1 A new song Posted by Philip Wiliams on August 11, 2012 at 3:54am Rev 14:3 Views: 69 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Votes: 0 E-mail me when people leave their comments – Follow
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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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