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Through the years I have enjoyed studying the Bible through the lens of types. I had a few years of experience with Adventism in my youth, but then went out of the church until my early forties. When I came back I knew I needed to study the Bible, but struggled to understand what I was reading. I would force myself to read, but frankly, as it did not make much sense to me, I did not enjoy it. I had been praying that God would help me to understand and to enjoy my reading but to no avail. I read book after book about how to read the Bible and to get something out of it. They all left me with a feeling of duty; that I had to read it or I could not go on as a Christian. So I would trudge along through a passage or chapter because I knew I had to. This went on for a year or so, until I was about ready to give it up.
At the same time, I was also struggling with my many defects of character and wrong habits in my life. I experienced the same results as with my Bible study, that is, major frustration. It was the same thing. I read countless books on how to ?overcome? my evil habits and destructive behaviors. Five days of this and I could have the Spirit, or ten days of fasting and I would experience incredible clarity, or forty days of intentional prayer and victory was mine. My conclusion at that time was that those books might work for someone else, but they did nothing for me. I can honestly say that it was not for any lack of effort on my part.
Then came the counsel from well-meaning friends that ?of course you can?t do it in your own strength, you just need to let go and let God.? Welcome to the next phase of an exercise in frustration.
I had developed a habit of hiking early on in my religious experience. I would get up at 4:20 each morning and read all that I could stand, and then go hike for miles, all the while letting the Lord know how much I did not get from my reading from the Scripture, and pleading with Him to help me to understand. It was during those hikes that He then began to teach me in the form of types. I of course had no idea what a type was back then, but just the same, I began to see the Bible in a different light. My bible study went from twenty to thirty minutes of forced reading, to an intensely interesting study that often lasted for two plus hours.
That was 24 years ago, and since then the Lord has blessed me with a greater understanding of His Word than I ever thought possible, and has far exceeded my expectations. As I went along I learned to pray most earnestly for the crumbs from off my Master?s table, and then, that He would help me to gather the fragments into the basket, so to speak, so I could then ?hear the conclusion of the whole matter.?
My experience of frustration has become one of true victory in the ongoing battle with my inherited and cultivated defects of character. Three texts became my mainstay: 2 Peter 1:4: ?Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust;? 2 Corinthians 7:1: ?Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God;? and 2 Corinthians 1:20: For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.?
Through this experience I have learned just how it is that the Lord works in me to remove my defects, and to come into a right relation with Him: ?Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word;? ?It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes;? and, ?I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.? Psalms 119:67, 71, 75.
My purpose on this forum is to share some of the Bible types that have been helpful to me, in hopes that they may in turn be helpful to others. They have served to ?enlarge my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.? Psalms 18:36.
Gas prices once again took a big jump upward as a new carbon tax law came into effect April 1 in Canada. And no, it's not a joke.
We've heard a lot about Carbon Dioxide levels in the air getting too high and too dangerous and drastic actions need to be taken.
But what is so bad about Carbon Dioxide?
A slight rise is actually good for us as it acts as an inhibitor of oxidation. It appears to be a stabilizer of the iron-transferring complex which prevents the involvement of iron ions in the initiation of free radical reactions. Free radicals can cause chain reactions that ultimately damage cells. Carbon Dioxide acts as an antioxidant, An antioxidant is any molecule that can block free radicals from stealing electrons and creating a dangerous imbalance.
The body creates free radicals through the normal processes of metabolism. When the amount of free radicals exceeds the body?s ability to eliminate or neutralize them, an oxidative imbalance results. An imbalance results in disease and accelerated aging.
Before the flood Carbon Dioxide ratio in the atmosphere was considerably higher than it is now. And people lived almost a thousand years. After the flood the atmospheric conditions were changed and people were soon dying much younger.
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Consider the vast amount of vegetation prior to the flood, needed to produce all the oil and natural gas we find today. Plants were much larger and the abundance of them was enormous. *All the oil, natural gas we now have came from these vast forests buried during the flood.
Then there were the huge dinosaurs that ate these plants. Even the mammals were about twice the size of their relatives today.
It is intriguing to study how plants grow larger and becoming more environmentally efficient as carbon dioxide levels increase.
It appears that before Noah's flood, not only was there a water-vapor canopy and a tropical environment, there was significantly more carbon dioxide levels than what is contained in the earth's atmosphere today? Was this the reason for the much greater vegetation than we have today. And also the great size of creatures that lived back then? And it also answers the question as to where the large vegetation levels came that have provided the material for the great quantities of fossil fuels we have today.
