Isaiah 16:14 "But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble." "I WAS pointed down to the time when the third angel's message was closing. The power of God had rested upon His people; they had accomplished their work and were prepared for the trying before them. They had received the latter rain, or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, and the living testimony had been revived. The last great warning had sounded everywhere, and it had stirred up and enraged the inhabitants of the earth who would not receive the message." Early Writings, p. 279.1. God testified that he was putting his name (His NAME is the WORD OF GOD Rev 19:13=His risen quickened living law) in his Temple (144,000) located in Jerusalem. King Solomon, God said, “will build a house for my name” (2 Samuel 7:13, NET). “I will . . . bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside” (Nehemiah 1:9, NET). Matthew 19:28 Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne (144,000:Bride of Christ), you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones (12 apostles), judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Genesis 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Exodus 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. Exodus 12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Deuteronomy 17:18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: 1 Samuel 2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them. 2 Samuel 3:10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. 2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of his kingdom for ever. 2 Samuel 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] shall be established for ever. 2 Samuel 14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] be guiltless. 1 Kings 1:13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne [144,000=Bride of Christ]? why then doth Adonijah [represents "God the Holy Spirit" in the Trinity today] reign? 1 Kings 1:17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne [144,000=Bride of Christ]. 1 Kings 1:20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of my lord the king after him. 1 Kings 1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne [144,000=Bride of Christ]? 1 Kings 1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of my lord the king after him? 1 Kings 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. 1 Kings 1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne [144,000=Bride of Christ]; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 1 Kings 1:37 As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] greater than the throne of my lord king David. 1 Kings 1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of the kingdom. 1 Kings 1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 1 Kings 1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 1 Kings 2:4 That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of Israel. Christ is the Son of Man on the Throne of David/Solomon today - the 144,000 who believe that it is CHRIST IN THEM, THE HOPE OF GLORY Col 1:27 1 Kings 2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. 1 Kings 2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne [144,000=Bride of Christ], and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. 1 Kings 2:24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 1 Kings 2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne [144,000=Bride of Christ], shall there be peace for ever from the Lord. 1 Kings 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. 1 Kings 1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 1 Kings 1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 1 Kings 5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. 1 Kings 8:20 And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 1 Kings 8:25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. 1 Kings 10:9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. 2 Chronicles 6:10 The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 2 Chronicles 6:16 Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. Psalm 45:6 Thy throne [144,000=Bride of Christ], O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Psalm 47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of his holiness. Isaiah 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne [wicked people who don't keep the Commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus] above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: Jeremiah 43:10 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. Matthew 23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Luke 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of his father David: Acts 2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne [144,000=Bride of Christ]; Hebrews 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne [144,000=Bride of Christ], O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of God. Revelation 4:5 And out of the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ], which are the seven Spirits of God. Revelation 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Revelation 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne [144,000=Bride of Christ]. Revelation 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ] of God. Revelation 19:5 And a voice came out of the throne [144,000=Bride of Christ], saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. Jesus is the Son of God. Of the same DNA. Christ is the thought of God made audible to the world. The Son of God is in the express image of His Father as we are to be in the express image of Christ because the Son of God was MADE a quickening Spirit after He rose from the dead in victory over sin for the world to claim as their very own victory over sin. HIS VICTORY IS OURS. The Son of God became the FATHER of a NEW RACE OF PEOPLE! (both divine and human=blended with the seed of God and the seed of man=amalgamation) SIN FREE PEOPLE! See 1 John 3:9 "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his SEED [Son of God is the seed of God] remaineth IN him: and he CANNOT sin, because he is born of God." Sin free because the blood of the Son of God covers our sins if we accept His sacrifice as our very own sacrifice over our sins! This is called RIGHTEOUSNESS by faith! Who Was this Man Melchizedek? Melchizedek represents the 144,000, the Bride of Christ, the Queen of Heaven, the City of Truth aka (also known as) the City of Light, Whirring Wheels, Chariots of Fire = the Kings and Priests of the BREAD AND WINE (Genesis 14:18), which the bread and wine are the 3 Angel's messages of Rev 14:6-12 and the fourth angel's message Rev 18:1-5:
