,000 the rapture the Great Tribulation beginning of sorrows All of these things are still being reiterated in the second half, but other details are being Explained as well to give us a more well-rounded perspective of this book now Look down at your Bibles. We're gonna look at chapter 14 here Now, where are we when it comes to chapter 14? Well in chapter 12, you have the great wonder of the woman who is clothed with the Sun She has the moon below her feet She has the crown of 12 stars and the Bible says that she goes into the wilderness for a thousand two hundred and sixty days Now that number is very significant because of the fact we know that that is primarily Dealing with the beginning of sorrows from the first seal all the way up into the fourth seal What we would know as the four horsemen of the apocalypse. That's a thousand two hundred and sixty Days leading up to the 75 days of Great Tribulation and then at the end of that we have the rapture Okay So in chapter 12 you have that taking place you have the eviction of Satan from heaven by Michael and his Archangels and then at the end of chapter 12 you we see that Satan is wroth with the woman and he go he seeks to go make war with the remnant of her seed Therefore if that chronology if we follow that chronology chapter 13 deals with the Great Tribulation That's why you see the Beast coming up out of the sea which is a Conglomerate of all world empires mixed into one the New World Order But it also symbolizes the Antichrist the Antichrist makes war with the Saints and he uses the mark of the Beast to do it Right you say why is he using the mark of the Beast? Why do you say he's using the mark of the Beast to make war with the Saints? Well, here's the reason why okay because the mark of the Beast is Basically introduced as a solution to a global crisis that has just taken place and if you remember the details of Revelation chapter number six you have the Antichrist and its conquest you have wars and rumors of wars you have famines pestilences people dying on the massive scale and the Bible even tells us that a fourth part of the earth is perishing through by means of the sword by the means of famine by the means of Pestilences and the beasts of the earth the Bible says and so this is a global crisis a lot of people are dying a lot of people are starving a lot of people are going through this global crisis and They're looking for an answer. Well, unfortunately, that's when the Antichrist comes in He introduces the mark of the Beast and this mark of the Beast seeks to be a solution to the global crisis But here's the thing we know Because the Bible tells us that the mark of the Beast is not to put food on the table folks It's not to create shelter. It's not to feed those who are hungry. It's not to fix the pestilences It's not to fix the famines or the wars or or to give you, you know A higher or higher speed internet whatever it is that they're gonna be offering through the mark of the beast What is it for it's to single out the Saints? That's what it's for You see Satan can care less if you have food in your stomach He can care less if you have shelter food what he wants according to the Bible is to make war with the Saints When he's evicted from heaven, he's not saying well now I don't have a place in heaven I gotta go be the Savior of the world and go feed everyone who's involved in wars and people who have died I gotta help the families that of the people who have died and people who are starving Therefore here's the mark of the beast this noble cause for this noble cause to help people around the world No, what he's trying to do is he's using that as a means to find out who are the real Christians because he wants to Make war with them. He wants to kill them. He wants to kill us Why because Satan the Bible says as a roaring lions walketh about seeking whom he may devour and Satan is seeking to devour the remnant of her seed according to Revelation chapter number 12 So the world thinks you know, oh man, you have all these people who are Freaking out over the technology and the mark of the beast Well, here's the thing if you're not saved or excuse me If you are saying you don't have to worry about any of that, right? Because you're never gonna take the mark of the beast Because the way and I'm getting ahead of myself the way Satan through the Antichrist is gonna be able to single out Christians It's because of the fact the only people who would take the mark of the beast are those who worship the image of the beast So We have that in chapter 12 and 13. That's why such a heavy emphasis is placed on the mark of the beast Because in Revelation chapter 6 on in the opening of the fifth seal You have the souls under the altar slain for the Word of God and for the testimony which they held the Bible says and you wonder Why is it that from you know seals one, two, three and four and leading up to five? There's such a jerking of the steering wheel where everyone is suffering the whole world is suffering But all of a sudden Christians are being martyred. What is it? What's the mark of the beast? Okay, the first four seals are used as a pretext To prepare people to turn against to create this global campaign against Christians to kill them. Okay? So that's where we left off in chapter 13, which is great tribulation Now if we were to follow the chronology of the book of Revelation from the first half what happens after great tribulation Well chapter 7 we have the hundred and forty four thousand and then we also have the rapture taking place Right the rapture then the first trumpet is blown the wrath of God begins so we could expect the same exact Chronology to follow suit in chapter 14 because in chapter 13, we have great tribulation Thereafter we should expect to see the hundred and forty four thousand being mentioned and also the rapture taking place now Obviously, there's other details that are gonna be given right but for the most part This is the chronology that it is following here. Now look down at verse number one. Let's read it again It says and I looked and lo a lamb stood on the Mount Zion and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand Having his father's name written in their foreheads now hold your place there and go to Revelation chapter number seven if you would revelation chapter number seven So let's look at a couple things here from Revelation 14 verse 1 in regards to the hundred forty four thousand First of all, we see that they have their father's name written in their foreheads. Now. What is that? Well, look at verse number one of Revelation chapter 7 it says here and after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth Holding the four winds of the earth that the wind should not blow on the earth nor on the sea Nor in any tree and 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 given to hurt The earth and the sea saying heard not the earth Neither the sea nor the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads So what is the seal that is being referred to here? Well, it's what revelation 14 verse 1 states which is the father's name that is written in their foreheads Okay So the seal of the Living God the seal of the servants that's on their foreheads is the name of the father That's written in their foreheads now before we get into that I want you to notice that this confirms the fact that we will be raptured prior to the wrath of God being poured on this Earth because he says they're hurt not the earth Neither the trees nor the