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I was just at the Florida Everglades and they were explaining how it was the source of massive amounts of the oxygen we breath and why we have to preserve them, they also leaned to having them be expanded, but the cost would be prohibitive in my opinion.
I think some implications and assumptions are made here that aren't necessarily so. "Are the words in the Bible "imperfect"" may be made to mean "are the words of God 'imperfect'".
Two different things, but one could easily assume they're the same. The Word of God is perfect, the Word of the Bible is perfect, but the "words" in the Bible may or may not be "perfect". And "perfect" is in the eyes of the beholder.
The prepositions, the articles, etc. vary from one version to another. And I'm speaking in terms of English here, as that's all I know. I fear the main assumption with this topic is really based upon the King James English version being the Word of God. Which just ain't so. Which seems to me to be a North American centric English stereotype arrogance denying all other languages.
Just as multiple authors wrote the Bible in order that different flavors are presented so that we in our imperfect minds are able to understand what the Bible is saying, multiple translations exist for the same benefit. One needs a "perfect" understanding of the Hebrew and Greek of those days, and of the culture and life of those days, to fully read a text and come up with what it "perfectly" means. That capability is gone, even at the time of Jesus. Consider the disciples not even understanding when Jesus quoted prophecy about Himself. Times had changed even then. But that doesn't mean with stuI would not consider God's words to be imperfecldy and comparing scripture with scripture, they, and us, cannot eventually understand what the Bible means. Which is the Perfect word of God.
I would say the problem is on man's end, not Gods..
At the Norwegian Folk Museum in Oslo, Norway, they have a jail that at one time held Hans Nielsen Hauge (3 April 1771 ? 29 March 1824). I was impressed by what I read about him in the Museum. Coming home I read the Wikipedia article on him. Time went by and I don't remember where and why but on TV there was a show that included the organization in Norway to carry on his work. I was not moved one way or another by that but it did make me think of what I read in the jail. .
Hauge was from a Godly farm family at a time where church attendance in Norway was low. He was spiritual and brought a revival to Norway, both of religion but also encouraging people to become entrepreneurs. In his day if a lay-member wanted to preach they needed either a pastor or government leader. He invited them and some had no problem with his message, others did not like it so he was sent to jail a number of times. I just read about his first time. It was Christmas eve and he had shared with a group some Christmas songs, reading the Bible, Bible stories and some meditations on the Christmas message when a church official came with two soldiers and brought him to jail.
Among the other prisoners, someone was able to sneak in a bottle of whiskey, so they were drunk and he felt he could not reach him that night. The next morning a soldier in to sober up began singing lude songs. Hans came over to him and said "That is a fine song you're singing!" The soldier said "It's a fine song for a place like this!" to which Hans replied "Did your mother teach you that song?" which of course embarrassed the soldier. While initially upset, and the other prisoners expecting the entertainment of a fight turned their eyes on the two men, someone asked Hans if he was in for stealing. Hans said "No, but for singing Christmas songs, reading the Bible and teaching people how to live lives that won't make their mother's cry." They went to lunch and Hans sat by the soldier and continued to talk to him. The solder broke down and told how his mother died that last spring. The last time he saw her he was mean to her, they had an argument and he ran away. Hans lead him to the Lord, telling him that although his mother had died, his mother's God was still alive.
Later that day he was moved to solitary confinement for his continued work sharing his faith to other prisoners. However, after he was put in solitary, the prison guards forgot that he was there and he nearly froze to death. Sounds like Satan was trying to kill him.
Another thing I noticed was that part of the trouble Hans found himself in was that in the area where he lived there was another religious revival that started before his. It was started by a former pastor of his childhood church. This pastor got very stuck on grace and his revival did not change hearts, was based on "only believe" the "worship" was very loud and disorderly. Hans' was very focused on the Bible, the love of God and how it changes hearts.
Seeing these two revivals in the area could not help but make me think of Mrs. White's chapter on Modern Revivals in "Great Controversy" where she talks about the coming false religion; which sounds like the one religious revival based on "Only Believe" but not changing their lives; and Han's ministry which did change people's lives. Did she learn this story? As she talks about the true and false revivals, she sounded like she was telling this story. Also, many have noticed that without naming names, her description of the last generation perfection sounded like descriptions of John Wesley, but I could not help but notice the same as I read about Hans.
Please pray for another revival in Norway/Scandinavia and the whole world.
