1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,200 97 feet. 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,760 It's an old-fashioned hymn, and it's sung 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,920 at all the football matches, or at least 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,200 some of the big ones. 5 00:00:16,220 --> 00:00:17,480 Abide with me. 6 00:00:20,260 --> 00:00:22,740 But I don't think that a whole lot 7 00:00:22,740 --> 00:00:25,940 of people who sing it know just exactly 8 00:00:25,940 --> 00:00:29,580 where it was written, and why it was 9 00:00:29,580 --> 00:00:31,640 written, and by whom it was written. 10 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,900 It was written by a minister of the 11 00:00:37,900 --> 00:00:43,700 Church of England called Henry Light, and when 12 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:47,740 he was dying over a hundred years ago 13 00:00:47,740 --> 00:00:54,560 with TB, dying of TB, and in those 14 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,260 days there was no cure. 15 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,900 If you had TB then, it was like 16 00:01:00,900 --> 00:01:05,750 cancer now, and it was seen that he 17 00:01:05,750 --> 00:01:07,050 was going to die. 18 00:01:08,950 --> 00:01:11,510 And in his last hours in a weakened 19 00:01:11,510 --> 00:01:15,410 state, with the flesh away from his bones, 20 00:01:15,410 --> 00:01:19,030 and a human skeleton sitting up in bed, 21 00:01:20,090 --> 00:01:22,290 he scribbled out on a piece of paper, 22 00:01:23,590 --> 00:01:26,690 Abide with me. 23 00:01:27,710 --> 00:01:30,890 Thoughts solve the eventide. 24 00:01:33,090 --> 00:01:35,070 The darkness deepens. 25 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,500 Lord with me abide. 26 00:01:41,630 --> 00:01:49,230 When other helpers fail and comforts flee, help 27 00:01:49,230 --> 00:01:50,250 of the helpless. 28 00:01:52,970 --> 00:01:54,130 Abide with me. 29 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:01,380 He wrote this, verse 5, I feared no 30 00:02:01,380 --> 00:02:06,000 foe with thee at hand to bless. 31 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:11,080 Elves have no wit and fears no bitterness. 32 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,420 Where is death thing? 33 00:02:15,180 --> 00:02:17,420 Where grieve thy victory? 34 00:02:18,900 --> 00:02:25,800 I triumph still, if thou abide with me. 35 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:29,600 We'll take time to sing the next two 36 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:34,900 and the last two verses, 297 please. 37 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:11,400 Book of the Revelation, chapter 14. 38 00:06:18,310 --> 00:06:23,710 And this complete chapter is taken up with 39 00:06:23,710 --> 00:06:28,830 what I call visions and voices. 40 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,980 You will find that there are some visions 41 00:06:33,980 --> 00:06:39,000 that John receives here, and there are many 42 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,820 voices that John hears. 43 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,860 Now we're only doing the first five verses 44 00:06:45,860 --> 00:06:52,680 this evening, and these five verses embrace three 45 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,640 visions that John receives. 46 00:06:55,880 --> 00:07:00,620 The vision of the Eternal Redeemer. 47 00:07:01,780 --> 00:07:04,300 John says in verse 1, And I looked 48 00:07:04,300 --> 00:07:09,660 and lo, a lamb stood on the mount 49 00:07:09,660 --> 00:07:10,400 Zion. 50 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:17,040 And this is the vision of the Eternal 51 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:17,640 Redeemer. 52 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,340 But I'll tell you more about it just 53 00:07:19,340 --> 00:07:20,000 in a moment. 54 00:07:22,500 --> 00:07:27,540 And in these first five verses, not only 55 00:07:27,540 --> 00:07:29,900 do we have the vision of the Eternal 56 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:34,660 Redeemer, but we have the vision of the 57 00:07:34,660 --> 00:07:36,580 triumphal remnant. 58 00:07:38,420 --> 00:07:41,180 The 144,000. 59 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,560 They have come through every day of the 60 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,680 three and a half years of tribulations, and 61 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,220 here they are on Mount Zion with the 62 00:07:54,220 --> 00:07:54,540 Lord. 63 00:07:56,670 --> 00:07:58,910 And not only do we have the vision 64 00:07:58,910 --> 00:08:02,250 this evening of the triumphal Redeemer, and the 65 00:08:02,250 --> 00:08:07,450 vision of the Eternal Redeemer, and the triumphal 66 00:08:07,450 --> 00:08:12,190 remnant, but we have the vision of their 67 00:08:12,190 --> 00:08:13,670 spiritual record. 68 00:08:15,290 --> 00:08:17,650 Lot of things are said about them that 69 00:08:17,650 --> 00:08:19,510 we will need to take time with this 70 00:08:19,510 --> 00:08:19,850 evening. 71 00:08:21,070 --> 00:08:24,670 And we're looking at these three visions this 72 00:08:24,670 --> 00:08:25,110 evening. 73 00:08:26,370 --> 00:08:28,910 Next week we shall deal with the voices. 74 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:34,470 See verse 7, A came an angel saying 75 00:08:34,470 --> 00:08:38,630 with a low voice, Fear God and give 76 00:08:38,630 --> 00:08:39,929 glory to him. 77 00:08:41,049 --> 00:08:45,470 Verse 8, And there followed another angel saying, 78 00:08:45,870 --> 00:08:48,030 Babylon is fallen. 79 00:08:48,570 --> 00:08:51,770 Verse 9, And the third angel followed them, 80 00:08:52,010 --> 00:08:54,710 saying with a low voice, If any man 81 00:08:54,710 --> 00:08:57,230 worship the beast and his image, and so 82 00:08:57,230 --> 00:08:58,290 on and so on. 83 00:08:59,210 --> 00:09:01,610 And the way down there at verse 13, 84 00:09:02,050 --> 00:09:04,590 I heard a voice from heaven saying unto 85 00:09:04,590 --> 00:09:07,830 me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die 86 00:09:07,830 --> 00:09:09,910 in the Lord from henceforth. 87 00:09:10,630 --> 00:09:14,070 Verse 15, And another angel came out of 88 00:09:14,070 --> 00:09:16,390 the temple crying with a loud voice. 89 00:09:16,730 --> 00:09:20,190 And verse 18, And another angel came out 90 00:09:20,190 --> 00:09:22,790 from the altar which had fallen over fire 91 00:09:22,790 --> 00:09:25,030 and cried with a loud voice. 92 00:09:26,290 --> 00:09:30,430 So that in the chapter you have three 93 00:09:30,430 --> 00:09:36,650 visions, and you have these six different voices 94 00:09:37,370 --> 00:09:38,990 saying different things. 95 00:09:40,740 --> 00:09:43,160 But we're only looking at the first five 96 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:47,220 verses and we'll need the voices until next 97 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:47,720 week. 98 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,400 Something I want you to try to remember 99 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,920 this evening, let's go way back to chapter 100 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,860 7 just for a moment. 101 00:10:01,110 --> 00:10:05,650 I think you remember this chapter 7, just 102 00:10:05,650 --> 00:10:11,410 before the full fury of the blast of 103 00:10:11,410 --> 00:10:15,990 the great tribulation struck this earth at all. 104 00:10:16,090 --> 00:10:17,510 Here's what it says here. 105 00:10:18,590 --> 00:10:21,210 Verse 1, After these things I saw four 106 00:10:21,210 --> 00:10:24,650 angels standing on the four corners of the 107 00:10:24,650 --> 00:10:27,090 earth holding the four winds of the earth, 108 00:10:27,610 --> 00:10:30,150 that the wind should not blow on the 109 00:10:30,150 --> 00:10:32,770 earth, nor on the sea, nor on any 110 00:10:32,770 --> 00:10:33,150 tree. 111 00:10:33,730 --> 00:10:36,670 And I saw another angel ascending from these 112 00:10:36,670 --> 00:10:39,530 having the seal of the living God. 113 00:10:40,250 --> 00:10:42,330 And he cried with a loud voice to 114 00:10:42,330 --> 00:10:44,330 the four angels to whom it was given 115 00:10:44,330 --> 00:10:46,430 to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, 116 00:10:47,070 --> 00:10:49,810 Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor 117 00:10:49,810 --> 00:10:54,670 the trees, till we have sealed the serpents 118 00:10:54,670 --> 00:10:57,550 of our God in their foreheads. 