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Faithful
144,000. As the Apostle John
watched, he heard the 144,000 singing a song that they had learned from someone who is not described. It appears
a group of angels are singing in unison and verse two says that they sound like a harp. The literal Greek says
they sounded like “harpists harping on harps.” The music in heaven is going to be wonderful.
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I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters
and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I
heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps.
And they *sang a new song before the throne and before the
four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn
the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who
had been purchased from the earth. (NASB) Rev. 14:2-3 |
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But
the four living creatures, who are Seraphim, and twenty-four elders
could not learn the song. It is amazing that the four living creatures
who stand before the throne of God will not be able to learn the
song. This tells us that angels do not know everything nor are they
able to know or do everything.
We are also told that the 144,000 men will be purchased
from the earth. The tense of the Greek word for purchased is a perfect passive
participle. This means that God selected them long ago and that He continued
to own them. The Antichrist will want to own everyone on the earth. God is making
it clear that He will keep those who belong to Himself. The Antichrist will not
be able to take them away.
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