sea until we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads So if he's telling them if he's giving them the instruction, hey don't destroy the earth What is that telling us? The earth has not yet been destroyed God's wrath has not yet been poured out folks And this is important because of the fact that people will look at people who take our position You know We believe in a post-trip pre-wrath Rapture and they'll say oh you believe that God's gonna pour out his wrath on us We're gonna be here throughout the wrath of God. No, we're gonna be here through tribulation But we're not gonna be here through the wrath of God and this is proof of that Okay The proof is is that before you said well How do you know that we're taken out because in the same chapter in chapter 7 you see the great multitude Which no man can number which is a perfect way to describe all Believers from the beginning of time up until now being in heaven. That would be a great multitude which no man can number. Okay, and We see that they're there prior to chapter 8 where the first trumpet is blown because if you remember in chapter 8 when the first Trumpet is blown the Bible tells us that the third part of the trees are burnt up and all the green grass The second trumpet, you know, the the third part of the seas are turned into blood and the rivers We see men are scorched with fire I mean judgment begins to rain down upon the earth on a massive scale begins to destroy a third part of many things but this takes place after The 144,000 Come to this world and we get raptured. So I want you to notice that So we have the angel stating at the beginning to not hurt the earth until the 144,000 are sealed in their foreheads Now go to chapter number 9 if you would go to chapter 9 Because this is important. Okay, it's important to know that this is the 144,000 that originated in heaven, by the way Okay. Now in chapter 14, they already have the seal of their father on their forehead the name of their father So this is telling us that in chapter 7. This has not yet happened, right? You said why is that important well because in chapter 14 they're in heaven on mines on Mount Zion with the lamb So if they're with the lamb in heaven and they have the name on their foreheads But they have not yet come down that shows us that the 144,000 started off in heaven Okay Now look at chapter 9 and verse 4 it says and it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth Neither any green tree green green thing. Excuse me. Neither any tree now. What is this referring to? Well, if you remember from the chapter 9 sermon This is referring to the locust from hell that God releases from hell to torment men for five Months the Bible says okay, and they're able to torment men They're able to paralyze them to the point where the Bible says that they would desire to die and death will flee from them Okay It's a it's a terrible torment that he allows them to go through and Apollyon who is this angel is their king and he's basically Commanding them to go and torment men for five months. So you said why is that significant? Well look at verse 4 again It says and it was commanded them referring to the locusts that they should not hurt the grass of the earth Neither any green tree green thing neither any tree But only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads So what does this tell us here? What this tells us is that these locusts that are coming from hell that have this campaign for five months They permeate all four corners of the earth because the implication here is that they're gonna eventually run into those hundred and forty four thousand and When they see the hundred and forty four thousand who are preaching the gospel during this time They're gonna see them with the seal of God written in their foreheads and they're just gonna bypass them. They're not gonna harm them They're not gonna torment them because they have that seal in their foreheads Now the implication there also is that the hundred and forty four thousand have not yet received their glorified bodies You say why do you say that? Well a glorified body is referring to the fact that when we get raptured The Bible tells us that the dead in Christ shall rise first then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds and so shall we ever be with The Lord and the Bible tells us in 1st Corinthians 15 that our bodies shall be what changed They shall be transformed in the twinkling of an eye this corruption will put on incorruption Right this mortal shall put on immortality death shall be swallowed up in victory So let's say you die before all this takes place and your body is buried in the ground at the rapture The Bible says that your body will come up and it's not gonna be the same body Why because flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom of God your body shall be transformed into a celestial body A glorified body that is sinless. Okay And this is a great thing. Amen You know a glorified body that is no longer tempted to sin It's no longer going to sin. It can be in the presence of God. This is Bruce Mihia, you know 2.0 5.0 or whatever it is, you know It's as if a mustard seed is being sown into the ground and it produces a great tree something That's completely different than that which was sown in the ground Which by the way is the reason why when someone dies we don't cremate them We bury them because it's it's symbolically representing the fact that one day that person will resurrect if they're saved We sold them into the ground and that person will resurrect one day to something completely different a celestial body Okay, they shall put on in corruption So here's the thing if we are glorified or when we are glorified during the rapture we can no longer we can no longer die You know We are an everlasting creation at that point where we can no longer die our bodies can no longer be destroyed So if that's the case Why do the 144,000 need the seal of God in their foreheads if they're coming from heaven? Well, I'll tell you why because they have not yet received their glorified body You said well, how do you know that? Why would you say that if the 144,000 are coming down as we're going up in our new bodies? Wouldn't it be make sense that they're receiving their glorified bodies once they're coming down Well, not necessarily and the reason I say that is because the reason we even get a glorified body Okay, the reason the Bible says, you know You think of the book of Daniel? Or talks about those who lead others to righteousness shall shine as the brightness of the firmament forever Okay, so the rewards that we receive even the glorified body that we get is based upon the work that we do Salvation Just based upon Christ. Amen for by grace. Are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves? It is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast You know I given to them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand He that believeth on the Sun hath everlasting life He that believeth not the Sun shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him So the Bible tells us all we have to do to live forever is believe on Jesus However, if we want rewards when we get to heaven we need a work for Jesus We don't need to work for our salvation You know the Bible tells us not by works of righteousness, which we have done But according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of the regeneration of the Holy Ghost That's what the Bible tells us. However, if we want