119 00:10:58,390 --> 00:11:01,330 And I heard the number of them which 120 00:11:01,330 --> 00:11:02,090 were sealed. 121 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:07,050 And there were sealed and hundred and forty 122 00:11:07,050 --> 00:11:13,810 and four thousand of all the tribes of 123 00:11:13,810 --> 00:11:15,290 the children of Israel. 124 00:11:15,290 --> 00:11:17,390 Let's get that into our minds. 125 00:11:18,570 --> 00:11:24,330 Hundred and forty four thousand Jews sealed off 126 00:11:25,070 --> 00:11:29,430 to be the servants of God in the 127 00:11:29,430 --> 00:11:31,290 fury of this great tribulation. 128 00:11:33,270 --> 00:11:35,510 And then when we came to chapter 8, 129 00:11:35,590 --> 00:11:39,650 I think you remember it well, these angels 130 00:11:39,650 --> 00:11:41,890 began to sound these trumpets. 131 00:11:43,390 --> 00:11:47,810 And you remember the first angels sounded at 132 00:11:47,810 --> 00:11:52,390 verse 7, and their swords, hail and fire 133 00:11:52,390 --> 00:11:54,870 mingled with blood, and they were cast upon 134 00:11:54,870 --> 00:11:55,370 the earth. 135 00:11:55,770 --> 00:12:00,410 And the third part of trees was burnt 136 00:12:00,410 --> 00:12:02,450 up, and all the green grass. 137 00:12:03,670 --> 00:12:06,490 The third part of everything on the earth 138 00:12:06,490 --> 00:12:07,170 was burnt. 139 00:12:08,910 --> 00:12:11,490 And then the second angel sounded at verse 140 00:12:11,490 --> 00:12:15,650 8, and the third part of everything around 141 00:12:15,650 --> 00:12:17,510 the earth, the third part of the ships 142 00:12:17,510 --> 00:12:18,530 in verse 9. 143 00:12:20,210 --> 00:12:22,610 And then the third part of everything under 144 00:12:22,610 --> 00:12:24,910 the earth, and then at the end of 145 00:12:24,910 --> 00:12:27,330 the chapter, the third part of everything above 146 00:12:27,330 --> 00:12:29,670 the earth, the stars and the sun and 147 00:12:29,670 --> 00:12:30,810 the moon and so on. 148 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,240 Now I wonder what the hundred and forty 149 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:42,920 four thousand servants of God was doing while 150 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,300 the fury of the fire fell. 151 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:49,100 How did they get through now? 152 00:12:50,820 --> 00:12:53,220 Then you remember we came to chapter 9, 153 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,100 and this was the chapter where the demons 154 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:57,360 were let loose. 155 00:12:58,180 --> 00:13:02,860 It was one of those horrible chapters where 156 00:13:02,860 --> 00:13:07,060 demon possession came to so many. 157 00:13:07,380 --> 00:13:11,320 And yet these demons, in verse 4, and 158 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:18,000 it was commanded then, and demons are intelligent 159 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,780 enough to be commanded, and it was commanded 160 00:13:21,780 --> 00:13:23,960 then that they should not hurt the grass 161 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,800 of the earth, neither any green thing, neither 162 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:32,360 any tree, but only those men which have 163 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,760 not the seal of God in the forest. 164 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,260 You see, God was looking after the hundred 165 00:13:41,260 --> 00:13:45,160 and forty four thousand, and he wasn't letting 166 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,460 the demons touch them at all. 167 00:13:49,380 --> 00:13:51,720 He was looking after them very carefully. 168 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,160 And then you remember we went on into 169 00:13:56,160 --> 00:14:01,680 chapter 10, and this was another great chapter 170 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:03,840 where the Lord put his foot on the 171 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,140 land and on the sea, and claimed it 172 00:14:07,140 --> 00:14:07,860 to be his. 173 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:11,600 And then of course you know all about 174 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:12,560 chapter 11. 175 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,240 The temple is built at Jerusalem, and the 176 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,280 two witnesses are there, and yet the beast 177 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,340 is allowed to put them to death. 178 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:26,560 Where were the hundred and forty four thousand 179 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:27,000 then? 180 00:14:28,220 --> 00:14:33,520 Chapter 12, it was Israel in the wilderness. 181 00:14:33,780 --> 00:14:36,100 I've called it the troubled sister. 182 00:14:38,020 --> 00:14:41,260 And you remember it says in verse 14, 183 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:46,060 unto the woman Israel were given two wings 184 00:14:46,060 --> 00:14:48,300 of a great eagle that she might fly 185 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:53,080 into the wilderness, into her place where she 186 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,940 has nourished for a time, and times, and 187 00:14:56,940 --> 00:14:59,000 half a time, which happens to be three 188 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,040 and a half years. 189 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:06,480 Of course, God saved Israel and kept them 190 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:11,870 in the wilderness for forty years, and he 191 00:15:11,870 --> 00:15:16,030 shall nourish this remnant in the wilderness for 192 00:15:16,030 --> 00:15:16,830 three and a half. 193 00:15:19,190 --> 00:15:22,450 Where was the hundred and forty four thousand? 194 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:27,170 Last week we were at the great 13th 195 00:15:27,170 --> 00:15:30,550 chapter, when the beast was abroad, and the 196 00:15:30,550 --> 00:15:33,510 false prophet who serves him was abroad. 197 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:41,460 And you could neither buy nor sell, except 198 00:15:41,460 --> 00:15:43,040 you had the mark of the beast. 199 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,260 Now taking all the fool's fury of the 200 00:15:49,260 --> 00:15:54,140 blast of the great tribulation period, especially the 201 00:15:54,140 --> 00:15:56,680 last part of the period of three and 202 00:15:56,680 --> 00:16:01,060 a half years, how did the hundred and 203 00:16:01,060 --> 00:16:05,600 forty four thousand sealed off Jews fare? 204 00:16:07,140 --> 00:16:09,600 I'll tell you, you're going to see them 205 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:15,440 tonight, through the tribulation, and that's one of 206 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:16,000 the missions. 207 00:16:19,370 --> 00:16:21,410 You know, can I say this before we 208 00:16:21,410 --> 00:16:22,370 go too far? 209 00:16:23,490 --> 00:16:27,950 If our Lord Jesus Christ is able to 210 00:16:27,950 --> 00:16:31,790 keep a hundred and forty four thousand Jews 211 00:16:31,790 --> 00:16:35,790 in the midst of such terrible tribulation as 212 00:16:35,790 --> 00:16:41,170 we've just spoken about, he's quite capable of 213 00:16:41,170 --> 00:16:43,350 keeping you and I in Ulster today. 214 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,060 It says he kept Daniel in Babylon faultless. 215 00:16:53,060 --> 00:16:55,280 It says he kept these hundred and forty 216 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,160 four thousand faultless. 