The Priesthood of the Apocalypse
The 144 Thousand
I. Their
Prototypes/Patterns/Parallels
A.
The Prophet
Daniel, Azariah, Mishael and Hananiah
[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego]
1. Their ministry is prophesied
(II Kings 20:17, 18; Psalm 110:3; Rev.7:1-8; 12:17,14:1-5,17:14)
2. They are prepared for their ministry
(Daniel 1:3, 4, 11:32-35, 12:3, 10; Revelation 7:3-8)
3. They are young Hebrew men (Daniel
1:4, 6, 17; Psalm 110:3; Revelation 7:3-8)
4. They refuse to be defiled (Daniel
1:8; Revelation 14:4a)
5. They are given wisdom and
understanding (Daniel 1:17; Daniel 11:33, 35, 12:3, 10)
6. They are supernaturally protected by
the Lord (Daniel 3:23-28, 6:21, 22; Revelation 9:4)
7. They are called servants of God
(Daniel 3:26; Revelation 7:3)
8. They are sons of Israel (Daniel
2:25; Revelation 7:5)
9. They refuse to worship an idolatrous
image under the threat of death (Daniel 3; Revelation 13:15)
10. They are seen with the Lord (Daniel
3:26; Revelation 14:1, 17:14)
11. They choose to follow the Lord
(Daniel 3:16-18, 28; Revelation 14:4b)
12. They are without fault [blameless]
(Daniel 6:4; Revelation 14:5)
B. The Old Testament
Saints Marked in Ezekiel 9
1.
The Glory of God Departs (Similar to The Rapture of the Church)
2.
The Marking of the Faithful (Similar to The Sealing of the 144k)
3.
They are Protected during God’s Judgment (Similar to God’s protection of the
144k: Revelation 9:4)
4. The Judgment/Wrath of God Follows
Their Marking (Similar to The Day of the Lord’s Wrath)
C. The New Testament
Saints Marked/His Name Written on Them
1.
The Over-comers of the Church of Philadelphia (Revelation 3:12)
2.
The Servants of the Lamb in Heaven (Revelation 22:3, 4)
II. Their Plan
A.
God's
Desire/Continuing Kingdom of Priests (Exodus 19:5,6; Psalm 110:3; I Peter 2:5,
9; Revelation 1:6, 5:10, 20:6) [Orchestrating
the Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ the Messiah (Micah 5:5) in the midst of Earth's Chaos]
1.
Priesthood of the
Apocalypse/Prayer Warriors Ministry to God (Acts 13:2)
a.
The Father’s
Original Desire (Exodus 19:5,6)
b.
The Son’s
Subsequent Supply (I Peter 2:5-10; Revelation 1:5, 6, 5:10, 20:6)
2.
Priest/Prayer
Warriors Ministry to Man (Two Prophets/Preachers/Multitudes of
Sinners/Multitudes of Saints)
a.
The Spirit’s Gift
to the Church (Romans 8:26, 27)
b.
The Spirit’s Gift
to the 144k (Revelation 14:5)
A.
Holy Nation
(Exodus 19, I Peter 2)Physical Warriors in Israeli Army
1.
Personal Holiness
(Romans 6:1-14; Revelation 14:4)
2.
Practical
Holiness (Romans 6:15-23; Revelation 14:5)
III. Their Past
(Heritage and Last Days Blessing)
A.
Prophecy of Jacob
(Genesis 49)
1.
Sons of Leah
2.
Sons of
Handmaidens
3.
Sons of Rachel
A.
Parental
Structure (Genesis 29, 30)
1.
Order of Birth
2.
Order of Blessing
IV. Their Prophecy in the
Revelation
A.
Titles
(Revelation 7:3,4; 14:4)
1.
Servants of God
2.
Sons of Israel
3.
Sealed Priests
unto God
4.
Sanctified/Set
Apart: First-fruits unto God and to the Lamb
5.
Saviors/Deliverers
(Obadiah 21)
6.
Soldier/Priests
unto God (Psalm 110:3; Micah 5:3-10)
7.
Seed of the
Woman/Faithful Israel (Revelation 12:17)
A.
Tribes
(Revelation 7:5-8) Similar to Genesis 49 Last Days Prophecy
1.
Sons of Leah
(v.5a,b-7,8a)
2.
Sons of
Handmaidens (v.5c-6a,b)
3.
Sons of Rachel
(v.6c-8c,d)
C The rest of her [The Woman's] seed (Revelation12:17)
D. Testimony (Revelation 14:1-5)
1.
With the
Lamb/Redeemer/King (Continually Abiding w/Lamb in His Presence)
2.
Sealed for
Protection (Rev.9:4) [w/The Lamb’s Name & Father’s Name Written Upon Their
Foreheads]
3.
Extraordinary
Musical Ability (Only Ones Who Could Learn The New Song)
4.