something more than that rewards authority a distribution of rewards at the millennial reign we got to work if we want a greater Resurrection as the Bible puts it in Hebrews chapter 11 a better resurrection with the body a celestial body that shines brighter Than the firmaments, you know, we need to make sure that we put in work. So that would make sense as to why They have not yet been glorified. Why because what are they coming down here to do? They're coming here to work. They're coming here to preach the gospel. They're coming here to see people saved So yes, this these 144,000 that were once at one point were in the Old Testament they died Hey, guess what their works not done yet. They're in heaven right now and They're gonna be coming down and their work is not finished. Therefore. They have not received their glorified bodies The Bible even says in Revelation 11 verse 18, you don't have to turn there It says in the nations were angry and thy wrath has come and the time of the dead that they should be judged and that thou shouldst give Reward unto thy servants the prophets and to the Saints and them that fear thy name Small and great and should has destroyed them which destroy the earth. This is referring to that millennial reign So once we go into the millennial reign at that point Jesus Christ begins to distribute authority to his servants to his prophets to those who have served him Okay, we gain authority in the millennial reign, but it's based upon our service. So here's what I believe. Okay is That 144,000 they're gonna stay here throughout the entire three and a half years of God's wrath because there's no indication that they die Or something happens to them I believe they're gonna be here throughout the entire three and a half years and they're literally just gonna waltz into the millennial ring At which point you say wait, do they get their glorified bodies then? Yeah, I believe so I mean, is that really hard to believe I mean think about the two witnesses, right? The two witnesses receive their glorified bodies They get their specific rapture at the end of those three and a half years when the Antichrist kills them You know, they're laying in the streets for three days and after three days God calls them up. They resurrect and they go to heaven Etc. So this is not very far-fetched a very far-fetched idea to think about now go to go back to Revelation chapter 14 so the 144,000 are just 144 evangelists. I Mean this is your elite group of you know Navy SEALs so to speak who are coming here during the most tumultuous time I mean, they're literally stepping on the earth at the worst time you could ever come Okay, you said why is that because this is when God's wrath is just being poured out in great measures with no mercy and They're here. Why because they're here to see people saved. Okay now I don't want to get ahead myself So I'm gonna talk about something as far as their ministry is concerned in just a bit Let's talk about their location. It says I looked and lo a lamb stood on the Mount Zion and with them 144,000 so this event is taking place in heaven there with the lamb referring to Jesus Christ This is proving that the 144,000 did not originate in on earth But rather in heaven and the reason I make a big deal about that is because many will claim that the 144,000 are Jews Okay, how many you've ever heard that right I said well this is a hundred and forty four thousand Jews wrong The Bible tells us in Revelation chapter 7 that it's the 144,000 of the tribes of Israel and more specifically 12,000 of each tribe saved the tribe of Dan so you don't have it's it's there's 12,000 of the tribe of Judah But there isn't a hundred and forty four thousand of the tribe of Judah, which is referring to the Jews. This is referring to Israel and itself and people will say well, no, these are all Jews These are the people that get saved during you know, the time of Jacob's trouble Well, this is a dispensational teaching that originated with John Nelson Darby Okay, and should be thoroughly rejected because they want to make Daniel 70th week Which is the seven year time period all about the Jews Folks, this is why the pre-tribulation rapture is such a fraud the reason the pre-tribulation rapture is such a fraud is because Preachers are getting up wanting people to think that we're gonna be out of here before the seven years even begin Okay, they said well the tribulation is not for us. It's for the you know, the Jews it's for the Jews You know, they're blind right now, but he's gonna deal with them for seven years They're gonna go to tribulation and the wrath of God and then Jesus is gonna come on a white horse, you know at Revelation 19 oy vey and then they're gonna believe on them. This is all false folks Not true Okay The 144,000 start off in heaven you say whoa. Whoa. Are you saying that we're actually gonna go through tribulation Absolutely folks. Are we going through tribulation today? Don't we go through tribulation? I mean throughout the years the Bible even tells us we must go through the we must do much tribulation Enter into the kingdom of heaven Our lives as Christians are characterized by tribulation folks Yeah, all that would live godly in Christ Jesus the Bible says shall suffer persecution You know when you become a Christian, it's not a bed of roses Things don't get better as far as here. You know here on this life, you know, obviously we have salvation We have the Word of God. We have Jesus. We have the Holy Spirit We we have eternal life, but you know what often when you become a Christian, you know, you lose your family You lose your friends you gain enemies You gain people who hate your guts and want you dead and hate what you preach you gain a lot of Tribulation that's part of life. Well The tribulation great tribulation is simply an apex of every single tribulation we've ever gone through. Okay? And you have Christians today. Well, so no, we're gonna be out of here before that great tribulation, brother Jesus is gonna come and you know, he could come at the end of this service Hey, man, brother bless God It's like what are you talking about? The Bible says that let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except to come a falling away first and the man of sin be revealed the son of perdition who Opposeth and exalted themself above all that is called God or that is worshiped so that he eyes God sitteth in the temple of God Proclaiming himself to be God that's telling us that the Antichrist comes first before Jesus comes Now if they're teaching a pre-trib rapture if they're saying that Jesus could come in any moment But it's actually the Antichrist who can come at any moment Wouldn't you agree that there's a nefarious agenda behind the pre-tribulation rapture? Because if you have mainstream Christianity believing that Jesus can come at any moment what's gonna happen when the Antichrist actually shows up and subjugates politics Subjugates the world becomes the the pseudo Savior of the world Mainstream Christianity those who are not saved are gonna follow him and what are they gonna do? They're gonna worship him Because they're gonna think he is the Word of God made flesh Especially when he sees the the Bible tells us in Revelation chapter 13 that he receives a deadly wound to the head and his deadly wound Is healed when they see that man come back to life. They're gonna say well Has to be Jesus it has to be the Savior it has to be God because who else can come back from the dead But God himself. Well, here's