Through the Bible Day by Day - Revelation 14:1 - 14:1

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Through the Bible Day by Day - Revelation 14:1 - 14:1


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The Lamb’s Chosen Worshipers

Rev 14:1-8

The blessed ones with whom this chapter opens are only the first-fruit sheaf from the great harvest field. Think of it! If one sheaf consists of 144,000, what will be the entire number of the saved? The characteristics attributed to them may be realized by us all now and here. We must bear the name, that is, the nature and character of Jesus, in our faces; we must be pure in heart and life; and we must go wherever He goes. If to Gethsemane, we must follow Him; if to Calvary, we must take up our cross and go thither; if to Heaven, we shall be with Him there also. It is thought by some that this first-fruit sheaf represents the dear children who have died in early life and have become the Savior’s body-guard and close associates. It may be so, but more likely it stands for the possessors of the child-heart.

In majestic procession, one after another, strong angels are seen issuing from the heavenly portals, with “their sublime announcements. Notice the phrase, the everlasting gospel, Rev 14:6. In other words, the gospel of the grace of God is no expedient brought in to patch up a program which has been seriously spoiled; it is as old as eternity and brings to men eternal joy, and peace, and hope.