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61 | Please explain who the 144,000 are. | Revelation | There | 12705 | ||
The 144,000 are Israelites (12,000 from each of the twelve tribes of Israel). Mid-point in the seventieth week God will seal unto salvation and protect "the woman" who flees to the wilderness of Edom, i.e. the 144,000. From the only other passage that refers explicitly to the 144,000, we learn "these are the ones wo have not been defiled with women [i.e. have not committed spiritual adultery], for they have kept themselves [spiritually] chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as firstfruits to God and the Lamb" (Rev. 14:4) Although they will be protected from the persecution from Antichrist during the second half of the seventieth week, they are not raptured with the church at Christ's return at the end of the seventieth week. Either similtaneously or immediately after the church is raptured, the 144,000 dwelling in Edom will be brought into a saving relationship with their Messiah, Jesus Christ. Just as God prophecied through Ezekiel: "I shall bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I shall enter into judgement with you face to face... And I shall make you pass under the rod, and I shall bring you into the bond of the covenant" (Ezek. 20:35,37). Therefore, it is this 144,000 who will flee into the wilderness of Edom at mid-point in the seventieth week and are sealed for salvation; they are protected (Rev. 12:6) until Christ's return at the end of the seventieth week, when they will be "brought into the bond of the covenant", i.e. brought into a saving relationship with their Messiah, Jesus Christ. At this point they will "follow the Lamb wherever He will go" (also Isaiah 63:1-3), and will be protected from the wrath of God (Day of the Lord). (see Rev. 9:4 where God's wrath is directly against all "the men who have not received the seal of God on their foreheads".) Then will follow the final Day of the Lord judgments and the 30 day reclamation of the nation of Israel [i.e. those who survive the 70th week] by Jesus Christ (Isaiah 24:6; Habakkuk 3). Also Micah 2:12,13 tells of Israel's (i.e. 144,000) protection in Edom ("fold" is actually "Bozrah" a capital of Edom), and the restoration of the nation of Israel by Messiah which will enter physically into the millenium. [The times are mentioned in Daniel and Revelation, and the 30 day reclamation of Israel is foretold by Hosea also.] This process of saving the "nation" of Israel is mentioned in Romans, culminating with Paul's words "The Deliverer will come from Zion to remove ungodliness from Jacob (Israel)" when the time of the Gentiles is complete. |
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62 | holy spirit be here during tribulation | Revelation | There | 12631 | ||
I don't believe there is any scripture that states God's Spirit will leave His children. And in Rev. 3:10, it states that He will "keep" ("guard" or "watch") the faithful church. So He won't be ignoring us during that time. In Daniel 10:21 it states that the angel Michael is the protector of God's people since ancient times. And in 2Thessalonians 2:6-8 Paul states that "he who restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way". Some people understand this to mean Michael is the protector of only Israel, but Paul is speaking to Christians (non-Jews, ex-gentiles) of Thessalonia. That is the only "spirit" that will be removed. |
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63 | Mark of the beast before or after Christ | Revelation | There | 12630 | ||
I believe the mark will occur in the middle of the seventieth week (mid trib), but Christ will return "immediately after the tribulation of those days... "to gather His elect..."(Matt. 24:29,31). | ||||||
64 | God's wrath tribulational. | Revelation | There | 12629 | ||
Hi RCScroll, I'm not a pre-tribber, but I'd like to add another aspect to your question. In Revelation when Christ speaks to the 7 churches, is He saying to each that they will not be going through the tribulation of those days? Or is there only the faithful church that He will "keep" from the hour of trial that comes upon the whole world (v.3:10)? ("KEEP" in that verse comes from the word "tereo", meaning to watch or guard.) |
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65 | What is 666? | Revelation | There | 12625 | ||
It represents the man who will be empowered by Satan. The identity will be scrupulously concealed to the world until the middle of the seventieth week. Quite probably if he were to be revealed before this time, before he took over the 3-nation power base, before he made his covenant with Israel, before he assembled his massive military strength, before being supernaturally empowered by Satan -- he would likely be killed or imprisoned long before God's words were fulfilled. Other descriptions of Antichrist(666) by various names and titles: Antichrist (1John 2:18); the beast (Rev. 13:4); the man of lawlessness and the son of destruction (2Thess. 2:3); Gog (Ezek. 38:2); the little horn (Dan. 7:8); the destroyer and extortioner (Isa. 16:4); the head of the house of evil (Hab. 3:13); and even the personified abomination of desolation (Matt. 24:15). The only real clue to where he will come from is in the book of Ezekiel 38: "[from] the land of Magog"... "from the remote parts of the north" (vv.2,6) and will descend on Israel "like a storm... "like a cloud covering the land" with a vast army and massive weapons of war (vv.4,8,9). Antichrist is also described by John in Rev. 17:10,11. When Revelation was written by John at the end of the first century A.D. we see that 5 beast empires of Satan had come and gone ("five have fallen"), "one is" (i.e. the Roman Empire), one was yet to come in the future and would "remain for a little while" (i.e. the Nazi Empire of the Third Reich seems most probable). Also there will be an 8th leader who will lead the final ten-nation confederation -- namely the Antichrist, who "was and is not", and who is also "one of the seven" rulers of the preceding seven beast empires. This last reference clearly refers to a man, not an empire as seen in John's choice of words stating that "the beast (Antichrist)... is himself also the 8th (head or king), and is one of the seven (heads or kings)" (v.11). "Himself" is obviously a reference to Antichrist as a man. The other strange truth about this passage seems to be that this man (8th king) will be one of the previous 7 kings "who was and is not", i.e he has already died. So we are told that the man (Antichrist) will be one of the 7 leaders of the previous 7 beast empires and has since died. So he will be a dead man brought back to life to rule the final beast empire. Verse 13:3 "...and all the world marveled (was amazed) and followed the beast". It would seem that this is Satan's final attempt to appear to the world as their resurrected savior. |