the thing folks. He's not resurrected the way Jesus Christ resurrected. He's possessed by Satan Possessed by Satan Himself and this is why Matthew 24 Jesus says, you know if they say lo Christ is here or Christ is there believe it not Why because during this time many false Christs many false prophets shall come in the name of Christ saying I am Christ Right and shall deceive many Now if you're saved, you're not gonna be deceived Even if you do believe in a preacher of rapture Okay, if you're saved you have the Holy Spirit of God eventually people like that are gonna wake up and they're gonna eat humble pie They're gonna be like and I was wrong all those stupid sermons that I've ever preached about the tree Pre-tribulation rapture time to eat humble pie and go find me a new IFB Church, okay I'm getting I chased the rabbit there, but that rabbit needs to be chased and skinned and cooked stew Okay, so what I'm saying is this is that the hundred and forty four thousand are not Jews They're of Israel and they're sent here for a specific purpose look at verse number two says 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 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne and before the four beasts and the elders and no man can learn That song but the hundred and forty and four thousand look what it says which were redeemed from the earth past tense, right? These are people who got saved in the Old Testament These are they which were not defiled with women because sometimes if people think like 144,000 like how did they get this position? How were they just chosen and elected by God for such an awesome? Exploit to be able to do in the end times. Well, it says here. They were not defiled with women for they were virgins These are they which follow the land with us whoever he goeth These were redeemed from among men being the firstfruits unto God unto the Lamb and in their mouth was found no guile For they are without fault before the throne of God So if we're to speculate and conjecture who these people are, you know These men these young men were people who really just dedicated their lives to the Lord, you know They never got married They were virgins. They follow the Lord, you know They were honest men because it says and in their mouth was found no guile. They were without fault You know and you say that's impossible to find something like that. What about Daniel? Daniel was without fault Joseph was without fault and those only two that God chose to specifically name in the Bible I'm sure over the last thousands of years There there's at least 144,000 that we can say that God can say of that fit this description right here, okay You know, they went they went without certain quote-unquote luxuries of this world in order to attain This position and to be able to do this this great exploit here now What's their mission look at verse 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 Saying with a loud voice fear God and give glory to him For the hour of the judgment has come and worship him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters Now, why would God send soul owners during this time? You know why because obviously we have 144,000 but you also have the two witnesses, right? And the two witnesses which are Moses and Elijah in my opinion They have this public ministry people know who they are and you know, they're breathing out fire They're raining down plagues upon the earth They're more popular so to speak whereas the 144,000 are kind of like the boots on the ground They're the ones that are being Sentenced of the four corners of the earth to get people saved. Maybe we won't even know who they're what their names are Okay So why is he doing that because you think about it's like man the vast majority of the people in the world during this Time the wrath of God, you know a lot of them are reprobate. They've taken the mark of the beast They're already damned, you know, why is that? Well because of the fact that there is a remainder There's a remainder of mankind that has not been made reprobate Okay, although the vast majority of people will take them out the mark of the beast There's gonna be a select few who don't Who are not saved but they have enough common sense to say I'm not putting that stinking chip in my right hand on my forehead Are you kidding me that I just don't agree with that I didn't take vaccines 20 years ago 10 years ago whenever this is gonna happen, you know I'm not gonna take the mark of the beast now, and I'm sure they're not gonna call it the mark of the beast Okay, they're gonna call it, you know, they're gonna have some some some appealing name to it obviously But the 144,000 basically are operating as Strangers as those who are poor fatherless and widows of the Old Testament now go to Isaiah chapter 17 I talked about this in my previous sermon on Revelation chapter 7, but I think it's worth Reiterating again just to kind of drive in the point as to why they're there I'm gonna reach you from Leviticus 19 verse 9. It says here and when you reap the harvest of your land Thou shall not wholly reap the corners of thy field Neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest and thou shalt not glean thy vineyard Neither shalt thou gather every grape of the vineyard Thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger I am the Lord your God So here in Leviticus chapter 19 the Bible specifically given the instruction God has given the instruction to his people that when they're harvesting when they're reaping the harvest of their fields You know as they're pulling out the fruits and getting all you know That which belongs to them the that which they're reaping he tells them specifically Hey, make sure you leave a little bit for those who are poor those who are strangers those who come in after the reaping To basically glean those corners. Okay, and I believe that's exactly What the hundred and forty four thousand represent? Okay. Now I'm not saying that those who are here during the wrath of God We're like left behind, you know, I mean like they're saved and then they're just they're just left here. No, you know What I'm saying is that those who are here who are not reprobate will ripen during the wrath of God They will become very receptive Not prior to the wrath of God, but they'll become receptive during the wrath of God. Okay, and look folks I mean, yeah when you have locusts when you have the 200 million horsemen who are breathing out brimstone fire and smoke You're seeing all these plates come upon the world that should soften your heart up just a little bit right where it's just like I Think I want to get saved now. I Wish there's a soul winner who would actually come and give me the gospel right and look God loves people, you know He loves people he loves the lost and he loves him so much put it this way God loves the lost so much that he's willing to just Send some people from who've died thousands of years ago To come and win him to Christ thousands of years later 144,000 that he's deputized 144,000 soul winner evangelists to go out and get them saved. That's a good that's a great testament of his love there so They are operating as a means of basically because they're gonna be going to the four corners of the earth the four corners of the field To glean the remainder of people who are still receptive towards the gospel to get them saved and reap that harvest Look at Isaiah 17. Here's with that in mind. Look at verse number four of Isaiah 17 it says and in