The 144,000 Revelation 7:1-8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO
The 144,000
Verse 1 – 4 angels on 4 corners of earth – Isaiah 40:22 the earth is round – 4 corners refers to North, East, South, West – Is 11:12 also refers to the 4 corners of the earth – so the four corners is a reference to the earth in its entirety
Verse 1 – 4 winds – Matthew 24:31 – Daniel 7:2 – Ezekiel 37:9 – North, East, South, and West winds – thus wind from all directions – we find all four winds in scripture – here are some of the places – Proverbs 25:23 north wind – Psalms 78:26 east wind and south wind – Exodus 10:19 west wind
Verse 1 – all wind stops
Verse 2 – the seal of the living God – Revelation 7:3. 9:4 to seal the servants of God in their foreheads – Numbers 6:27, Ezekiel 9:2-4
Verse 3 – so the winds are going to hurt the earth seas and trees
Verse 3 – but not till the servants of God are sealed
Verse 4 – 144,000 of all tribes of Israel – Isaiah 49:6 – so God knows where they are and who they are – they are all Jews, males and virgins – Revelation 14:1-4 – no chance that these can be Jehovah’s Witnesses, therefore
Verses 4-8 – 12 tribes – but Levi replaces Dan and Joseph is given for Ephraim
2 tribes missing from the list – Ephraim by name – here they are referred to as Joseph – and Dan
Ephraim was the territory in which Bethel was located and Dan was in the north – these are the places where the two golden calves of Jeroboam were placed 1 Kings 12:28-30
Dan has characteristics of the Antichrist
Genesis 49:17 Jacob said that Dan shall be a serpent Genesis 3:1, Revelation 12:9 – context in Genesis 49:18 2nd advent
Deuteronomy 33:22 Dan is a lion’s whelp 1 Peter 5:8 [he leaps from Bashan]
1 Kings 12:29-30, 2 Kings 10:29 – the golden calf of Jeroboam in Dan
Amos 8:14 – the sin of Samaria, Thy god, O Dan, liveth
Judah 17:10 & 18:1 – Micah’s priest called “father” [Matthew 23:9] was taken by the Danites with his idols called “gods” – he had a graven image Judges 18:30-31 and the image was set up like Daniel 3 – contrary to Deuteronomy 16:21-22
Jerermiah 8:16-17 horses from north [Dan] and serpents bite you
Leviticus 24:11 – a Danite blasphemed God and was stoned
Numbers 2:25 Dan was on the north – Joshua 19:47; Jeremiah 1:13-14
Judges 5:17 Deborah and Barak asked “why did Dan remain in ships” – instead of fighting with Barak against Sisera, a type of the Antichrist
Judges 13:2 Samson was from Dan
2 Chronicles 2:14 and Aholiab was from Dan [Exodus 31:6] – these Danites were skillful to work in gold and other metal and material for the temple and tabernacle and the Antichrist will have skillful men to make his golden image and his seat in the Tribulation temple
Jeremiah 4:15 Dan and Ephraim are mentioned in the same verse – these verses have Tribulation and 2nd Ad context
Ezekiel 48:1 Nevertheless, Dan gets a millennial inheritance
Ezekiel 48:32 and Dan gets a gate around the millennial Temple
Ephraim [Ezekiel 37:16, Jeremiah 31:9 Ephraim is used interchangeably with Joseph for Israel] Psalms 78:67
Genesis 49:22 Jacob prophecies about Joseph instead of Manasseh and Ephraim
Judges 17:1, 8 Micah lived in mount Ephraim [where the Danites stole the priest and idols]
Jeremiah 7:11-16 [15] cast out the whole seed of Ephraim
Isaiah 28:1-3 refers to the crown of pride the drunkards of Ephraim
Psalms 78:9-10 – Ephraim kept not the covenant and refused to walk in law
Deuteronomy 29:18-21 – spells out the curse against a tribe for turning away from the Lord – cut off
I Kings 12:29 – calf
Judges 4:5 – Deborah, who judged Israel, was from Ephraim
Hosea 4:17 – Ephraim joined to idols let him alone
Hosea 6:10 – the whoredom of Ephraim
Hosea 7:8, 11 – Ephraim was half baked – turn to Egypt and Assyria
Hos 8:11 – Ephraim made many altars to sin
Hosea 11:12 – Ephraim’s lies and deceit
Hosea 12:8, 14 – Ephraim became rich and provoked the Lord to anger
Hosea 13:1-4 – Ephraim offended in Baal
Hosea 14:8 – what have I to do anymore with idols
Ezekiel 48:5-6 – Ephraim has an inheritance in the millennium
Ezekiel 48:32 – the gate in the mill is named Joseph – Dan has a gate and Levi gets a gate – so Joseph stands for the 2 other tribes [Manasseh and Ephraim]
Zechariah 9:10 – I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim