A new song

copy/pasted from "Days of Vengeance" authored by David Chilton

Thus, while the specific

application of the 144,000 is to the

Church of the first generation,

in principle they are seen as the

Church in her entirety (which, at the time S1. John was writing,

they precisely were). This is confirmed by a comparison of the

parallels between this passage and the description of the redeemed

in 5:6-11:

14:1-5

And I looked, and behold,

the Lamb was standing....

3 ... before the throne and

before the four living creatures

and the elders.

5:6-11

6 And I saw ... a Lamb standing....

6 ... between the throne (with

the four living creatures) and

the elders.

8. J. Stuart Russell,

The Parousia: A Critical Inquiry into the New Testament

Doctrine of Our Lord's Second Coming

(Grand Rapids: Baker Book

House, [1887] 1983), pp. 469f. It may be admitted that Russell has not proved

his case "beyond all reasonable doubt." But he has clearly established at least a

conceptual relationship

(if not a dependent one) between Hebrews 12 and Revelation

14.

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