that day it shall come to pass that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean and It shall be as when the harvest men gather at the corn and reap at the ears with his arm and it shall be as He that gathers ears in the valley of Rephaim yet Gleaning grapes shall be left in it as the shaken of an olive tree Two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bow Four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof saith the Lord God of Israel. So what is he saying? You know, there's gonna be a couple it's not gonna be this massive revival Obviously the vast majority of people are gonna be dying taking the mark of the beast But there are gonna be what four or five in the outmost parts, right? There's gonna be two or three berries at the top of the uppermost bow They're gonna go into these remote areas where people are living off-grid or people where there's no technology There's gonna be two or three families in this area, you know You think of faith for Baptist Church who does the sowing in the Indian reservations often? They'll go to a specific place and there's literally only two houses there I mean, they'll try they'll drive for hours To get to a reservation where there's literally just a couple of people to talk to but you know, it's worth going for those people right Willing to Travel long distances even to see one person saved is worth it Well, how much more this is the same philosophy that God has when he says well You know what to get a couple people saved during the wrath during my outpouring of my wrath It's worth sending a hundred and forty four thousand soul wonders to go find them. Okay? Look at verse seven. It says at that day shall a man Look to his maker and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. Yeah, you bet he will When all that wrath is being poured out is just like God I need you and then they respond to the light that God gives them God sends You know these sowners who are like thousands of years old To come and give them the gospel which by the way goes to show you that the gospel is not changed right Because I'm sure they're giving the same exact gospel That they've been getting that they were giving in the Old Testament in the New Testament No, it says in Revelation 14 that the angel, you know, he braised the everlasting gospel. Yeah, you just proved my point It's called the everlasting gospel. Guess what folks an everlasting gospel has no beginning has no end If it's everlasting So hey, you know what was good for the 144,000 in the Old Testament is good for us It's gonna be good in the Old Testament It's gonna be good in the New Testament during the tribulation and it's gonna be good during the wrath of God. Amen Go back to Revelation chapter 14 So I wanted to share that with you there Regarding the ministry of the 144,000 they're coming to glean the corners of the fields of the world To get those two or three berries that are in the bows and the uppermost bows the four or five and the utmost fruitful branches There of to get people saved now look at verse 6 It says and I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven Having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth. Actually. We already read that huh? Let's uh, let's keep going Go to verse 8 It says in there followed another angel saying Babylon is fallen is fallen that great city Because she made all nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication now, who's Babylon? I don't want to get too much into this because I don't want to steal the thunder for Revelation 17 and 18 but Babylon is basically the woman who sits on the scarlet robe in chapter 17 and what it basically represents is the empire that's used to put the Antichrist into power and In fact, it's the Empire the the Antichrist uses to conquer the world. All right now Babylon according to the Bible will fall. I mean we see this in Jeremiah 50 and 51. It's foretold that Babylon The the great this mystery Babylon will be destroyed in one hour Okay and it's a very important topic in the book of Revelation because literally two chapters are dedicated to its to its to its Description as well as to its destruction, okay So Babylon's gonna fall at the hands of the ten kings we see that in Revelation chapter 17 but I want to mention this because a lot of take a lot of people take issue with this particular verse and Wonder why it's being mentioned here, even though The fall of Babylon happens in chapter 18, you know, they say why is it that Babylon? Why is it that it's saying in verse 8 that Babylon has fallen fallen in chapter 14 when the rapture hasn't even taken place And we know that that's gonna happen in chapter 18 Well, let me just make you let me give you a couple things here First and foremost you you just got to constantly remember that this is it is in chronological order So if it's in chronological order, what we see is that you have the rapture you have the wrath of God Leading up to the destruction of Babylon and then you have Armageddon after Armageddon You have the millennial reign and then so on and so forth So if you were to look at where Babylon falls on the prophetic timetable It literally happens at the end of Daniel 70th week right before Armageddon takes place Okay in chapter 19 where the Antichrist and his armies go against Jesus and his armies, you know They catch a whooping in chapter 19, but prior to that Babylon is destroyed in one hour Okay Go to chapter 18 if you would hold your place there in chapter 14 And I'm just gonna just obviously we know this to be true But I just want to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Babylon does not fall in chapter 14 It does fall towards the latter end at the very end of Daniel 70th week. Look what it says in verse 4 This is the chapter Describing the destruction of Babylon and its lamentation it says here and I heard another voice from heaven verse 4 saying come out of her My people that you be not partakers of her sins and that you receive not of her plagues For her sins have reached unto heaven and God hath remembered her iniquities Well, hold on a second if Babylon is destroyed in Revelation 14. Why is God remembering her iniquities in chapter 18? This is showing us here that it's not yet been destroyed. Therefore. It's not being destroyed in chapter 14. Look at verse 7 How much she hath glorified herself and lived deliciously so much torment and sorrow give her for she saith in her heart I said a queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow Well, that wouldn't make sense if Babylon was already destroyed in chapter 14 if she hath seen no sorrow you understand So it was okay. We know that we know that it's destroyed in chapter 18. You still haven't answered why it's saying that it's falling It's being destroyed in chapter 14. Well, this is the reason why now listen up. It's because God wrote it that way and he's the boss Right So if God is the author and he chose to put it there then you know, hey, it's beautiful man But let me explain to you a secondary reason why okay, aside from the fact that God is the author of the Bible This is why Because God calls those things which are not as though they were You understand? You know Throughout the Bible God will often speak and declare and give decrees with finality Even though the events have not yet taken place. Why is that? Well because of the fact that God dwells within the realm of what eternity and in eternity there is no time But rather it's a panoramic view of the beginning and the very