Redeemed from the
Earth (Purchased by The Blood of Christ from All Regions of the Earth)
5.
Not defiled with
women for they are virgins (Similar to Self-Made Eunuchs)
6.
Follow the Lamb
wherever He goes (Fully Devoted Fishers of Men for the Lord Jesus Christ)
7.
Redeemed from
among men (Purchased by the Blood of Christ from All of Mankind not Angelic)
8.
The First-fruits
unto God and to the Lamb (First Hebrews Redeemed during The 70th Week of
Daniel)
9.
No guile (Deceit
found in their mouth, without fault (blameless) (Personal Holiness/Made
Righteous)
10.
Before the Throne of God (Prepared Prayer Warriors Ministering Unto God
and Man)
D. They are the Called, Chosen and Faithful
Warriors with the Lamb who overcome the Ten Kings (Revelation 17:14)
V. Their Power
A.
The King’s
Physical Presence (Revelation 14:1)
1.
God Sets His King
upon His holy hill of Zion (Psalm 2:6)
2.
God’s King is the
Lamb, The Lord Jesus Christ, The Redeemer (Isaiah 59:20; Romans 11:26;
Revelation 14:1)
A.
The King’s
Spiritual Presence/Kingdom Principles (Revelation 14:2-5)
1. Their
Identification w/Him and His Cross: Crucified/Dead/Buried/Risen/Seated/Reigning
(Romans 5, 6, 7, 8)
2. Their
Abiding in Him: The True Vine (John 15:1-17)
VI. Their Prophecy in the
Psalms
A. They will be
protected (Revelation 9:4; Psalm 5:11, 12)
B. They will
rejoice (Revelation 14:3, Psalm 14:7, 53:6)
C. They will
serve the Lord (Revelation 7:3; Psalm 22:30)
D. They shall
declare His righteousness to their generation (Psalm 22:31)
E. They shall
ascend into the hill of the Lord (Revelation 14:1; Psalm 24:3)
1. They shall
have clean hands and a pure heart (Revelation 14:4, 5; Psalm 24:4)
2. They shall
not lift up their soul unto vanity nor sware deceitfully (Revelation 14:4, 5;
Psalm 24:4; Zephaniah 3:13)
3. They shall
receive the blessing from the Lord/righteousness from the God of their
salvation (Psalm 24:5)
4. They shall
be the generation of them that seek Him (Revelation 14:3; Psalm 24:6)
F. They shall
be blessed (Revelation 14:4, 5; Psalm 32:2)
G. They shall
sing unto Him a new song (Revelation 14:3; Psalm 33:3)
H. They shall
sing unto Him [King of all the Earth/Day of the Lord] a song of exaltation
(Revelation 14:1-5; Psalm 47)
1. The Lamb the
Lord Jesus Christ shall be “A great King over all the earth” (Revelation 14:1;
Psalm 47:2)
2. “He shall
subdue the people under us” (Psalm 47:3) [During the Day of the Lord]
3. They “Sing
praises to God/for God is the King over all the earth” (Revelation
11:15,14:1;Psalm 47:6, 7)
4. “God reigns
over the heathen: God sits upon the throne of His holiness” (Revelation 14:3;
Psalm 47:8)
5. “The
princes… are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham” (Genesis
49:10; Psalm 47:9)
6. “The
shields/kings of the earth belong to God” (Psalm 47:9; Revelation 11:15)
[During the Day of the Lord]
7. “He is
greatly exalted” (Psalm 47:9; Isaiah 2:11, 17) [During the Day of the Lord]
I. “Thy people
shall be willing in the day of Thy power” (Psalm 110:2)
J. They shall
be priests unto God clothed “In the beauty of holiness from the womb of the
morning” (Psalm 110:3a)
K. They shall be
a great multitude of young men as “The dew of Thy youth [young men]” (Psalm
110:3b)
L. They shall
have the Lord Jesus “At thy [their] right hand” during “The day of His wrath”
(Psalm 110:5)
M. They shall be
blessed: (Psalm 119:1-3)
1. They are
undefiled in the way (Revelation 14:1-5)
2. They walk in
the Law of the Lord (Revelation 14:1-5, 12:17, 17:14)
3. They keep
His Testimonies (Revelation 12:17)
4. They seek
Him with their whole heart (Revelation 14:1-5)
N. They shall be
preserved “From all evil: He shall preserve thy soul” (Psalm 121:7)
O. They “The
tribes go up [to Jerusalem]... unto the testimony of Israel” (Revelation 14:1;
Psalm 122:4)
VII. Their Prophecy in the
Major Prophets
A. In Isaiah’s Prophecy:
1. They are the remnant of Israel, and such
as are escaped of the house of Jacob (Isaiah 10:20-27)
2. They are the remnant of His people, the
outcasts of Israel, the dispersed of Judah (Isaiah 11:11-16)
3. They are the ransomed of the Lord who
return and come to Zion with songs (Isaiah 35:10)
4. They are the remnant of the house of