Oswald Boelcke: Germany's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat by R. G. Head. While many of you may be bored with all the military and war details, and of course that is the focus on the book, it also talks about Boelcke's remarkable character. His parents were Lutheran missionaries to South America, returning to Germany just before his birth.
When he was 17 he joined a church who's moto was "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ..." and he also used this verse of scripture as the moto of his life. He would do what he could to bring his relationship with Christ into his job as a fighter pilot. For the planes he shot down he would give them a last salute, and would do his best to learn their names. He would give them a full military funeral with pictures to help give their families closure and where they could either get the body or visit the graves after the war.
The first 6 planes he shot down had no survivors. The crew did survive his 7th victory. He landed beside them and helped them out of the wreckage, told them how happy he was that they lived and asked what he could do for them. Had them write a message to their unit and family to let them know that they were ok and risked his life to deliver the message. He treated others who survived the same. (also, his student Manfred von Richthofen -the Red Barron) also treated his victories the same way. I don't know if Richthofen carried on this part of Boelcke's treatment but Boelcke would send care packages to the POW camps. He said that he could not hate the enemy because we are all victims of politics. Many of the world War 1 pilots from both sides felt this same way. Some of the Allied pilots saw themselves as noble while the Germans were sub-human "Huns" but came to realize that if they wanted to be the noble people they pictured themselves to be, that they needed to make this German not only an enemy that they may one day face in combat, but that they also needed to make him their role model.
Once a French boy fell into a canal, and he dove in full uniform to rescue him and even though the Germans were seen as enemies occupying the land, this act had many French people see him as a hero and put him in for a medal from the French government. They of course did not want to give it to a German and Germany did not want for their airman to get a medal from France, but a compromise was reached in him getting a lifesaving medal from Prussia. Shortly before his death an American paper was interviewing him and asked him what his greatest honor was, and he had a long list, but he said that his greatest honor was that medal for saving the boy's life.
Jesus said "I was in prison and you visited me." Oswald took this seriously and would visit the POW camps and would make care packages to make their lives as a POW easier. When he died they petitioned the German government for flowers to be sent to his funeral. Many of them, as they survived the war and went on to live their lives said that while they knew they could have died, since they survived one of the highlights of their life was meeting this great man.
When he died (at the tender age of 25) despite being a German Protestant, a huge Catholic church in the area invited his public funeral to be there with him being the first person to lie in state. (the bishop was horrified when he found out that the church allowed this honor to a German Protestant, but the priests in the church felt that someone with his character deserved the honor no matter his nationality or religion.) At the funeral Manfred von Richthofen (later known as the Red Baron) said (and it has been noted that it could have also been said about von Richthofen) that Boelcke never had an enemy. And that was seen even among his "enemies" there were POWs in German POW camps who petitioned the German government to help them send flowers to the funeral, and a British plane flew over dropping a wreath with condolences from the British government and Air Force. While they did not mourn his shooting their people down, they did mourn his death because of his amazing character and integrity and kindness as well as his excellent work. His writings and tactics are still studied by militaries and Air Forces around the world.
God seems to have created in us a need for heroes. The greatest ones are those who tried in their little ways to reflect the greatest hero of them all. After World War 2, Germany had to distance themselves from military power. But this distancing also brought about other problems and it was seen that they needed heroes. Bypassing the Nazis they were able to go to people like Boelcke and Richthofen who were true men of integrity that could be held up as heroes to set as examples.
I have to admit, I got my interest in learning about Boelcke when I was thinking about the century of the passing of von Richthofen. My interest in von Richthofen came from the song "Snoopy's Christmas" and "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" I recently learned that Charles' Schulz had the theme of Snoopy going after the Red Baron for a few reasons including: One it was a catchy name and funny for Snoopy to keep going after him to be shot down. Two Schulz was impressed with the gallantry on both sides during World War 1 and did not want these people to be forgotten to history. And third, Von Richthofen was, like Boelcke, a man of excellence and integrity, and so Snoopy did not keep loosing to some villain or bully, but to a worthy adversary.
But sadly having these great people, such as Boelcke, Von Richthofen and others who were indeed heroes from both sides of the war who died at such young ages, you can't help but wonder what life would have been like if these great men could have used their greatness in peace instead of war and if they could have lived full rich lives.