end so when God looks at history from the realms of Eternity he sees things that are in the future as though they've already been finished Let me give you an example of this you have in Luke chapter number 10 verse 18 Where the disciples come to Jesus and they're excited because the devil's are subject unto them and they're super sad And what does Jesus say? He says I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven In other words, he's saying you think that you think that's cool. I saw Satan fall from heaven, but notice he said I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven and this is a foretelling of Satan's eviction in Revelation chapter number 12 where Michael and his archangels are casting him out of heaven He comes down to the earth. He has but a short time That's what that's referring to but notice that he says I beheld past tense Why because when Jesus was in eternity the Son of God the eternal Son of God was in eternity. He saw that already he saw the panoramic view of history from beginning and end and He was able to see that before he ever the word was made flesh and dwelt among us you understand And so many things and look the Bible even tells us in the book of Revelation It when it talks about Jesus it talks about the Lamb of God who was slain before the foundation of the world You know, when was he slain? Well, he was slain physically speaking, you know at the cross when he came down to this earth when he was 33 years old But the Bible tells us because everything has already been done in heaven, you know that he was slain Before the foundations of the world, you know God that's why we know that God has foreknowledge of things You know, he's omniscient and he has foreknowledge he knows what things are gonna take place before they happen because according from his perspective they have already happened and You see this throughout the book of Revelation because in chapter 7 when John sees the great multitude Which no man can number I got news for you. You're there All of us are there in that great multitude, you know, all of us are gonna be there. We're gonna be where's John happening? Does it work like that? It's like one of those dimensions or something, you know, he sees us there so When it comes to eternity these things have already taken place. We're already in heaven so to speak We can't wrap our minds around that because we can't wrap our minds around eternity as of yet Why because the Bible tells us that we see through a glass darkly we can speculate we can create these analogies and metaphors But at the end of the at the end of the day, it's it's through a glass darkly We can't understand it, but we do understand this is that God is omniscient and he sees things from the beginning He sees the end. He already knows everything in between and this is why Revelation 14 says that Babylon is fallen is fallen Because it's it's a perspective from eternity where that has already been done. Okay, and it looks good in Revelation 14 Anyways, amen look at verse number 9. Let's talk about the damnation of those who take the mark of the beast It says in verse 9 and the third angel follow them saying with a lot of voice if any man worship the beast and his Image and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand 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 and the presence of the holy angels and the presence of The Lamb now go to Revelation chapter 13 if you would Go to Revelation chapter 13 I Want you to notice something here look at verse 7 says It says and it was given unto him speaking about the Antichrist to make war with the Saints and to overcome them and power Was given to him over all kindreds and tongues and nations and all that dwell upon the earth shall what? Worship him This is very significant here Whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the World so who are those who are worshiping the beast? Who are those who are worshiping the Antichrist? Well, according to verse 8 is those who do not have their names Written in the Lamb's book of life. And in fact, it's those who basically have been blotted out of the book of life, okay, and The reason I make such a big deal about that is because people today are worried About the mark of the beast and look if you're not saved you should be worried If you haven't trusted Christ as your Savior if you claim to be some atheist who doesn't believe in God, you better start believing now Why because the fact of the matter is? If you are not saved the only people who are exempt from getting the mark of the beast are those who are saved Why because here it says that the only ones who qualify for the mark of the beast are those who worship The image of the beast and let me say this no Christian can take the mark of the beast It's impossible why because it's impossible for a safe person to worship Satan You know The Bible says that the spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God The Bible says that we are the circumcision which worship God in spirit The Bible says that the spirit God is spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth It's impossible for us as Christians who have the Holy Spirit of God living within us to ever Worship Satan it's virtually Impossible to do so the only people who can worship Satan are those who are possessed by Satan Who have some sort of demon in them? Who are willingly worship because people think oh man this mark of the beast is gonna be imposed and they're gonna enforce this thing No folks Those who worship the image of the beast are gonna be like hey, when's my next update? Let me get the mark of the beast Let me get the upgrade. Let me get this chip in my forehead We want to do this because we worship Satan we worship the beast we worship the Antichrist And again people worry about this all the time, but here's the thing folks. There's no need to worry Because of the fact that even if you tried to go get the mark of the beast What's gonna happen? The Antichrist is not gonna make an exception for you In fact, he's using the mere fact that they're the mark of the beast exists in order to kill you Because the purpose of the mark of the beast is to find Believers and kill them why because the only ones who cannot take the mark of the beast are Christians So it works almost as a tracking device, you know And you got a lot of people today, you know, they're freaking out over all the technologies and look I'm anti-vax as the day is long. Okay. I you know, I don't want any needles in me, you know Injecting me with any foreign substance and baby fetal tissue and you know aluminum and all these harmful substances They will they will harm me and kill my body or kill them, you know destroy the bodies of my children I'm against all of those things. I'm against obviously inserting a chip into me, you know in the name of convenience or whatever You know, oh, but if you take this chip, you know They can this ship can detect sicknesses in you and you know, you it'll help you know I don't want none of that stuff. Give me some vitamin C. Give me a bunch of water Rest and protein keto and I'm good to go. Amen However those who are not saved, you know, there's gonna be a temptation for them to take that mark Even if they're not worshipping the beast There's gonna be a temptation for people to take the mark of the beast wise because they're starving to death Because of the conveniences that it's going to offer But what I'm trying to say here is that is that Christians cannot take it now you