TWO DISTINCT BEINGS WHO ARE GOD. UNTO THE SON HE ["God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" 2 Corinthians 1:3, 1 Cor 8:6: John 20:17 "I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God."] SAITH Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Heb 1:8 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep MY words: and MY Father will love him, and WE will come unto him, and make OUR abode with him. John 14:23. TWO DISTINCT BEINGS who are both "God": 1) "He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath BOTH the Father and the Son." 2 John 1:9 2) If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated BOTH me and my Father. John 15:24 3) Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them BOTH. Zechariah 6:13 4) "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." John 14:23 Notice this verse only mentions two beings. 5) "And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it" Revelation 21:22 (KJV). 6) "And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof" Revelation 21:23 (KJV). 7) "And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb" Revelation 22:1(KJV). 8) "And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him" Revelation 22:3 (KJV). "Christ and the Father covenanted together; and Lucifer, the covering cherub, grew jealous because he was not admitted into the eternal councils of the Two who sat upon the throne" The Story of the Seer of Patmos, p. 217.2 (Stephen N. Haskell). The THRONE OF GOD IS THE 144,000, the BRIDE OF CHRIST the CITY OF TRUTH, the CITY OF LIGHT, the ELECT OF GOD, the REMNANT CHURCH, the CHURCH TRIUMPHANT, WHIRRING WHEELS, CHARIOT OF FIRE, because both the Father and the Son make their abode in the 144,000 who are in the express image of Christ because Christ lives in them by His Holy Spirit which is the living law of God that constrains their daily choices to be like His choices...His characteristics which is conformed perfectly to the WILL OF GOD WHICH IS THE LAW OF GOD, CHRIST IN US. ![]() Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and WE will come unto him, and make OUR abode with him. John 14:23. "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High" Psalms 82:6. "Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?" John 10:34. "But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him" 1 Corinthians 8:6. There is only ONE GOOD GOD and that is the God and Father of Jesus Christ. Christ was indeed sinless, but HE took our sins upon His body - and HE was MADE to be sin so that we could be made righteous IN HIM. 2 Corinthians 5:21 "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." How could Jesus be the only Wise immortal, invisible God (Romans 16:27) when He has been MADE to be SIN for us and was seen on earth? "If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken [set aside];" John 10:35. "Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?" John 10:36. (or in NIV "what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'?") However much a shepherd may love his sheep, he loves his sons and daughters more. Jesus is not only our shepherd; He is our "everlasting Father." And He says, "I know Mine own, and Mine own know Me, even as the Father knoweth Me, and I know the Father." John 10:14, 15, R.V. What a statement is this!--the only-begotten Son, He who is in the bosom of the Father, He whom God has declared to be "the Man that is My fellow" (Zechariah 13:7),--the communion between Him and the eternal God is taken to represent the communion between Christ and His children on the earth!--The Desire of Ages, p. 483. It may be objected, If the Father and the Son are TWO DISTINCT BEINGS, do you not, in worshipping the Son and calling him God, break the first commandment of the decalogue? "No; it is the Father's will 'That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.' We cannot break the commandment and dishonor God by obeying him. The Fathers says of the Son, 'Let all the angels of God worship him.' Should angels refuse to worship the Son, they would rebel against the Father. Children inherit the name of their Father. The Son of God 'hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than' the angels. That name is the name of his Father. The Father says to the Son, 'Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever.' Heb.1. The Son is called 'The mighty God.' Isa. 9:6. And when he comes again to earth his waiting people will exclaim, 'This is our God.' Isa. 25:9. It is the will of the Father that we should thus honor the Son. In doing so we render supreme honor to the Father. If we dishonor the Son, we dishonor the Father; for he requires us to honor his son. "But though the Son is called God yet there is a 'God and Father of our lord Jesus Christ' 1Pet. 1:3. Though the Father says to the Son, 'Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever,' yet, that throne is given him of his Father; and because he loved righteousness and hated iniquity, he further says, 'Therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee.' Heb. 1:9. 