King James Version, with Nii Okai's journal notes · 9 notes
1And 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.
2And 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:
3And 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.
4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
Aww, what a people, in whose mouth is no guile; they are his personal protocol.
Following the lamb everywhere he goes.
5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
They drank of the wine of her fornication, and therefore when the wrath of God came on all fornication,
all the other nations who were partakers with her drank as well of their iniquities.
9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
For angels to announce this, it would indeed have been a very trying moment for the saints here.
Oh God, have mercy on our brethren, and help, help, Lord... help.
12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Saints in the future will have to take their stance for Christ at the peril of their lives in order to enter the kingdom.
Just as the early church did suffer much for Christ.
And yet today we are told we need not suffer nothing, nor take a stand for him, yet we will still be given an entrance into the kingdom.
Such lies and deception we have believed in.
13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Amen, rest, and their works follow them to eternity.
People in all ages will continue to give their life to the Lord and serve him.
At this point in history, the rapture of the saints had long taken place, including the 144k.
Yet people continue to believe in the Lord and die in him.
Indeed, because of the rapture of these saints, people give their life to the Lord.
This shows many were about to die; the great tribulation was yet unfolding, but in death was victory.
14And 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.
15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
The first harvest was of the righteous, but this second harvest was that of the wicked, to be destroyed in the winepress of the wrath of God.
20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
This battle between Christ and his saints and the antichrist and his armies,
It takes place in the earth 🌎 and it is a physical battle.
How does it occur, or does the Lord throw in the supernatural to champion his own cause?
The enemies are destroyed.