217 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:00,740 Is he keeping you? 218 00:17:03,530 --> 00:17:06,130 Because he's able to keep you from falling, 219 00:17:06,369 --> 00:17:06,650 you know. 220 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,980 Yes, we're going to have a look at 221 00:17:11,980 --> 00:17:12,980 this this evening. 222 00:17:16,109 --> 00:17:18,089 Now I want to do this for the 223 00:17:18,089 --> 00:17:18,990 young folks. 224 00:17:20,490 --> 00:17:23,750 Very often there's the part in the bible 225 00:17:23,750 --> 00:17:28,910 reading each evening that's just for young believers, 226 00:17:29,170 --> 00:17:31,770 and sometimes the old ones enjoy it as 227 00:17:31,770 --> 00:17:33,270 much as the young ones. 228 00:17:35,110 --> 00:17:37,990 Here's something that you young folks could do 229 00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:38,930 very easily. 230 00:17:40,410 --> 00:17:47,000 You could take the word lamb and you 231 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,220 could fix your eyes upon the Lord Jesus. 232 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,020 And even if you didn't know the old 233 00:17:56,020 --> 00:18:00,100 and new testaments, if you had a good 234 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:05,260 bible concordance, you could take the word lamb 235 00:18:05,260 --> 00:18:11,720 and you could trace this wonderful central bible 236 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:17,060 subject because the bible doctrine of the lamb 237 00:18:17,060 --> 00:18:20,920 is the central doctrine of the bible. 238 00:18:23,780 --> 00:18:25,260 You could do it like this. 239 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,160 Do you remember Peter saying this? 240 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:30,920 I won't turn you to it, you just 241 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:31,360 listen. 242 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:35,340 Peter said, for we know that we are 243 00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:39,340 not redeemed with corruptible things such as silver 244 00:18:39,340 --> 00:18:43,900 and gold from our vain conversation received by 245 00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:48,100 tradition from our fathers, but with the precious 246 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:54,380 blood of Christ, as of a lamb without 247 00:18:54,380 --> 00:19:00,540 blemish and without spot, who verily was foreordained 248 00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:01,560 for you. 249 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:07,980 He was set apart to that job, yea, 250 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,700 he was chosen to be the lamb before 251 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:14,820 the foundation of the world. 252 00:19:15,980 --> 00:19:18,480 And that's what I've been working out for 253 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:18,720 you. 254 00:19:18,780 --> 00:19:19,840 You can see this. 255 00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:26,440 You can start with the lamb chosen and 256 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,320 then go on to see him typified. 257 00:19:31,060 --> 00:19:33,840 Because it's perfectly true that before the foundation 258 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:38,160 of the world, the lamb was chosen. 259 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,960 The whole eternal council had met. 260 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:48,140 Is this God the father said, if I 261 00:19:48,140 --> 00:19:50,440 make a world and I make a man, 262 00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:52,020 he'll make a mess of it? 263 00:19:53,420 --> 00:19:55,420 Who shall go for us? 264 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,700 It was the Lord Jesus who said, here 265 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:02,820 am I, send me. 266 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,520 His delights, you know, were with the sons 267 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,060 of men before even man ever had a 268 00:20:11,060 --> 00:20:11,500 beginning. 269 00:20:13,540 --> 00:20:16,320 And the God who chose him to be 270 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:20,800 the lamb for sinners slain, as soon as 271 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,240 he began to write this book, he began 272 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,020 to typify the work of the lamb. 273 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,400 For the lamb is not only chosen, but 274 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,560 the lamb is typified in the book. 275 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:37,420 You can see Abel's lamb, and Abraham's lamb, 276 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:43,700 and the Passover lamb, and the Day of 277 00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:44,840 Atonement lamb. 278 00:20:45,860 --> 00:20:48,260 Somebody preached it like this once. 279 00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:51,100 You can see the lamb for a man. 280 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,680 You can see the lamb for a house. 281 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,300 You can see the lamb for a nation. 282 00:20:59,460 --> 00:21:01,500 But when you come into the New Testament, 283 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,980 you see the lamb for the world. 284 00:21:05,060 --> 00:21:08,200 The lamb of God which taketh away the 285 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,040 sin of the world. 286 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,520 So that's a good study for you to 287 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:12,940 start. 288 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:17,180 You can see the lamb chosen and typified. 289 00:21:18,940 --> 00:21:20,820 And then if you leave the types and 290 00:21:20,820 --> 00:21:24,740 shadows and you come to the prophets, you'll 291 00:21:24,740 --> 00:21:26,800 see the lamb foretold. 292 00:21:27,580 --> 00:21:32,600 Because you remember Isaiah 53 talks about our 293 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:37,420 Lord Jesus being led as a lamb to 294 00:21:37,420 --> 00:21:37,940 the flock. 295 00:21:38,940 --> 00:21:41,380 And the lamb is foretold. 296 00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:46,600 So that you have the lamb chosen and 297 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:47,640 then typified. 298 00:21:48,820 --> 00:21:51,200 And you have the lamb foretold. 299 00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:53,100 But when you come to John the Baptist, 300 00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:54,820 you have the lamb identified. 301 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,660 Because he knew this was the answer to 302 00:21:59,660 --> 00:22:03,280 all the types and shadows and parallels and 303 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,020 pictures and prophecies. 304 00:22:06,420 --> 00:22:09,340 Sometimes we sing that old fashioned hymn, we 305 00:22:09,340 --> 00:22:12,660 look back through the ages where the kings 306 00:22:12,660 --> 00:22:14,140 and prophets trod. 307 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,060 We can see their altars reeking with the 308 00:22:17,060 --> 00:22:18,540 sacrifice and blood. 309 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,380 But those types were only pointing to the 310 00:22:22,380 --> 00:22:25,000 pastoral lamb of God. 311 00:22:26,460 --> 00:22:28,980 And the day that John the Baptist saw 312 00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:31,800 Jesus walking, he cried from the very depth 313 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:37,080 of his heart, Behold the Lamb of God. 314 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:41,100 Well, but this is the great study. 