'God hath made that same Jesus both Lord and Christ.' Acts. 2:36. The Son is 'the everlasting Father,' not of himself, nor of his Father, but of his children. His language is, 'I and the children which God hath given me.' Heb. 2:13. "When the heart is cleansed from sin, Christ is placed on the throne (our mind, our daily choices) that self-indulgence and love of earthly treasure once occupied. The image of Christ is seen in the expression of the countenance. The work of sanctification is carried forward in the soul. Self-righteousness is banished. There is seen the putting on of the new man, which after Christ is created in righteousness and true holiness."—The Review and Herald, September 11, 1900.Counsels on Stewardship, p. 27 "The work of sanctification is the work of a lifetime; it must go on continually; but this work cannot go on in the heart while the light on any part of the truth is rejected or neglected. The sanctified soul will not be content to remain in ignorance, but will desire to walk in the light and to seek for greater light. As a miner digs for gold and silver, so the follower of Christ will seek for truth as for hidden treasures, and will press from light to a greater light, ever increasing in knowledge. He will continually grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth. Self must be overcome. Every defect of character must be discerned in God’s great mirror. We may discover whether or not we are condemned by God’s standard of character." Selected Messages Book 1, p. 317.2 "you who have followed Me" ...WHERE? Into the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary in the Third Heaven claiming Bible verse promises (1 Pet 1:4) by FAITH..." will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel". "The throne of God is a throne of life; not an inanimate throne of stones, but a living and moving throne. As John looked, he saw lightnings and heard thunderings and voices. He is viewing the center of creation, — the throne of God. It is the great body of life, the source of all law. By the power which centers there, worlds are held in space, and suns complete their circuits. The power which holds the universe in space, and binds atoms together, emanates [Page 97] from this throne of life. Angels are the ministers sent forth to do the will of Him who sits as King. Some are light-bearers to worlds, others are guardian angels for little children upon earth; but whatever the mission, whether great or small, as measured in humanity's scales, there is the same obedience to the mandates of Jehovah issuing from the presence of the Father, clothed in the reflection of His own light, those messengers disappear like flashes of lightning. The commands given, when spoken in an unknown tongue, sounded like the roar of the sea, or like deep and distant thunder. Other men have heard God speak when His voice sounded like thunder. This was so at Sinai, and also, when, near the close of His ministry, men gathered about Christ in the temple court. To the Son it was the voice of God; to men was thunder. John heard other voices which he understood. He saw also the seven spirits of God, which, in the earthly tabernacle, were typified by the seven lamps upon the golden candlestick. These stood before the throne. This was the ever present, all-pervading Spirit of Jehovah, in which all life has its origin" Stephen N. Haskell, Seer of Patmos, P. 96-97. Friends! Please email your thoughts about this page/picture below backed up with quotes about how we really are a part of the God Family...by adoption and marriage. Christ has married the 144,000...those who follow Him by faith into the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary (Rev 14:4) made an alliance with the Human race from God the Father in Heaven, the Sovereign of the Universe through His Son! Gods.....please send an email here with your thoughts about the following picture or a text here: 573-996-6401. Here are four more pages with my study notes about the 144,000 here, here and here and here. The 144,000 ARE the "Throne" of God. The 144,000 ARE the "City of God". The 144,000 ARE the "City of Light". Rev. 21:23; The 144,000 ARE the "New Jerusalem".
"Angels and beings of unfallen worlds behold the bow, and bow in reverence to the One [Christ] ON the Throne [144,000]" Stephen N. Haskell, Seer of Patmos, p. 182. "And a rainbow was upon his head." A rainbow encircles the throne of God, but the carnal eye will see little significance in the fact. To the one from whose eyes the veil has dropped, there is an infinite depth of meaning in the rainbow about the angel's head, and the appearance of the bow in our own heavens is, to the spiritual soul, a reminder of the everlasting covenant made in heaven. The divine historian gives the story of the rainbow as it appears in our heavens. Back in eternity, God and Christ covenanted for the redemption of the race, if man should sin after his creation, and so separate from his Maker, and the bow about the throne 167Margin182 was made the token of the covenant. Ever since, it has had its place about the throne, and it became an eternal token of the redemption of man. Angels and beings of unfallen worlds behold the bow, and bow in reverence to the One on the throne" Stephen N. Haskell, Seer of Patmos, p. 182. Exodus 19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, Revelation 21:23 And the city has no need for sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp. "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life (God and His Son, trunks on either side of the river of life joined at the top, in their mind, claiming the Word of God, Bible verse promises in the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary in the Third Heaven = Your mind, spiritually by FAITH entering the Most Holy STATE, PLACE in the Heavenly Sanctuary), and may enter in through the gates into the city" Revelation 22:14. Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches (seven churches - seven female servants see Esther 2:9); To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