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66 | The Great Prostitue? | Revelation | There | 12623 | ||
The Great Prostitute, "harlotry" represents false religion (idolatry). Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots, depicts the supreme system(s) of false religion that focuses on the "Queen of Heaven", with it's mother/child worship, which in one form or another has dominated almost all the beast empires of Satan and has sought to destroy Israel and the church in general since their beginnings. The most visible manifestation of that false religion is seen today in Rome (Catholicism) and Constantinople/Istanbul (Byzantine/Eastern Othodox. So in Revelation, both terms are speaking of the same thing, a false religion( that will have authority over the masses, and deal harshly with anyone who disagrees with its teaching and worship. In essence it will lead it's followers to worship "Satan" during the latter days. Today, it is involved in an "ecumenical movement", attempting to bring about a sort of one world religion whereby all faiths (Christian, Islam, Budhist, etc.) would all be under one central authority. They claim that no matter who one worships it is the one and same God/god, so therefore we should be able to find some middle ground for world worship. |
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67 | Question about the Bible! | Bible general Archive 1 | There | 12475 | ||
Men before the birth of Christ were inspired by God to write the Old Testament, which includes a revelation from God concerning creation and His instruction for man on how to live a righteous life. The New Testament, also inspired by God, is actually 4 gospels (written accounts of Jesus' life, death and resuurection) plus letters written by Christ's disciples containing His teachings. The teachings have not changed from Old Testament to New Testament. The covenant (two-way agreement) is the only thing that has changed. God's covenants with man to save, always took faith in men. But under the old covenant men were to learn righteousness from the written law, whereas under the new covenant God would write those same laws on a man's heart. In biblical purity, the "church" is people. They are people who believe God (have faith). Since God's Holy Spirit dwells in the heart of those who are saved by Him through faith, God does dwell in the "church". If you are talking about church buildings, that is a different story. You are right, God's presence does not live in a building. But because men have built these structures to fellowship with others in faith, they are sometimes referred to as the "house" of God. |
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68 | manhood | Bible general Archive 1 | There | 12417 | ||
You are talking about the relationship between a husband and wife, correct? Not simply a relationship between a man and women (girlfriend)? Once married a man's main responsibility is towards his wife. The Bible says that a man should leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife. I believe it is his responsibility to provide for her and his children. These days that may be a very difficult thing to do though on one salary. It is also his reponsibility to "love" his wife. For an explanation of love please see 1Cor.13:4-7. A very important responsibility of the husband as head of the wife, is to make certain that they are both heading the same direction spiritually (Eph.25:11). He will encourage his wife in spiritual matters. I think this is one reason that God's word says that we should not be unequally yoked with an unbeliever (2Cor.6:14). A husband and wife have become "one", and if they are pulling against one another it causes strive. This becomes especially evident when children are involved. I also believe that it is his responsibility to "protect". I don't have scripture on this, but the physical attributes seem to obviously point to that for me. I would also like to add, that a man also retains a responsibility towards his mother when the father is no longer able to support or care for her. In fact I think he does towards both parents if and when they need. Anyone else? How much am I missing? |
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69 | manhood | Bible general Archive 1 | There | 12334 | ||
After leaving father and mother, reponsibility towards his wife should come first. (Gen.2:24; Matt.19:5; Mark 10:7) If I understand your question "when does a man become a man" in a relationship? .. a man should be a man before he marries. Are you asking what his responsibilities are in that relationship? |
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70 | musical instruments or not? | Bible general Archive 1 | There | 12118 | ||
Does your church have a ban on instruments? Have you asked them why they do not use instruments? The only "churches" that I know that do not use instruments of any kind in their worship services are those who cannot afford to, and the Mennonites, Amish and certain Brethren churches. I was told (by members of...) that they don't use them because they believe God wants to hear their voices raised to Him rather than instruments. I've never checked to see if that is doctrinal for those religions though. It may only be a preference. I have also "heard" that some don't use instruments or sing any "new" praise and worship songs for fear that the music would veer off from what they believe is the only godly music -- hymns. But I don't know if that is a fact either. Scripturally though, it would seem that God enjoys praise and worship to Him musically either way. David being one example of both singing and the use of instruments. |
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71 | Is there scripture that warns us not to | Bible general Archive 1 | There | 12114 | ||
There are no exact scriptures mentioning drugs persay, but alcohol yes. And in the case of alcohol God does not say that having a drink is wrong, but that overindulging is sin. Moderation in all things. Because God expects us to have self-control and to act in love toward Him and others, and to be of sound mind, it would seem that "drugs" of any kind that would prevent us from doing any of those things could/would cause us to sin, especially if used to excess. |
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