315 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:45,420 You can see the lamb chosen and then 316 00:22:45,420 --> 00:22:46,020 typified. 317 00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:50,660 You can see the lamb foretold in the 318 00:22:50,660 --> 00:22:55,160 prophets and then identified by John the Baptist. 319 00:22:57,130 --> 00:23:00,590 Then you can see the lamb led to 320 00:23:00,590 --> 00:23:01,170 the slaughter. 321 00:23:02,570 --> 00:23:05,270 And then you can see the lamb crucified. 322 00:23:08,690 --> 00:23:10,850 And when we began this book of the 323 00:23:10,850 --> 00:23:15,190 Revelation in chapter 5, we saw the lamb 324 00:23:15,190 --> 00:23:16,130 standing. 325 00:23:16,710 --> 00:23:20,290 I saw a lamb standing as it had 326 00:23:20,290 --> 00:23:21,890 been claimed before God. 327 00:23:23,030 --> 00:23:24,590 A glorified lamb. 328 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,360 Now we're taking a different step tonight. 329 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,680 We see the lamb here tonight on Mount 330 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:34,380 Zion. 331 00:23:35,540 --> 00:23:38,520 And I'm telling you he's back on earth 332 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,220 again just in this chapter. 333 00:23:40,740 --> 00:23:42,140 This is what John sees. 334 00:23:43,860 --> 00:23:46,700 Oh, I know there are some here who 335 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:49,380 are going to argue with me about Mount 336 00:23:49,380 --> 00:23:50,040 Zion. 337 00:23:51,620 --> 00:23:53,720 Of course I sing sometimes. 338 00:23:54,260 --> 00:23:56,000 We're marching to Zion. 339 00:23:56,700 --> 00:23:59,040 Beautiful, beautiful Zion. 340 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:02,160 Marching upward to Zion, of course I do. 341 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,940 Because I'm old-fashioned enough to know that 342 00:24:07,940 --> 00:24:15,060 there's an old Jerusalem and there's a new 343 00:24:15,060 --> 00:24:15,780 Jerusalem. 344 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:23,140 There's an old Zion and there's a spiritual 345 00:24:23,140 --> 00:24:23,880 Zion. 346 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,780 Ah, well, I'm pretty sure it's the old 347 00:24:26,780 --> 00:24:27,460 one that's here. 348 00:24:30,460 --> 00:24:30,940 Yes. 349 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,780 You see, we are going to see the 350 00:24:33,780 --> 00:24:36,720 lamb standing on Mount Zion and I'll come 351 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:38,100 back to that in a moment. 352 00:24:39,420 --> 00:24:43,200 This is just a little outline for you 353 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:43,820 young ones. 354 00:24:44,020 --> 00:24:46,260 You can see the lamb chosen and typified. 355 00:24:47,660 --> 00:24:50,860 You can see the lamb foretold and identified. 356 00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:54,920 You can see the lamb led and crucified. 357 00:24:55,340 --> 00:24:58,360 You can see the lamb standing and glorified. 358 00:24:59,620 --> 00:25:02,260 And in this chapter you have the lamb 359 00:25:02,260 --> 00:25:06,500 back here on Mount Zion and magnified. 360 00:25:07,620 --> 00:25:10,100 Now I'll tell you a wee thing more. 361 00:25:11,380 --> 00:25:14,000 There's a whole lot of chapters to go, 362 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:18,860 you know, and a whole lot more things 363 00:25:18,860 --> 00:25:22,060 about the lamb that I dare not fill 364 00:25:22,060 --> 00:25:23,160 into my trip. 365 00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:26,980 There's the marriage supper of the lamb and 366 00:25:26,980 --> 00:25:28,480 I mustn't tell you the rest. 367 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,640 You must find it now and fill it 368 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:32,960 in. 369 00:25:33,820 --> 00:25:34,920 It's a great study. 370 00:25:35,540 --> 00:25:38,900 From chapter 14 till the end of the 371 00:25:38,900 --> 00:25:41,140 book of Revelation, look at all the times 372 00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:43,640 you have the lamb. 373 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,700 See if you can finish the picture for 374 00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:47,340 me sometime. 375 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:54,280 Yes, we have a vision here of the 376 00:25:54,280 --> 00:26:01,630 eternal Redeemer because we come to the crux 377 00:26:01,630 --> 00:26:05,070 of the matter in the chapter when we 378 00:26:05,070 --> 00:26:08,730 look at the vision of the triumphal remnant. 379 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:17,920 Verse 1, John said, And I looked, and 380 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,960 lo, a lamb, capital L, stood on the 381 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:28,880 Mount Zion, and with him an hundred and 382 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:33,820 forty-four thousand having his father's name written 383 00:26:33,820 --> 00:26:43,050 in their foreheads or here. 384 00:26:44,290 --> 00:26:50,170 Some of my dearest friends do not believe 385 00:26:50,170 --> 00:26:54,330 that the hundred and forty-four thousand here 386 00:26:55,070 --> 00:26:57,670 is the same as the hundred and forty 387 00:26:57,670 --> 00:26:59,890 -four thousand in chapter 7. 388 00:27:01,130 --> 00:27:06,540 They don't believe that because they tried to 389 00:27:06,540 --> 00:27:09,960 tell me that the hundred and forty-four 390 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,880 thousand back in chapter 7 without any trouble 391 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,540 at all are one hundred and forty-four 392 00:27:16,540 --> 00:27:17,660 thousand Jews. 393 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:19,540 I believe that. 394 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,420 That's exactly what I believe. 395 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,440 One hundred and forty-four thousand of the 396 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,200 children of Israel, in fact. 397 00:27:30,210 --> 00:27:32,570 But they now try to tell me that 398 00:27:32,570 --> 00:27:35,430 the hundred and forty-four thousand here, Sir, 399 00:27:36,710 --> 00:27:41,970 this is a picture of the church, if 400 00:27:41,970 --> 00:27:42,810 you please. 401 00:27:46,180 --> 00:27:51,320 Now, without any explanation being given one way 402 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:55,900 or another why there are two one hundred 403 00:27:55,900 --> 00:27:57,380 and forty-four thousands. 404 00:27:59,420 --> 00:28:01,260 Oh, I would think God would have needed 405 00:28:01,260 --> 00:28:02,280 cleaner than that. 406 00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:08,440 I said to one of these friends who 407 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:14,880 come to argue with me, why did God 408 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,400 say one hundred and forty-four thousand? 409 00:28:17,420 --> 00:28:20,020 Why this particular figure? 410 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,460 And why this particular figure again? 411 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,520 And no details about the cross? 412 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:28,940 Why? 413 00:28:31,540 --> 00:28:36,080 He says, I think it's only coincidental. 414 00:28:38,670 --> 00:28:41,230 Now, I don't think that's exposition at all. 415 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,660 If you think it's a coincidence, it's a 416 00:28:46,660 --> 00:28:47,380 pity of you. 417 00:28:48,580 --> 00:28:49,660 That's what I would think. 418 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,220 I would think you would have a nerve 419 00:28:52,220 --> 00:28:53,300 to talk like that. 420 00:28:56,170 --> 00:28:58,190 God's word is no coincidence. 421 00:29:00,190 --> 00:29:01,830 This is an inspired book. 422 00:29:03,730 --> 00:29:06,210 This is not a coincidence that we have 423 00:29:06,210 --> 00:29:08,970 two one hundred and forty-four thousands. 