have people today you have like John MacArthur for example, they will state that Christians will be able to take the mark of the beast and You know, they can still get saved people can take the mark of the beast and get saved and you know if they take it It's okay. They can get saved. He's damning a bunch of people to help So I thought you said that Christians can't well, he's deceiving those who think they're saved Right Those who think they're saved those who name the name of Christ, but they believe in a workspace salvation They believe you have to repent of your sins to be saved They believe you have to be baptized to be saved or to endure into the end The same shall be saved to have that type of doctrine and what's gonna happen if those people live Throughout the beginning of sorrows and great tribulation when that mark of the beast comes They're gonna be popping in that John MacArthur sermon and be like, well, I guess I can take and still be saved Or you can go an extreme route and go to the dispensational crowd such as Jean Kim and Robert breaker Who literally said and people get mad at me all the time. Oh, I can't believe you're just calling these people out How dare you call out Robert breaker? Well, how dare Robert breaker say that you can take the mark of the beast and lose your salvation but you can still get it if you cut off your right hand or chop off your head and You're calling me crazy You think I'm judgmental Because I'm getting mad at this false teacher false prophet who says that if you take the mark listen to me It says if you take the mark on your forehead This is what you could do. You can just chop off your head It's like okay Robert breaker Then what do I call upon the name of the Lord the five seconds that I have as my head rolls or something or what? How is that even gonna work or how about this? Jean Kim said this if you get the mark in your forehead You're gonna have to gouge out your own eye and dig it out It's like Jean. Oh Jean You need a class in biology You know, I understand that, you know reaching into your sock It seems as though you can reach into your forehead, but you know, you got a skull. Hello But this is the kind of stupidity that's out there and people get mad at me. Oh, you're being so judgmental Yeah, well the Bible the Bible says judge not that you be not judged Yeah But it says judge not that you be not judged for what judgment you judge you shall be judged if What measure you meet it shall be measured to you again So guess what? The reason I can judge is because I'm not guilty of teaching such a stupid doctrine You don't hear me getting up here saying you can take the mark of the beast Lose your salvation and get it if you cut off your right hand So because I'm not teaching that guess what now I have room to judge and That is a false doctrine folks Okay Then you can take them the mark of the beast and you know chop off your right hand and still be saved you'll be a okay Not gonna work Oh Woe to the person who believes that during the tribulation They take the mark and they regret it and they chop off their right hand and guess what they still go to hell You know don't listen to these people what you need to do the only way the only way to evade the mark of the beast Is to get safe That's the only way Well, I'm not religious. What about me? You better you better believe in God and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ Yeah, but I'm not for that. Well, you better be for it five it six it Because that's the only way you can avoid the mark of the beast There is no other way. Okay By The way in Revelation 30 Luke verse 16 says he causes all both small and great rich and poor free and bond to receive a Mark in their right hand or in their foreheads. Let me read to you from Revelation 13 from the NIV The New International Version which is a very popular Bible monks mainstream Christianity. Let's see what they said about this it says I'm having a hard time read this it also forced all people great and small rich and poor free and slave To receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads So notice the King James says in their right hand or in their forehead Whereas, you know the NIV version of this is like a rub-on tattoo or something You're just like you just on your right hand or on your forehead. Not true. It goes in. Okay, and So we see here that the mark of the beast will damn a bunch of people now Go with me if you would to revelation 16 Go to revelation 16 Now I've already hit on what I believe the mark of the beast is or how it's gonna look like and so I'm not gonna Go through that in this sermon, but you can you can reference my revelation 6 sermon where I talk about that Look at verse 2 says and and the first went and poured out to his vial upon the earth and there fell a noise him Grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast and upon them which worshiped his image So just look at all the times that the mark of the beast is mentioned It's always mentioned in tandem with Worshipping the beast because that's the only thing you can you can do in order to get it is to worship the devil Worship the Antichrist. Okay now go back to revelation 14. I'm almost out of time. So I need to finish up here I'm not gonna be able to finish this all It says in verse 11 the smoke of their torment ascended up forever and ever and they have no rest day or nor night Who worshiped the beast and his image and whosoever received at the mark of his name? Here is the patience of the Saints. Here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus so why is it saying that here's the patience of the Saints because payday is someday and The Bible tells us Jesus said this Vengeance is mine I will repay say it the Lord and this is why he says look your patience is paid off because this is when the the consequence of the rebellion their hatred towards God is Repayed but I want you to notice that The Bible says in verse 11 that the smoke of their torment ascended up ascended up forever and ever They have rest no rest day nor night. So this go this speaks to the eternity of their torment. So anybody who goes to hell They don't just burn up and just cease to exist They burn forever Why because a soul is an everlasting? creation That never ceases to exist Now it will die forever But it will never cease to exist because people believe in like soul sleep But once you die, you just becomes black and you just you know, I Don't know how to explain this It's just like you just go into this deep blackness and nothing ever happens You just cease to exist wrong The Bible says here that if you're not saved the smoke of your torment will ascend forever and ever. Okay now go to Go to Revelation chapter 20 if you wouldn't and this is I'm gonna finish off on this Cuz I'm out of time, but I want to share this with you Revelation chapter 20 In verse number 10 it says in the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone Where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever so here We see that there's two Aspects of hell is there not you have hell that is in the center of the earth and then you have the lake of fire That is located somewhere else Currently the lake of fire is completely absent. There's no one in the lake of fire Anybody who has died without Christ is currently in hell in the center of the earth? Okay, and I know the flat earthers out there disagree with that. I don't care. That's what the Bible teaches. All right So you have hell but you have the lake of