Seer of Patmos by Stephen Nelson Haskell " Text version of the book: https://archive.org/stream/storyofseerofpat00hask/storyofseerofpat00hask_djvu.txt "As the Jewish nation, at the first advent, turned from the Saviour, and rejected the Son of God, so many in 1844 crucified the Son of man afresh. But He will one day be lifted up in the eyes of all men; and those who have followed close beside Him, entering by faith, within the second veil, will be seated on thrones and will reign with Him. To the disciples in Gethsemane, was given an opportunity to drink of the cup of which He drank. To the faithful ones in 1844, it was, likewise, given to drink of the cup of the world's scorn. To such is the promise, '' Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." Before His second coming, there will be such a time as the world has never seen. God's people will be saved from this; for He will hide them in His ''pavilion." " Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Patience will be developed by keeping the commandments and by clinging to the faith of Jesus. If He tarry, wait for Him; for He says to Philadelphia, '' Behold, I come quickly." Stephen N. Haskell, Seer of Patmos, P. 85. Deuteronomy 23:14 "Since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to defeat your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will turn away from you. Psalm 87:2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob. Ezekiel 38:9 "You will go up, you will come like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you." Ezekiel 38:16 and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog." Ezekiel 38:22 "With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone. Ezekiel 39:6 "And I will send fire upon Magog and those who inhabit the coastlands in safety; and they will know that I am the LORD. Revelation 13:13 And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people. "These four living creatures represent four phases of the character of God, The first was like a lion, the second like a calf, or an ox, as Ezekiel says, the third had the face of a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle (eyes that run to and fro upon the earth looking for one who walks uprightly in Him). This again establishes the fact that when the plan of redemption was laid, all heaven was in unison with the plan. Ezekiel and John, one before Christ's advent, the other after, describe the same thing, showing that the New Testament is but the unfolding of the Old. Christ in His life upon earth combined these four natures. He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, of whom it was prophesied, " The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come." As law-giver and governor, Christ represented the kingly nature of the Father. When the tribes were given their places about the sanctuary, Judah was located on the east ; and as they journeyed, the standard of Judah went before them. In the Gospels, Matthew begins with the genealogy, showing the right of Christ to the throne of David. There was, in the life of Emmanuel, a union of divinity with humanity. Christ was the firstborn in heaven; He was likewise the first born of God upon earth, and heir to the Father's throne [144,000=Bride of Christ]. Christ, the firstborn, though the Son of God, was clothed in humanity, and was made perfect through suffering. He took the form of man, and through eternity. He will remain a A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN. 99 a man. Every firstborn into human families is a type of the offering made by Christ. Mark, in his life of Christ, gives the servant side. The second face was that of the calf, or the ox, the servant of men. This represents the priesthood, — the Levites who were chosen for service. Christ is both the slain lamb, and the priest who ministers in the sanctuary on high. He bore the sins of the world in His own body on the cross, and the burden crushed Him to death. The most exalted position, and the most lowly position are here represented, — God in the heavens, and God on the cross. As Levites always accompanied the tabernacle, so Christ ministers constantly to man. Heaven will know no other story till man is redeemed from the earth. Every beast of burden beneath its load, every overworked child of God, is a reminder of the Christ who became the servant of men. Although He stepped into the lowliest place, yet He was still the giver of the law, and He is judge of all. The Gospel of Luke describes the man side of the Son, giving that part of His life work, which appeals most forcibly to the mind of man. As God took the form of man, there is, in the gift, a promise that man may have the nature of his God. The keen eye of the flying eagle is taken to represent the searching gaze of Him whose eyes, as a flame of fire, '' run to and fro throughout the whole earth, strongly to hold with them whose heart is perfect toward Him." Among the different writers, it was John, the beloved disciple, who saw the character of Christ portrayed as the glorious Word, One equal with the Father in might, power, and glory, and his gospel completes the inspired record of the The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God ; As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Mark 1:1,2. " The rainbow in the clouds is but a symbol of the rainbow which has encircled the throne from eternity. Back in the ages, which finite mind cannot fathom, the Father and Son were alone in the universe. Christ was the first begotten of the Father, and to Him Jehovah made known Rom. II : 33>34- How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 2 Cor. 12 : 3, 4. And immediately I was in the spirit : and, behold, a throne was set in heauen, and one sat on the throne. Rev. 4 : 2. Jer. 17 : 12. Ex. 3:2-5. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us ? I Sam. 6 : 20. Num. 4 : 5, 19, 20. 