424 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,040 No, my friend, I won't accept that. 425 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,900 Of course, these who argue with me being 426 00:29:20,900 --> 00:29:24,920 a millennialist have to say that this is 427 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,860 the church and she has just come through 428 00:29:27,860 --> 00:29:29,760 the tribulation now. 429 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,380 This was the time to tell you. 430 00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:34,740 So then I had to tie him down 431 00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:35,520 a little bit. 432 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,400 The moment that I talked about Mount Zion, 433 00:29:40,580 --> 00:29:42,340 he got on his high horse then. 434 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,280 So I had to leave that for a 435 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:46,700 moment. 436 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,660 And I had to say, let's read it 437 00:29:49,660 --> 00:29:50,140 carefully. 438 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,480 The Lamb is on Mount Zion, and we 439 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,680 won't argue about the Mount for a moment. 440 00:29:56,540 --> 00:29:58,940 And with him an hundred and forty and 441 00:29:58,940 --> 00:30:01,980 four thousand, the exact number that we had 442 00:30:01,980 --> 00:30:05,140 in Revelation chapter seven, and you're quite sure 443 00:30:05,140 --> 00:30:06,180 the word Jews then. 444 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:10,180 Now, I said, let's go careful with this 445 00:30:10,180 --> 00:30:10,460 bit. 446 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:17,420 Having his father's name written in the font, 447 00:30:20,620 --> 00:30:22,840 I said, if it had been the church, 448 00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:26,920 would it not be our father's name? 449 00:30:32,580 --> 00:30:35,320 His father's name. 450 00:30:36,020 --> 00:30:37,180 It's Jewish. 451 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:41,500 But we can't hang our hats there because 452 00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:42,900 it's not solid enough. 453 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,020 So I went on reading and I said 454 00:30:47,020 --> 00:30:49,800 to him, and I heard a voice from 455 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:54,480 heaven, of the voice of many waters and 456 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,540 of the voice of a great thunder. 457 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,340 And I heard the voice of starting with 458 00:31:00,340 --> 00:31:01,020 the horse. 459 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,040 And they sang as it were a new 460 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:07,380 song before the throne. 461 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,080 And before the four beasts and the elders. 462 00:31:15,250 --> 00:31:19,310 And no man could learn that song but 463 00:31:19,310 --> 00:31:24,450 the hundred and forty and four thousand, which 464 00:31:24,450 --> 00:31:26,110 were the dean from the earth. 465 00:31:31,770 --> 00:31:33,670 Which were the dean from the earth. 466 00:31:36,370 --> 00:31:39,870 I said, now this is a particular song. 467 00:31:41,110 --> 00:31:43,170 And this particular crowd. 468 00:31:44,590 --> 00:31:47,310 They're the only ones who can learn this 469 00:31:47,310 --> 00:31:47,770 song. 470 00:31:48,570 --> 00:31:51,190 No man could learn that song. 471 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,720 I said, if you say this is the 472 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:01,640 church coming through the tribulation, then you'll have 473 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:05,020 to go back to chapter five with me 474 00:32:05,020 --> 00:32:07,540 and explain who is singing there. 475 00:32:10,380 --> 00:32:14,860 Because in chapter five, before the tribulation began, 476 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:19,240 there's a crowd in heaven and they're singing, 477 00:32:20,780 --> 00:32:24,220 thou art worthy for thy wife's flame and 478 00:32:24,220 --> 00:32:27,740 hast redeemed us by thy blood out of 479 00:32:27,740 --> 00:32:30,760 every kindred and song and people and nation. 480 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:32,340 I said, who's singing there? 481 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:34,540 No answer of course. 482 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,920 I'm telling you the church was in heaven 483 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,920 long before this scene began. 484 00:32:44,380 --> 00:32:47,460 The church was singing in heaven in chapter 485 00:32:47,460 --> 00:32:48,060 five. 486 00:32:51,380 --> 00:32:53,380 Then you know it goes a little bit 487 00:32:53,380 --> 00:32:53,860 further. 488 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:59,420 It says here, not only that they were 489 00:32:59,420 --> 00:33:04,860 able to, but it says they were redeemed 490 00:33:04,860 --> 00:33:06,580 from the earth. 491 00:33:08,980 --> 00:33:12,420 It says in verse four, they were redeemed 492 00:33:12,420 --> 00:33:17,240 from among men, being the first fruits unto 493 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:18,640 God and the Lamb. 494 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:27,660 You know I'm positively sure that the 144 495 00:33:27,660 --> 00:33:34,180 ,000 in chapter seven and the 144,000 496 00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:39,060 in chapter 14, they're just the same company. 497 00:33:40,180 --> 00:33:44,740 Only with this difference that there they were 498 00:33:44,740 --> 00:33:49,760 being sealed before the tribulation began. 499 00:33:51,220 --> 00:33:56,360 Here they're singing because the tribulation has been 500 00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:01,960 traversed and the Lord has kept them and 501 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,380 they're now meeting him as the first fruits 502 00:34:05,380 --> 00:34:10,340 of the great tribulation and they're meeting him 503 00:34:10,340 --> 00:34:11,159 on Mount Zion. 504 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:17,920 Let's go back to the book of Zechariah. 505 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,320 Malachi is your last book of the Old 506 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:32,080 Testament and Zechariah is the one before Malachi. 507 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,620 So that if you get the last book 508 00:34:36,620 --> 00:34:41,060 which is Malachi, then you get the one 509 00:34:41,060 --> 00:34:42,219 that's before that. 510 00:34:45,260 --> 00:34:47,420 You know if we go to chapter 12, 511 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,659 I would love to do these chapters for 512 00:34:49,659 --> 00:34:53,020 you properly, but time will not allow us 513 00:34:53,020 --> 00:34:55,239 to do this, but I'll start you along 514 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,880 as and when you can do it yourself. 