The main publicized thing in Canada concerning the whole C o v i d episode is over the court cases concerning the imprisonment of the main organizers of the truckers for Freedom Convoy protest; the legality of the federal government?s invocation of the Emergencies Act and the legality of freezing the bank accounts of people all over Canada who donated monies to the freedom convoy protest (even if it was only $50),
Jan.23,2024--The court determined the protest, two years earlier, was in no way the threat to country or people that the media was trying to make it sound like, and the Prime Minister had over reached in his responses. There were other more logical and reasonable ways the Prime Minister SHOULD have responded to the protest.
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"The government's use of the emergency act did ?not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness?justification, transparency and intelligibility?and was not justified in relation to the relevant factual and legal constraints that were required to be taken into consideration,? Justice Mosley wrote in his ruling.
Justice Mosley ruled that invocation of the act infringed the charter?s Section 2(b), which deals with ?freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression,? and Section 8, which deals with the ?right to be secure against unreasonable search seizure.?
But don't think the government is quietly going to admit any mismanagement on their part. Hours after Justice Mosley?'ruling was issued, Deputy Prime Minister Chrysta Freeland said the Liberal government intends to fight the ruling.
The truth of course, is that the Freedom Convoy protested against the government's freedom destroying agenda, and in Canada there is a movement that would like to make protesting against government mandates as a criminal offense. Thanks to truckers for throwing a monkey wrench into this mad agenda and pushing to retain "freedoms for Canada".
What was the protest about;
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The Freedom Convoy, a protest response to a federal mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccination for truck drivers crossing the Canada?U.S. border, resulted in an encampment of large trucks in the nation?s capital in early 2022.
The original protest action, which began in January 2022, quickly evolved into a broader, large-scale movement in opposition to pandemic mandates and restrictions, with similar demonstrations being held at several Canada-U.S. border crossings.
Adam and Eve were created with far superior strength physically and mentally to us today. We will have some growing to do when we get to heaven.
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All come forth from their graves the same in stature as when they entered the tomb. Adam, who stands among the risen throng, is of lofty height and majestic form, in stature but little below the Son of God. He presents a marked contrast to the people of later generations; in this one respect is shown the great degeneracy of the race. But all arise with the freshness and vigor of eternal youth... Sin defaced and almost obliterated the divine image; but Christ came to restore that which had been lost. He will change our vile bodies and fashion them like unto His glorious body. The mortal, corruptible form, devoid of comeliness, once polluted with sin, becomes perfect, beautiful, and immortal. All blemishes and deformities are left in the grave. Restored to the tree of life in the long-lost Eden, the redeemed will "grow up" (Malachi 4:2) to the full stature of the race in its primeval glory. The last lingering traces of the curse of sin will be removed, and Christ's faithful ones will appear in "the beauty of the Lord our God," in mind and soul and body reflecting the perfect image of their Lord. Oh, wonderful redemption! long talked of, long hoped for, contemplated with eager anticipation, but never fully understood. {GC 644.3}
Word studies can be helpful, but they can also make simple things very confusing.
Even in the English language a word can have various meanings. For example: "ran" He ran a mile, the road ran all across Canada, He ran with the idea, they ran a pipeline from the oil field to the refinery, he ran the engine, he ran the program. "date" The date was March 6 when they planned a romantic date at a restaurant where they served date pies.
The meaning of the word in each case depended on the context and surrounding words for the person to know the meaning. One doesn't enforce just any of the meanings on each time the word is used.
Originally Posted by Rick H
He ends it with " So God created the Universe in a period of 7 YOWMS........... Morning and Evening mean beginning and Ending of a day, or of a period of time." How does that correspond with the understanding the days of Creation as literal 24 hour periods, any want to expand on that point?
A simple reading of Genesis 1 and 2 makes it plain the Yowm there is a 24 hour day. God divides the light from the darkness, and the evening and morning are the first day. Evening (darkness) morning (light).
6 evenings (darkness) and 6 mornings (light period) six literal days, and rested on the seventh day.
Then go to Exodus 16 and 20. Israel didn't keep the Sabbath every seventh month (or who knows how long periods). They didn't gather enough manna on the sixth lengthy period, to last them another 7th lengthy time period. Those were literal 24 hour days. The command asks them to keep every seventh literal 24 hour day, which the text explains God blessed and made holy at creation.
What is your understanding that Job's friends said wrong about God?
Why did it make God so angry?
Job:42:7 And it was so...the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Has anyone thought about it or wondered?
