Buy now Chapter 7 Introduction In the last Chapter 6, John has seen the effects on mankind of the Battle of the Ages during the Age of PISCES. That Battle begins to turn going into Chapter 7 beginning with a short break in the action.   The Interlude Revelation 7 is a pause between the sixth and seventh seals during which John sees a throng of people before the throne of Yahuah too many to count, loudly proclaiming “Salvation belongs to our God Yahuah, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb Yahusha” (Revelation 7:10). We are given an inside look at Yahuah’s Grace and Salvation during the time of “tribulation on Earth” where this Earth is judged for violating the Everlasting Covenant of the Sabbath and breaking His Laws. Isaiah 24 4 The Earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the Earth waste away. 5 The Earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore a curse has consumed the Earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the Earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.… The winds that blow from the 4 corners are Yahuah’s judgment of the Earth, and the four angels are restrained or hold back the judgment until Yahuah's special servants can be sealed on their foreheads for protection, of which there are 144,000. “The 144,000 Sealed Servants” are those sealed over the 2,000-year Age of PISCES as the first four Seals are broken. The number 144,000 is symbolic of the number of perfect government (12x12). Yahuah’s breath/Spirit/wind is withheld from blowing His Inspiration on the Earth  The sealed servants of Yahuah set apart before the destruction of the Earth.  144000 is the total number given, this number like the rest of this vision is a VISION and symbolic.  Twelve thousand from each tribe are sealed: from Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. A great multitude who came out of the Great Tribulation present themselves in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. Concerning the 144k, this number represents the perfect number from each of the 12 tribes of Israel chosen for the Kingdom of Yahuah. Only a "very few" find the narrow gate (which is properly keeping Passover as Yahusha set the example and overcoming the Dragon).   Matthew 7 13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it (Revelation 21:7). 14 But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it (those that overcome the Dragon Revelation 21:7). 15 Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.… It is these that have overcome The Dragon by believing in and keeping The Word of His Testimony as their own… Revelation 12:11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony (which is keeping The Word of His Testimony found in the stars… faith in Yahusha see Revelation 2:13); they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.   Revelation 6:9 And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal (of The Heavenly Scroll), I saw under the (rainbow) altar (in The Heavenly Scroll) the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God (preserved in the stars Psalm 119:89, Psalm 89:2) and for the testimony (of Yahuah’s written in the stars) they had upheld (or “held fast” Revelation 2:13, Hebrews 10:23, Hebrews 3:6, to The Plan of Salvation written in The Heavenly Scroll).   Revelation 7:14 "Sir," I answered, "you know." So he replied, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. The number 144,000 is not literal it is a physical to spiritual parallel of perfection 12x12, like the number of disciples (12). There are many more than 144,000. Relative to the number of humans ever created (about 15 billion) whatever the actual number is it is a very small remnant. The number 12 represents governmental perfect. Yahusha came to establish the Kingdom of Yahuah which is a divine government, his choosing 12 disciples was symbolic of setting up the kingdom... 144,000 is symbolic of those who inhabit His Kingdom. For more information on the number 144, please see: http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/12.html   24 Elders and 12 Judges There is speculation that the 24 Elders could be the 24 Kings over Israel. I reject that list because many of those kings were pagan rebellious men who would not have been raised by Yahuah but instead were judged for their idolatry against Him. They would NOT live eternally to sit on those coveted seats/thrones and would not have been awarded crowns by Yahuah to rule by the side of the King Yahusha. They were guilty of Spiritual Fornication with those pagan deities, the worst of crimes against the Kingdom. We read in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Star-worship seems to have been an enticement to Israel from the first (Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:3; Amos 5:26; compare Acts 7:42,43), but this idolatry attained special prominence in the days of the later kings of Judah. The name of Manasseh is particularly connected with it. This king built altars for "all the host of Heaven" (worshipping the Signs of the Zodiac) in the courts of the temple Kings 21:3-5 3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of Heaven and served them.4 And he built altars in the house of Yahuah, of which Yahuah had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name 5 For he built altars for all the host of Heaven in the two courts of the house of Yahuah." Josiah destroyed these altars, and cleansed the temple from the idolatry by putting down the priests and burning the vessels associated with it. 2 Kings 23:4-5 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of Yahuah all the vessels that were made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of Heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. And he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, also those who burned incense to Baal, to the Sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all the host of Heaven (constellations of the Zodiac) These idolatrous Kings caused Israel to be judged and taken into captivity, they were not even blessed on Earth and the thrones they were given were in most cases taken away along with their children’s crowns! Ultimately the entire line of Kings was suspended due to their idolatry against the Most High. They were not later honored in the seats reigning next to Yahusha. Below are those I believe are Elders in the Kingdom of Yahuah. Those raised eternal to sit on the 24 thrones with Crowns of Gold on their heads with positions of respect and authority in the Kingdom next to Yahusha the King. The list below represents those few men in history who have shaped our faith, heard directly from Yahuah, many gave their lives for His Truths. They are His Prophets and Signatories to His Covenants:   24 Elders 1.       Isaiah - Prophet 2.       Jeremiah - Prophet 3.       Ezekiel - Prophet 4.       Daniel - Prophet 5.       Elijah - Prophet 6.       Samuel - Prophet 7.       Enoch - Prophet 8.       Hosea - Prophet 9.       Joel - Prophet 10.    Amos - Prophet 11.    Obadiah - Prophet 12.    Jonah - Prophet 13.    Micah - Prophet 14.    Nahum - Prophet 15.    Habakkuk - Prophet 16.    Zephaniah - Prophet 17.    Haggai - Prophet 18.    Zechariah - Prophet 19.    Malachi - Prophet 20.    Adam – Signatory to the Adamic Covenant 21.    Noah – Signatory to the Noahic Covenant 22.    Abraham – Signatory to the Abrahamic Covenant 23.    Moses – Signatory to the Mosaic 24.    David – Signatory to the Davidic Covenant   Judges over the 12 tribes   Matthew 19:28 Yahusha said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in heaven, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.   John the Baptist Peter Andrew James the Just Philip Bartholomew Matthew/ Levi James, son of Alpheus Thomas Simon Jude Thaddeus Sha’ul or Judas the Sicarii (this is Yahusha’s decision to make)

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