515 00:35:01,660 --> 00:35:03,980 It says in verse one, the burden of 516 00:35:03,980 --> 00:35:08,250 the word of the Lord for Israel, and 517 00:35:08,250 --> 00:35:10,670 I don't think you've any problems there, this 518 00:35:10,670 --> 00:35:15,290 is Israel, says the Lord which stretches forth 519 00:35:15,290 --> 00:35:19,990 the heavens and layeth the foundation of the 520 00:35:19,990 --> 00:35:24,730 earth and formeth the spirit of man within 521 00:35:24,730 --> 00:35:25,110 him. 522 00:35:27,860 --> 00:35:30,280 So you're quite sure that he's the creator, 523 00:35:30,460 --> 00:35:30,900 aren't you? 524 00:35:32,780 --> 00:35:34,540 You know the day that he gathered the 525 00:35:34,540 --> 00:35:38,580 dust together, he was only making the material 526 00:35:38,580 --> 00:35:42,540 part of man, made it out of the 527 00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:45,860 dust of the earth of course, but when 528 00:35:45,860 --> 00:35:50,960 he formed the spirit within man, then he 529 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,000 had a real man. 530 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,240 Now the woman was the creator saith, behold 531 00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:01,940 I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling 532 00:36:01,940 --> 00:36:07,080 unto all the people around the boat, and 533 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,880 I believe we're very near that spot just 534 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:10,320 now. 535 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:16,300 I was listening to Dion last evening, because 536 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:19,920 I have to listen in, I need to 537 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,860 know what they think and what they say, 538 00:36:23,620 --> 00:36:28,560 and I can see that this military leader 539 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:34,940 in Israel is as determined as Elijah was 540 00:36:36,550 --> 00:36:39,250 that he will never give back one inch 541 00:36:39,250 --> 00:36:39,990 of the land. 542 00:36:42,980 --> 00:36:45,760 He said they were talking about us giving 543 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:51,040 back the Palestinian part of Jordan now. 544 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,820 We will never, never, never, and then he 545 00:36:54,820 --> 00:36:55,800 said it again, never. 546 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:04,140 Now with that attitude, Jerusalem is going to 547 00:37:04,140 --> 00:37:10,380 become a cup of trembling unto all the 548 00:37:10,380 --> 00:37:10,800 nations. 549 00:37:12,460 --> 00:37:15,740 I can tell you that if the Syrians 550 00:37:15,740 --> 00:37:22,640 move into Lebanon tonight, then there'll be the 551 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,660 biggest trial in the Middle East there ever 552 00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:29,780 was, and the Syrians would almost attempt to 553 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:30,220 do it. 554 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:33,140 And if they do, I'll tell you what 555 00:37:33,140 --> 00:37:36,760 will happen before it happens, then Israel will 556 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:40,620 move on Jordan and on Lebanon and will 557 00:37:40,620 --> 00:37:43,080 take Jordan and Lebanon and Syria. 558 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:49,770 Make you no mistake about that, make no 559 00:37:49,770 --> 00:37:52,350 mistake at all, and I'm afraid Egypt won't 560 00:37:52,350 --> 00:37:56,050 be able to help them, but it makes 561 00:37:56,050 --> 00:37:58,210 Jerusalem a cup of trembling. 562 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,500 Now that's the day we're nearly at. 563 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,400 You see verse one, verse three, and in 564 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:12,920 that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome 565 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,140 stone for all people. 566 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:17,940 And he will do that. 567 00:38:18,780 --> 00:38:21,780 See verse six, in that day will I 568 00:38:21,780 --> 00:38:24,740 make the governors of Judah make a hearth 569 00:38:24,740 --> 00:38:26,240 of fire among the woods. 570 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:31,480 And it goes on down that chapter, and 571 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,800 it goes on down through the next chapter. 572 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,180 You see verse nine, shall come to pass 573 00:38:37,180 --> 00:38:38,020 in that day. 574 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:41,000 See verse 11, in that day. 575 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,420 See the next chapter, 13, in that day. 576 00:38:44,580 --> 00:38:47,160 See verse two, and it shall come to 577 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:48,400 pass in that day. 578 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:50,760 And it goes right on down till you 579 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:52,100 come to chapter 14. 580 00:38:54,020 --> 00:38:55,280 Now look at verse one. 581 00:38:56,700 --> 00:38:59,200 Behold the day of the Lord cometh. 582 00:39:01,530 --> 00:39:03,890 Now that's the day of his wrath that 583 00:39:03,890 --> 00:39:06,590 we were reading about in Revelation chapter six. 584 00:39:07,850 --> 00:39:09,670 Because the day of the Lord is a 585 00:39:09,670 --> 00:39:10,810 very long day. 586 00:39:12,270 --> 00:39:14,550 First of all, it's the day of the 587 00:39:14,550 --> 00:39:15,570 Lord's wrath. 588 00:39:17,090 --> 00:39:19,150 That'll be for seven years, three and a 589 00:39:19,150 --> 00:39:20,450 half, very bad indeed. 590 00:39:21,730 --> 00:39:24,810 But then after that, it will be the 591 00:39:24,810 --> 00:39:26,170 day of the Lord's reign. 592 00:39:26,170 --> 00:39:28,450 That'll be for a thousand years. 593 00:39:30,980 --> 00:39:32,980 And the day of the Lord cometh. 594 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,740 And thy spoils shall be divided in the 595 00:39:36,740 --> 00:39:37,620 midst of thee. 596 00:39:38,980 --> 00:39:42,660 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem 597 00:39:42,660 --> 00:39:43,360 to battle. 598 00:39:45,340 --> 00:39:49,980 Whether Dion likes it or not, the nations 599 00:39:49,980 --> 00:39:52,540 are coming against you, and the city shall 600 00:39:52,540 --> 00:39:56,640 be taken, and the house is rifled, and 601 00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:00,320 the woman ravished, and half of the city 602 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:03,780 shall go forth into captivity, and the refugee 603 00:40:03,780 --> 00:40:05,520 of the people shall not be cut off 604 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:06,160 from the city. 605 00:40:06,620 --> 00:40:10,960 Then at that psychological moment, shall the Lord 606 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:18,360 go forth and fight against those nations, as 607 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,280 when he fought in the day of Batov. 608 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,960 And his feet shall stand in rod day 609 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:30,600 upon the Mount of Olives, which happens to 610 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:31,520 be Mount Zion. 611 00:40:34,690 --> 00:40:36,790 That's where he's coming to, you know. 612 00:40:38,830 --> 00:40:41,250 You know, we're very near to the Lord's 613 00:40:41,250 --> 00:40:41,650 return. 614 00:40:41,850 --> 00:40:43,470 He'll take the church away one of these 615 00:40:43,470 --> 00:40:43,890 nights. 616 00:40:45,930 --> 00:40:48,490 And out of the old common market, you'll 617 00:40:48,490 --> 00:40:51,410 find this man of sin will appear. 618 00:40:52,610 --> 00:40:54,010 He'll be a Jew, all right. 619 00:40:54,050 --> 00:40:55,850 There's a lot of Jews there already. 620 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,680 And you'll find that this time of trouble 621 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:02,400 will come. 622 00:41:03,540 --> 00:41:06,160 And Jerusalem will be a cup of trembling, 623 00:41:06,340 --> 00:41:08,380 and a burdensome stone to all the nations. 624 00:41:08,540 --> 00:41:10,580 And then at last, they'll all gather round, 625 00:41:12,060 --> 00:41:13,060 squeeze her in. 626 00:41:15,660 --> 00:41:18,440 Next week, we'll see her in the melting 627 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:22,700 pot, in the winepress, when God crushes her. 628 00:41:25,670 --> 00:41:28,190 But you know, when the nations just think 629 00:41:28,190 --> 00:41:30,350 they're going to blot her out for good 630 00:41:30,350 --> 00:41:33,470 and for all, because she's been so burdensome, 631 00:41:34,770 --> 00:41:36,170 the Lord will come again. 