Posted by Elana Janson on June 09, 2020 at 16:39:30:
The Lamb on the mount Sion
(Chapter 13
I have in the past often referred to Revelation, Chapter 13, concerning the “beast coming up out of the sea’’ and the “beast coming up out of the earth’’. The explanations in the Chapters section of this website, the Q&A interpretation as well as answers on this Forum have given an understanding of what I believe these concepts convey. Because Revelation is coming together at the present time, I wish to move on to Chapter 14.)
Yes, Chapter 14 starts with the Lamb standing on Mount Sion. I believe things have happened suddenly.
With knowledge gained in the understanding of Revelation, what is said in the first verse not necessarily happens before what follows. But, it is going to happen in the time of that which is related in that chapter.
The “one hour”
That “forty and two months” could be measured after the Venus-Jupiter conjunction 27 August 2016, and that the “forty months” measured up to the end of 2019 (27 December) and the “two months’’ fell in 2020, 24 years after 1996 that the Divine Intercession happened, I am convinced we have discovered the measure of “one hour” of Rev 18:10 and 17 (also confirmed by the understanding of 17:12 “but receive power as kings one hour with the beast”).
The discovery of the time “one hour” has miraculously brought the entire Revelation together. How great is God! We shall never know the time of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ but I believe we are now in the season. I believe Chapter 14 confirms the season.
The main reason for saying this is because of Rev 14:7-8.
Rev 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.”
Verse 7, says “the hour of his judgment has come and verse 8 says Babylon has fallen. Revelation confirms that the measure of an “hour” comes before the fall of Babylon.
It is possible that we are very close to the Return.
Revelation 14 King James Version (KJV)
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
The 144 000 have the Father’s name on their foreheads. They believe in God the Father of Jesus, and Jesus his Son.
(I believe the number “144 000” is a symbolic number of totality in Revelation. It is a total known only to God. It includes those that believe in God the Father. The numbers “144” and “144 000” are used in other chapters, which indicates that they are relative to this number.)
As the voice of many waters
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:
We can know the time indicated by this verse by taking “And I heard a voice from heaven as the voice of many waters” to Scripture.
Outer court
Ezekiel 10:5 “And the sound of the cherubims wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of Almighty God when he speaketh”
Revelation confirms that we are in the time of the “outer court”. Therefore, Revelation indicates the time after 2004.
The gate to the east
Ezekiel 43:1-2 “Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh to toward the east: 2 And, behold the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.”
It is the time of entering the gates to the east (Rev 21:12 and Rev 16:12) of the wall of the holy Jerusalem descending from heaven (Rev 21:10).
As the voice of a great thunder
The time of the opening of the seventh seal. I believe, through the repetition of the words “voice” and “thunder” that we are with the knowledge of “one hour” in the time of the opening of the seventh seal. Rev 8:5 “And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices and thunderings, and lightning and an earthquake.”
And the voice of harpers, harping with their harps
Heaven a reality
Revelation gives insight into heaven, because as real as the happenings on earth at the present time are happening as God said they would, so real is what is taking place in heaven.
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 four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
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.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.”
Midst of heaven
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,”
Midpoint of the hour
Revelation is again indicating a midpoint in a time measure. It must be the midpoint of the “one hour”. It seems that Revelation is indicating that in the time 2008 the gospel had spread to the ends of the earth. This is confirmed in Rev 14:7 “the hour of his judgement is come”.
Rev 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.”
It is the time 2020 because we know the hour. We may already be in a time
of judgement.
Fountains of waters
The words “fountains of waters” also appear in Rev 8:10 and 16:4. In the former the words are related to pollution and the latter to death.
Used in this position in the time indicating 2020, it seems that God has always been aware of the polluted state of the waters of the earth in 2020.
Fall of the great city
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.”
The mark of the beast
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,
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:
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.”
The word “image” and ‘’mark” in Rev 14:9 relates to the “image” and “mark” in Rev 13:14-16. In other words if one believes (“in his forehead”) one is free to live a life without belief in God, the Father, and one pursues a life, and labours (‘’in his hand”) not obeying the laws of God, one will experience the wrath of God(“Drink of the wine of the wrath of God”).
Those that believe and labour in Faith
Rev 14:12 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
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.”
Again reference to the Return
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.
The two measures of “temple” and the measure of “altar”
144
You will recall that when the time of “one hour” was revealed one could then measure with certainty the “temple” from 4BC to AD 2004 (“three days and a half” (Rev 11:9 and 11)). One could also relate the earth measure of temple (half day of 144 years) to the holy city, the temple in heaven, through the “144 cubits” of Rev 21:17. Also the time measure of “half an hour“, the time of “altar” (Rev 8:1-5) could be measured.
By the angels coming out of “the temple” (Rev 14:15); and out of the “temple which is in heaven” (Rev 14:17); as well as “the altar”(Rev 14:18), Revelation seems to reveal that the measures of “temple”, “temple in heaven” and “altar” are going to be understood shortly before Judgment.
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.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
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.”
2020 a time of plague
Is the death by plague at the present time already part of the reaping?
The gathering to the final war
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.
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.”
Even unto the horse bridles.
The final war is going to be about who has the power in the ruling of the nations.