2 Sam. 6 : 7-1 1. I Kings 21 ; 27. Heb. 12 -.zq. God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sin- ners, Christ died for us. Rom. 5 :8. We are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. i Cor. 4 : 9. Heb. I : 14. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Isa. i 13. The living creatures ran and re- turned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. Eze. i : 14. Dan. 9 : 20-23. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone : and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. Rev. 4 : 3. ■2 Cor. 4 : 4. Eze. 1:28. Matt. 17 : 1-3. Luke 9 : 28, 29. Rev. 10 : 1. And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone : and upon the like- ness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above uponit. Eze. i : 26, 27. 94 STORY OF THE SEER OF PATMOS. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a cov- enant between me and the earth. Gen. g: 13. Even he shall build the temple of the Lord ; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne ; and he shall be a priest upon his throne : and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. Zech. 6 : 12, 13. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Gen. I : 26. "Who verily was foreordained be- fore the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. I Pet. 1:19, 20. 2 Tim. I :g, 10, Eph. I •4, 5- Heb. I ■ 13, 14. Rev. 5 •7- Isa. 14 : 12-14. Col. I : 20. Col. I : 14-17- Heb. r 3 :2o. I am in the Father, and the Fa- ther in me : the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. John 14 : 10. But made himself of no reputa- tion, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. Phil. 2:6-11. Rom. 8 :22, 23. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the tim- ber shall answer it. Hab. 2:11. Josh. 24 : 27. Rev. 21 : jg-2i. the divine plan of Creation. The plan of the creation of worlds was unfolded, together with the order of beings which should people them. Angels, as representatives of one order, would be ministers of the God of the universe. The creation of our own little world, was included in the deep-laid plans. The fall of Lucifer was foreseen; likewise the possibility of the intro- duction of sin, which would mar the perfection of the divine handiwork. It was then, in those early councils, that Christ's heart of love was touched ; and the only begotten Son pledged His life to redeem man, should he yield and fall. Father and Son, surrounded by impenetrable glory, clasped hands. It was in appreciation of this offer, that upon Christ was bestowed creative power, and the everlasting covenant was made ; and henceforth Father and Son, with one mind, worked together to complete the work of creation. Sacrifice of self for the good of others was the foundation of it all. As angels came into being at the command of Jehovah, heaven was so arranged that the plan of salvation could be read by them in everything. The arrangement of the angels in their work about the throne, is a picture of the redeeming love of God. Angelic beings know nothing different. Thus all heaven waits for the redemption of man. Even the stones which compose the foundation walls, have voices which speak of the atonement. The colors reflected from every object in the heavenly court speak louder of the power and infinite mercy of God than mortal tongue can speak. Human language cannot tell the story. It is beyond description. Throughout eternity, as one thing after another reveals the love of the A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN. 95 Father, the redeemed, Hke the Uving creatures now about the throne, will sing, *' Holy, holy, holy " Upon the face of our own world, is reflected this story ; for nature is " the mirror of divinity ;" but man is blind, and he mJsinterprets those things which point unmistakably to a God of love. The purpose of this revelation of Jesus Christ to the apostle John is to show men how near God is to the creatures of His hand ; that Jehovah's voice may be heard explaining the plan of Redemption. As a token of the covenant be- tween Father and Son, the bow was placed about the throne. " Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne : mercy and truth shall go be- fore thy face," for "mercy and truth are met together ; righteousness and peace have kissed each other." After the flood, the rainbow in the cloud was but a faint reflection of the constant reminder in heaven of the everlasting cov- enant made for the salvation of upon the face of our owii world man before the foundation of the world. Sin hides God's love from us, shutting out from the soul the rays of light from the throne of mercy. As the cloud gives forth the rain, and the sun, shining through the drops, produces the rainbow, so " the tears of the penitent are only the rain drops that precede the sunshine of holiness." The Sun of Righteousness, shining upon the tears of the penitent, makes manifest the glory of God, of which ** the bow that is in For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that they are without excuse. Rom. 1 :2o. Deut. 30 : 11-13. The bow shall be in the cloud ; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living crea- ture of all flesh that is upon the earth. Gen. 9 : 16. is reflected this story. Psa. 8g:i4. Psa. 85 : 10. Through the blood of the ever- lasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will. Heb. 13 : 20, 21. Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. Isa.sq : 2. 96 Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion (daughter of 144,000=5 wise virgins?) Sit on the ground, they are silent. They have thrown dust on their heads; They have girded themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Have bowed their heads to the ground. Worshiping at our feet...the feet of the 144,000 who have stood stiffly for the truth...the foolish virgins worship at the feet of the 144,000 the Throne of God. Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory (character=false doctrines=commandments/traditions of men) of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. |