632 00:41:36,290 --> 00:41:38,090 He'll come to the earth that time, and 633 00:41:38,090 --> 00:41:40,270 his feet shall stand in that day on 634 00:41:40,270 --> 00:41:41,090 the Mount of Olives. 635 00:41:41,310 --> 00:41:43,190 And that happens to be Mount Zion. 636 00:41:43,570 --> 00:41:46,250 And when he comes to Mount Zion, there'll 637 00:41:46,250 --> 00:41:49,990 be 144,000 there to meet him. 638 00:41:51,310 --> 00:41:55,050 They'll be the first fruits of the tribulation. 639 00:41:56,310 --> 00:41:57,970 And they'll be on the Mount of Olives. 640 00:41:58,750 --> 00:42:00,290 That's what John sees. 641 00:42:01,690 --> 00:42:03,710 Yes, you see, the book of the Revelation 642 00:42:03,710 --> 00:42:06,690 has always been going along a chapter or 643 00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:08,770 two, and then a parenthetical one, just to 644 00:42:08,770 --> 00:42:09,690 show us what's happening. 645 00:42:10,050 --> 00:42:12,030 And this is exactly where we are this 646 00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:12,410 evening. 647 00:42:13,790 --> 00:42:15,630 Well, let's get back there. 648 00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,220 We're back at chapter 14. 649 00:42:28,150 --> 00:42:30,990 And I think you can see this now, 650 00:42:31,950 --> 00:42:36,350 that here the 144,000 Jews who were 651 00:42:36,350 --> 00:42:42,310 sealed off before the tribulation have been serving 652 00:42:42,310 --> 00:42:42,970 God. 653 00:42:43,090 --> 00:42:46,450 They were the servants of God throughout the 654 00:42:46,450 --> 00:42:47,150 tribulation. 655 00:42:48,250 --> 00:42:51,470 Now they're singing after the tribulation is over. 656 00:42:52,770 --> 00:42:57,930 In fact, they're saved out of the tribulation 657 00:42:57,930 --> 00:43:00,370 now when it is passed, because the Lord 658 00:43:00,370 --> 00:43:02,050 is about to set up his kingdom. 659 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:06,620 But we don't only want to look at 660 00:43:06,620 --> 00:43:10,720 the vision of the eternal Redeemer, and the 661 00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:13,500 vision of the triumphal remnant. 662 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,420 We want to have a look at the 663 00:43:16,420 --> 00:43:22,660 vision of the spiritual record of these 144 664 00:43:22,660 --> 00:43:23,560 ,000. 665 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:29,460 It says in verse 4, these are they 666 00:43:29,460 --> 00:43:33,660 which were not defiled with woman. 667 00:43:37,220 --> 00:43:39,620 You know, this raises a little problem. 668 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,620 I have the class of, we've got a 669 00:43:45,620 --> 00:43:48,280 number of coming creatures, bless them. 670 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:51,720 I think we had 24 of them out 671 00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:54,080 at the class last Saturday. 672 00:43:54,260 --> 00:43:56,440 We go on Saturday to the Bible school. 673 00:43:57,740 --> 00:44:03,600 And they do papers for me, and I 674 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,820 have to correct them now and again. 675 00:44:05,820 --> 00:44:12,520 And last week we were looking at a 676 00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:18,760 band of men whose hearts God had touched. 677 00:44:21,020 --> 00:44:24,740 And I had asked the class to find 678 00:44:24,740 --> 00:44:28,520 me quite a number of bands of men 679 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,820 whose hearts God had touched. 680 00:44:34,770 --> 00:44:37,530 And you see some of the class, they 681 00:44:37,530 --> 00:44:39,790 found a great crowd on the day of 682 00:44:39,790 --> 00:44:42,510 Pentecost, 3,000 called, hey. 683 00:44:43,270 --> 00:44:45,430 Only I said that's not a band of 684 00:44:45,430 --> 00:44:45,750 men. 685 00:44:47,130 --> 00:44:48,910 That's a band of men and women. 686 00:44:52,130 --> 00:44:56,510 And then one of our men said 144 687 00:44:56,510 --> 00:44:57,490 ,000. 688 00:44:59,870 --> 00:45:01,370 Is that a band of men? 689 00:45:03,230 --> 00:45:04,390 Come on, he's a believer. 690 00:45:08,300 --> 00:45:10,800 And I said that's not a band of 691 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:11,140 men. 692 00:45:13,980 --> 00:45:16,520 And then my son, he said to me 693 00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:18,420 when he came home, he said, God, listen. 694 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:22,700 Do you see this verse here, verse 4? 695 00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:27,920 These are they which were not defiled with 696 00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:28,280 woman. 697 00:45:30,700 --> 00:45:32,700 There must be a band of men. 698 00:45:35,030 --> 00:45:37,150 I said, you're not reading enough. 699 00:45:38,010 --> 00:45:39,530 You're stopping too soon. 700 00:45:40,210 --> 00:45:43,030 It says they are virgins. 701 00:45:44,350 --> 00:45:47,110 So I can argue from that angle none 702 00:45:47,110 --> 00:45:48,290 of them were a band of women. 703 00:45:50,430 --> 00:45:52,270 Oh no, I don't think that sort of 704 00:45:52,270 --> 00:45:53,350 argument will do. 705 00:45:55,820 --> 00:45:58,500 You see, I'm looking at this wee thing 706 00:45:58,500 --> 00:46:03,520 among men, I'm going to confess this, that 707 00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:07,720 you know if it's 3,000, they'll have 708 00:46:07,720 --> 00:46:08,940 to have them all men. 709 00:46:11,230 --> 00:46:16,490 And if it's 144,000, they'll have to 710 00:46:16,490 --> 00:46:17,470 have them all men. 711 00:46:17,710 --> 00:46:19,710 You know, they wouldn't give a woman a 712 00:46:19,710 --> 00:46:20,750 chance at all. 713 00:46:21,650 --> 00:46:24,010 No wonder there's a woman's libs. 714 00:46:26,270 --> 00:46:28,830 For all the boys that I see, they're 715 00:46:28,830 --> 00:46:29,690 all men. 716 00:46:29,770 --> 00:46:31,090 They're just three men. 717 00:46:32,250 --> 00:46:36,210 You know, I don't think that God will 718 00:46:36,210 --> 00:46:42,150 take 144,000 men, Jews, male Jews. 719 00:46:43,430 --> 00:46:47,910 I believe they'll be women taking their stuff. 720 00:46:50,850 --> 00:46:53,950 You see what this is this evening? 721 00:46:54,490 --> 00:46:56,750 This is a great figure of speech. 722 00:46:57,910 --> 00:47:00,370 And this is the thing you've always got 723 00:47:00,370 --> 00:47:02,890 to look out for when you're expanding this 724 00:47:02,890 --> 00:47:04,970 book, that there are figures of speech. 725 00:47:07,050 --> 00:47:09,710 You see, supposing I took you back to 726 00:47:09,710 --> 00:47:12,850 Paul writing to the Corinthians and he's talking 727 00:47:12,850 --> 00:47:13,930 about the church. 728 00:47:14,830 --> 00:47:17,030 And he says, you know, I exhort you 729 00:47:17,030 --> 00:47:19,810 and I preach to you that I may 730 00:47:19,810 --> 00:47:22,970 present you a chief's vision. 731 00:47:24,690 --> 00:47:26,370 It ain't the church of men or the 732 00:47:26,370 --> 00:47:31,120 women, because it's the figure of speech. 733 00:47:32,580 --> 00:47:36,560 When he talks about the bride, the church, 734 00:47:36,780 --> 00:47:37,860 it's all women. 735 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,600 It's the figure of speech, that's what it 736 00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:41,840 is. 737 00:47:44,710 --> 00:47:47,070 When the Lord said, I am the door, 738 00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:51,140 well, it was the figure of speech. 739 00:47:52,740 --> 00:47:55,520 And the figure of speech is there to 740 00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:59,660 bring out something that God wants to be 741 00:47:59,660 --> 00:48:02,180 brought out, and you have the two sides 742 00:48:02,180 --> 00:48:02,820 of the pier. 743 00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:06,740 These are they which were not defiled with 744 00:48:06,740 --> 00:48:09,900 women, for they are virgins. 