A person gave this example of several from what Eliphaz said in Job 4:
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7 Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? 8 As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it. 9 At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more." [Suffering befalls only the evil, as a punishment of the divine for sin]
I've come across Adventists, as I'm sure many here have also, who don't see how a Sunday law could eventually go worldwide. It occurs to me that that is because we have given a superficial reading to the text. But what is the wording?
The U.s. is supposed to be the most powerful country at this time. Is it small wonder that we could put pressure on non Christian nations under the right circumstances? Especially as the dictatorial minded continue to take over.
Revelation 13:11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
14And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Causes. According to the passage cause in one instance means to be manipulated, hypnotized, as Ellen White and Jones stated it back in their time.
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Revelation 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
According to inspiration people will believe because
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2 Thessalonians 2:9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
We will have no one to blame but ourselves. It's easy to project onto others, but perhaps God would prefer we stay on our knees in humility of heart.
Causes through deceit which is manipulation in many forms.
Then cause as in force:
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Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
First manipulate to acquire willing obedience, then by force for those who will not bow the knee to Satan.
Many will be laid to rest, especially children, which brings up an important issue.
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1 Kings 14: 10Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam ... 12Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 13And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
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This promise is yours. You may be comforted and trust in the Lord. The Lord has often instructed me that many little ones are to be laid away before the time of trouble. We shall see our children again. We shall meet them and know them in the heavenly courts. Put your trust in the Lord, and be not afraid.?Letter 196, 1899.
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The Lord ?doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.? Lamentations 3:33. ?Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.? Psalm 103:13, 14. He knows our heart, for He reads every secret of the soul. He knows whether or not those for whom petitions are offered would be able to endure the trial and test that would come upon them if they lived. He knows the end from the beginning. Many will be laid away to sleep before the fiery ordeal of the time of trouble shall come upon our world. This is another reason why we should say after our earnest petition; ?Nevertheless not my will, but Thine, be done.? Luke 22:42. Such a petition will never be registered in heaven as a faithless prayer.
The apostle was bidden to write, ?Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.? Revelation 14:13. From this we can see that all are not to be raised up; and if they are not raised to health they should not be judged as unworthy of eternal life. If Jesus, the world's Redeemer, prayed, ?O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me,? and added, ?nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt? (Matthew 26:39), how very appropriate it is for finite mortals to make the same surrender to the wisdom and will of God.
It may be hard to believe but increasing disasters has only just begun. We haven't seen anything yet. Many will lose their lives.
In the end only 144,000 for God will be left standing out of the billions today. Only 144,000 who live Ellen White's dream of the narrow road that became more and more narrow till all that was left was a green cord to hole onto. Not something we want to hear from what I see. Easier to believe anything else than that.
Totally agree! Even Adventists often just pull up a text concerning the judgment without any regard to the timeline and over arching process by which God fully discloses His love and justice.
The judgement isn't just to evaluate the individual's spiritual condition, (though that is part of it) but it is a thorough process by which God shows how His government is the way of love and justice, that He will not force anyone to worship Him, but even to rebels He freely offers a redemptive plan at great cost to Himself! His character of love did everything to save mankind and those lost are lost because of their refusal to escape from the bondage of sin by accepting his redeeming, cleansing plan. And those saved, even though they too were sinners, did value and accept His forgiveness and cleansing, refining power, inviting Him into their hearts and lives.
When this earth's example of what diverting from God's perfect government is like, ends, every being in the whole universe will have all doubts removed about God and His law, and all will joyously exclaim, Just and true are all your ways, Oh God!
Two distinct groups of saints will be received by Jesus when He comes the second time: One who resurrects by the sound of the silver trumpet and 144,000 who are alive and harvested by the sickle.
1 Cor. 15:51-52 " Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
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."
Those who tasted death and who never tasted death are two different groups. The great multitudes are numberless and are composed of all the resurrected saints throughout the ages. These saints do not have harps but palm branches to sing praises unto God and the Lamb.
144,000 is the number that John heard, "I heard the number of them" (Rev. 7:4). There is no indication that the number 144,000 is symbolic but literal. These saints learned to play harps, unlike the palm branch holders, the great multitudes.
Rev. 14:1-3 "nd 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. 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 could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth."
Rev. 15:2-3 "And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."
Isa. 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Solomon's temple had 4000 instrumentalists who played music. 1Chron. 23:5 "Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith."
The great multitudes will have their kingdoms in the twelve thrones of the universe. Matt. 19:28 "And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
One hundred forty-four thousand will dwell in the temple of God and serve Him day and night in the New Jerusalem. Rev. 7:15 "Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them."
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