fire both of them are hell The lake of fire is where death and hell will be cast into correct So we see here that the devil's cast into the lake of fire Where the beast and the false prophet are so who are the first residents of the lake of fire the beast and the false prophet? Because at the beginning of the millennial reign they get it all to themselves for literally a thousand years. I Mean people are still in hell during that time the current hell while you know They're the beast and the false prophet are keeping it warm for them, you know, pun and pun intended the lake of fire They're literally keeping that to themselves now look at verse number 11 It says and I saw great white throne in him that sat on it From whose face the earth and the heaven fled away and there was found no place for them and I saw the dead Small and great stand before God and the books were open and another book was open Which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works the Buddha says in verse 13 and the sea gave up the dead which were in it and Death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man According to their works and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death So I want you to notice this I don't know if you've ever caught this but death and hell deliver up their dead This is referring to what the souls right because what is currently in hell the souls of them who died without Christ But I want you to notice that in verse 13. It says the sea gave up the dead which were in it So this is referring to just the bodies of people. Okay, because this isn't referred. There's no there's no souls in the sea folks You know The Titanic is not filled with like a bunch of ghosts who went down with the ship You understand anybody who dies if they're saved to go to heaven if they're not saved to go to hell This is referring to the physical body. So just as at the rapture There is a reuniting of soul and body so to speak right at the rapture we get our glorified bodies We live forever in like manner at the Great White Throne judgment. There is a reuniting of soul and That body made of flesh and blood at the Great White Throne judgment now you say well, why is that? Why does he bring up those bodies? Why does it bring up the bodies of those who were damned? You know from wherever they were at to reunite with their soul Well, if you remember what Jesus said he said this fear not them which can kill the body but fear him which can kill both soul and body and Hell and What do we see with the beast of the false prophet then when they're cast into the lake of fire? They're cast not just their soul, but their body as well Okay. So this is what I'm saying. Is that when people are judged out of the books Both soul and body are being cast into the lake of fire. You understand that so I already knew that I'm not done yet. All right Go with me if you would to Isaiah chapter 66 And I'll finish with this. Okay Mark 944 in various parts of the new of the gospel says this when talking about health It talks about it as being a place where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched It reiterates that over and over again says where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched Well, if you look at a couple references in the in the Bible You'll often see that a worm is often or a body the physical carcass of a person is referred to as a Worm, okay. Job 25 6 is how much less Excuse me How much less man that is a worm and the son of man which is a worm Psalm 22 verse 6 is but I am a worm and no man a reproach of men and despised of the people So often you'll you'll see worm as be as a body being or a man being depicted as a worm now why is it that the Bible says that hell is a place where the worm dieth not and The fire is not quenched. I don't believe it's referring to the referring to like literal worms being in the lake of fire I don't think that's that at all What I believe it's referring to is that the worm is referring to the body that was resurrected of the dead Being cast because it's casting to the lake of fire Why if it's just gonna burn up? Well, here's the thing. It's not gonna burn up. It's a place where the worm dieth not Look at Isaiah 66 verse 22 and they shall go forth and Look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me for their worm shall not die Neither shall their fire be quenched and they shall be in abhorring unto all flesh Notice that it says that their worm shall not die in tandem with the carcasses of the men So what do we see here? Well, what I believe is this is that the reason the physical bodies are being brought up of those who are damned It's because obviously they're gonna be cast into the lake of fire, but I believe that body will burn forever as well Say well that doesn't make any sense. How can a body just burn forever? Well, how can a soul burn forever? How do we live forever? You know, God is capable of doing these things and Here's the thing. It could be that he creates this lake of fire that has these These properties that are capable of consuming Whatever is in it without actually causing it to disappear and look isn't this just the worst possible pain You could ever experience. I mean if you've ever been burned before, you know, you know what I'm talking about How much worse when you're actually in the lake of fire, you're reunited with your body and that's actually what's being burned He said well, I don't believe that well regardless if you don't believe it or not. People are going there, right? And regardless if you believe it or not, let's say it does just dissipate and just disappear your body's still being thrown into there Okay, you're gonna feel it no matter what I just believe you're gonna feel it for all of eternity The body because it's a place where the warm diet not and the fire is not quenched It's not satisfied with the bodies that are there and so I'm gonna leave off of that because we're pretty much done I think I've gone over my time here later on we see in chapter 14 The picture of the rapture from verses 15 through 17 and then the judgment that comes upon the world in verses 17 all the way Through 20 and so we'll pick up in chapter 15 next week. Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer father We thank you so much for your word and Lord. Thank you for the reminder of the rapture I'm thankful that I'm saved Lord, and I'm thankful that Salvation was a free gift That I didn't have to work for I know there's many times in my life growing up that I thought about salvation I thought about heaven Naturally, I just thought that you had to earn it, but I'm so thankful that it's a gift and I got saved when I was 21 I'm thankful for the people that I've been able to get saved Lord And I prayed that you would help us as a church To continue to see more people saved that they would be able to avoid not just the mark of the beast but the damnation of Eternal fire of the lake of fire and I pray God that if there's anyone out there who's not saved who's listening Who's under the sound of my voice that they would come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ They don't have to repent of their sins. They don't have to do any works All they have to do is is is trust Christ as their Savior believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and they can be saved and I pray God that you'd you bless us as we go on our way and And bless all there is to follow Lord. We love you so much. We thank you. Pray these things in Jesus name. Amen You