745 00:48:12,020 --> 00:48:14,860 I believe the figure of speech is telling 746 00:48:14,860 --> 00:48:22,400 us that the 144,000 Jews came right 747 00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:28,360 through this tribulation period, and they were frothless 748 00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:30,780 before the world. 749 00:48:33,020 --> 00:48:34,740 What a record that must be. 750 00:48:36,140 --> 00:48:38,920 You know, sometimes we think we're in trouble 751 00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,780 here because we've a few barriers up. 752 00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:46,840 And of course we talk about these terrible 753 00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:51,940 days in Austria and all the rest but 754 00:48:51,940 --> 00:48:55,260 I can tell you that the 144,000 755 00:48:55,260 --> 00:49:00,080 are going to come through the worst period 756 00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:03,600 that we're ever for on this planet of 757 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:07,140 ours, and come through with flying colours. 758 00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:14,260 Oh, how it should make us forget our 759 00:49:14,260 --> 00:49:15,040 moanings. 760 00:49:16,140 --> 00:49:19,880 We moan about very little, you know. 761 00:49:21,220 --> 00:49:23,960 Sometimes some of them say it was too 762 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,380 warm, you know, it was far too warm. 763 00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,520 Then you get another old lady, she says 764 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:30,800 it's far too cold. 765 00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:37,060 We had an old man here who used 766 00:49:37,060 --> 00:49:39,100 to come to me with all his problems. 767 00:49:40,300 --> 00:49:42,120 And he came one morning, and he says, 768 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:43,620 did you see that wee lass in the 769 00:49:43,620 --> 00:49:44,420 front this morning? 770 00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:46,900 She had no skirt on at all, he 771 00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:47,180 says. 772 00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:52,500 But then one morning in walks one of 773 00:49:52,500 --> 00:49:54,700 our girls with a neck fit on, nearly 774 00:49:54,700 --> 00:49:56,460 flippin' on it, you know what it is. 775 00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:00,000 Later flashes up to me after, she says, 776 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:01,560 did you see that one with the long 777 00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:02,280 clothes on? 778 00:50:02,700 --> 00:50:04,480 Will you forever stop at this? 779 00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:07,760 No, I says, a week ago you were 780 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:09,240 saying there were two shorts. 781 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,460 Now you're saying that you were, would you 782 00:50:12,460 --> 00:50:14,640 tell me the measurement amount of an outfit. 783 00:50:21,540 --> 00:50:24,320 But we do the greatest bit of moaning, 784 00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:31,240 you know, about all of it. 785 00:50:31,420 --> 00:50:34,440 I couldn't say a word to any girl 786 00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:36,560 with a long skirt on. 787 00:50:36,680 --> 00:50:38,200 Why would I dare to do it? 788 00:50:41,570 --> 00:50:44,850 You know, these old fellows only annoy themselves 789 00:50:44,850 --> 00:50:49,890 and keep themselves upon hell upon earth, over 790 00:50:49,890 --> 00:50:50,470 nothing. 791 00:50:51,950 --> 00:50:54,530 If they had something to mourn about, they 792 00:50:54,530 --> 00:50:57,110 would, they would be better off with it. 793 00:50:58,450 --> 00:51:00,870 I'll tell you that the man that goes 794 00:51:00,870 --> 00:51:04,530 through the tribulation on the woman will be 795 00:51:04,530 --> 00:51:05,530 in a fierce time. 796 00:51:07,030 --> 00:51:09,510 But they're going to go right through. 797 00:51:10,210 --> 00:51:13,310 Without a thought, the world can say nothing 798 00:51:13,310 --> 00:51:13,990 about them. 799 00:51:15,530 --> 00:51:18,030 Oh, how we should be ashamed of the 800 00:51:18,030 --> 00:51:19,430 way we mourn at times. 801 00:51:20,730 --> 00:51:22,750 Watch what it says about them. 802 00:51:24,070 --> 00:51:26,750 It says, these are they which were not 803 00:51:26,750 --> 00:51:29,250 defiled with women, for they are virgins. 804 00:51:31,130 --> 00:51:35,270 These are they which follow the man for 805 00:51:35,270 --> 00:51:37,050 those whoever he goeth. 806 00:51:37,690 --> 00:51:40,870 You know, they were faultless before the world. 807 00:51:41,830 --> 00:51:43,690 They were followers of the Lamb. 808 00:51:45,270 --> 00:51:49,790 These were redeemed from among men, being the 809 00:51:49,790 --> 00:51:50,750 firstfruits. 810 00:51:51,970 --> 00:51:56,050 Here's a lovely phrase here, And in their 811 00:51:56,050 --> 00:51:58,830 mouth was found no guile. 812 00:52:00,290 --> 00:52:04,890 Here's the great testimonial to them, for they 813 00:52:04,890 --> 00:52:09,090 are without fault before the throne of God. 814 00:52:10,330 --> 00:52:13,310 What a vision of the spiritual record of 815 00:52:13,310 --> 00:52:13,970 this crowd. 816 00:52:14,430 --> 00:52:21,330 Faultless, followers, firstfruits, singing for a speech. 817 00:52:23,030 --> 00:52:25,310 You know, there was once a little laugh 818 00:52:25,310 --> 00:52:31,350 said to Peter, thy speech betrayeth thee. 819 00:52:32,950 --> 00:52:38,270 It's a great thing when your speech tells 820 00:52:38,270 --> 00:52:40,350 folk that you have been with Jesus. 821 00:52:42,730 --> 00:52:44,950 Oh, we're not going on with the other 822 00:52:44,950 --> 00:52:45,670 thing tonight. 823 00:52:45,770 --> 00:52:47,710 We're going to take time and do the 824 00:52:47,710 --> 00:52:51,530 voices properly when we come to it next 825 00:52:51,530 --> 00:52:51,830 week. 826 00:52:51,910 --> 00:52:54,150 But keep that in the back of your 827 00:52:54,150 --> 00:52:57,050 mind as we come to next week. 828 00:52:58,330 --> 00:53:00,610 Here's a great hymn for us to sing 829 00:53:00,610 --> 00:53:04,110 this evening, 848. 830 00:53:05,230 --> 00:53:08,590 It is the grandest theme through the ages 831 00:53:08,590 --> 00:53:09,190 wrung. 832 00:53:09,890 --> 00:53:12,850 It is the grandest theme for a mortal 833 00:53:12,850 --> 00:53:13,370 tongue. 834 00:53:13,950 --> 00:53:16,890 It is the grandest theme that the world 835 00:53:16,890 --> 00:53:17,890 ever sung. 836 00:53:18,530 --> 00:53:25,670 Our God is able to deliver the 848 837 00:53:25,670 --> 00:53:26,610 things. 838 00:55:31,670 --> 00:55:34,090 And if you came to the meeting and 839 00:55:34,090 --> 00:55:37,130 you have no money with you, just take 840 00:55:37,130 --> 00:55:39,570 whatever you want and we'll trust you, you'll 841 00:55:39,570 --> 00:55:41,230 come back with the money all right. 842 00:55:41,410 --> 00:55:44,610 So don't miss them while they're here because 843 00:55:44,610 --> 00:55:46,450 we're not reprinting them again. 844 00:55:46,890 --> 00:55:48,770 Last verse, please. 845 00:56:43,700 --> 00:56:47,980 Thank thee for the great fact that thou 846 00:56:47,980 --> 00:56:53,320 art not only able to save us, but 847 00:56:53,320 --> 00:56:55,140 thou art able to keep us. 848 00:56:56,240 --> 00:57:00,580 Thank thee that thou didst keep Daniel even 849 00:57:00,580 --> 00:57:01,280 in Babylon. 850 00:57:02,860 --> 00:57:05,860 Thou wilt keep the hundred and forty-four 851 00:57:05,860 --> 00:57:11,360 thousand in the tribulation, and thou art able 852 00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:15,220 to keep us as we wait for thy 853 00:57:15,220 --> 00:57:16,480 coming again. 854 00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:21,820 Part us in thy fear, and with thy 855 00:57:21,820 --> 00:57:25,220 blessings, for thy holy name's sake. 856 00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:26,120 Amen.