Judah, they are survivors out of Mount Zion (Isaiah 37:31, 32)
5. They will sing a “New song” to the Lord
(Isaiah 42:10; Revelation 14:3)
6. They are the ransomed of the Lord and
come to Mount Zion with joyful singing (Isaiah 51:11;
Revelation 14:3)
Revelation 14:3)
7. They will bring good news, peace and
happiness announcing salvation unto Zion in that day
(Isaiah 52:6-10)
(Isaiah 52:6-10)
8. They will be called Priests of the Lord
(Isaiah 61:6)
9. They will be called the servants of the
Lord (Isaiah 65:8-10, 13-16; Revelation 7:3)
10. They will declare God’s glory among the
nations (Isaiah 66:19-21)
B. In Jeremiah’s Prophecy:
1. They will be watchmen calling out “Arise,
and let us go up to Zion, To the Lord our God.” (Jeremiah 31:6)
2. They shall come and shout for joy on the
height of Zion (Jeremiah 31:12)
3. They as the sons of Israel will seek the
Lord their God (Jeremiah 50:4)
4. They will ask for the way to Zion and
join themselves to the Lord (Jeremiah 50:5)
C. In Ezekiel’s Prophecy
1. They are the result of God multiplying
men in all the house of Israel (Ezekiel 36:8-12, 37, 38)
2. They are among the tribes of Israel when
God makes them one (Ezekiel 37:19)
VIII. Their Prophecy in
the Minor Prophets
A.
In Daniel’s
Prophecy
1.
They are among
the people that do know their God (Daniel 11:32a)
2.
They shall be
strong and do exploits (Daniel 11:32b)
3.
They are among
those that understand among the people and instruct many (Daniel 11:33)
4.
They shall be
tried, purged and made white even to the time of the end (Daniel 11:35)
5.
They are among
those that be wise/shine as/brightness of the firmament/turn many to
righteousness (Daniel 12:3)
6.
They are among
them that shall be purified and made white and tried (Daniel 12:10)
B.
In Joel’s
Prophecy
1.
They are on Mount Zion, those who escape among the survivors whom the
Lord calls
(Joel 2:32; Revelation 14:1)
(Joel 2:32; Revelation 14:1)
2. The Lord will be a refuge for them during
the Day of the Lord (Joel 3:16a; Revelation 9:4)
3.
The Lord will be a stronghold for them, the sons of Israel, during the
Day of the Lord
(Joel 3:16b; Revelation 9:4)
(Joel 3:16b; Revelation 9:4)
C.
In Obadiah’s
Prophecy
1.
They will be
those that escape upon Mount Zion (Obadiah 17; Revelation 14:1)
2.
They are the
saviors that come up on Mount Zion when the kingdom shall be the Lord’s
(Obadiah 21; Revelation11:15)
D.
In Micah’s
Prophecy
1.
They are the
assembled remnant of Israel (Micah 2:12, 13; Revelation 14:1-5)
2.
They are the
gathered remnant, the strong nation (Micah 4:6, 7; Revelation 14:1)
3.
They are the
children [sons] of Israel who gather to their Messiah (Micah 5:3; Revelation
14:3)
4.
They are the
remnant of Jacob (Micah 5:7, 8)
5.
They are among
the remnant of His heritage (Micah 7:18)
E. In
Zephaniah’s Prophecy
1.
They are the
residue [remnant] of My people who spoil Moab (Zephaniah 2:9)
2.
They are the
remnant that shall not do iniquity…neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in
their mouth (Zephaniah 3:13; Revelation 14:5)
F.
In Zechariah’s Prophecy
1.
They are the
residue [remnant] of this people (Zechariah 8:11; Micah 5:5ff)
2.
They are the
remnant of this people who possess all things (Zechariah 8:12, 13)
3.
They are the
bent bow of Judah/Ephraim the sons of
Zion (Zechariah 9:13-16; Psalm 110:2, 3; Revelation 17:14)
4.
They are the
visited flock of the Lord of hosts, the house of Judah, His goodly horse in the
battle (Zechariah 10:3ff)
5.
They are known as
the clans of Judah in that day who go to battle (Zechariah 12:5ff; Revelation
17:14)
6.
They are the
remnant of the people who shall not be cut off (Zechariah 14:2)
7.
They are led by
the tribe of Judah and shall fight at Jerusalem in that day (Zechariah 14:14)
G.
In Malachi’s
Prophecy
1.
They are the
faithful in that day when God makes up His jewels (Malachi 3:17a; Revelation
14:1-5)
2.
They will be
spared in that day (Malachi 3:17b; Revelation 9:4)
3.
They shall tread
down the wicked (Malachi 4:3; Micah 5:5ff; Revelation 17:14)
4.
Their hearts will
be turned through the ministry of Elijah (Malachi 4:5, 6)
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