Friday, July 25, 2008

144,000 Sealed Servants of GOD

144,000 Sealed Servants of GOD

I'm going to take you back a little bit again as want to go over the 144,000 that will be sealed between the 6th and 7th Seal Judgements.
We will go back to Genesis in a little bit but first a few facts about the 144,000 who will be sealed as servants of GOD.
In reading Revelations, Chapter 14, I find eight verses about the 144,000.
They stand with Jesus on the Mount of Zion (Rev 14:1)
They have marks upon their foreheads (Rev 14:1)
They understand the heavenly new song (Rev 14:3)
They have kept themselves pure (Rev 14:4)
They follow the Lamb wherever HE goes (Rev 14:4)
They were purchased from among men (Rev 14:4)
They were offered as firstfruits to GOD and the Lamb (Rev 14:4)
They were found to have NO lie in their mouths, blameless (Rev 14:4)

The 144,000 are from the 12 tribes of Israel. They are the chosen ones of GOD. The 12 tribes of Jerusalem begins in the book of Genesis, Chap. 29, Verse 32 where it talks of Jacob's first wife Leah who gives birth to Rueben. Jacob had two wives: Leah and Rachel. It is Rachel that Jacob loves the most even though she is his 2nd wife.
Leah, the 1st wife, birthed Rueben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun
Rachel, the 2nd wife, birthed Joseph and Benjamin
Leah's maidservant Zilpah gave birth to sons of Jacob also: Gad and Asher
Rachel's maidservant Bilhah also birthed sons of Jacob: Dan and Naphtali
These sons are the beginnings of the 12 tribes, though the son, Dan, is replaced by another named Manasseh. 6 of the tribes are Blessed and 6 of the tribes are Cursed.
Those that are Blessed are: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar,Joseph and Benjamin
Those that are Cursed are: Rueben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali
Each were given seperate territories. They consist of the Eastern, Western, Southern and Northern Tribes.
Eastern Tribes are: Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun
Western Tribes are: Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin
Southern Tribes are: Rueben, Simeon and Gad
Northern Tribes are: Dan, Asher, and Naphtali
There are 12,000 chosen from each Tribe to make up the 144,000.
12,000 from the tribe of Judah (this is the line which Jesus comes from)
12,000 from the tribe of Rueben
12,000 from the tribe of Gad
12,000 from the tribe of Asher
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh (replaced one of the original sons)
12,000 from the tribe of Simeon
12,000 from the tribe of Levi (this tribe formed the Priesthood)
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar
12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph
12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin
Towards the end of Jacob's life he blesses his sons. (Genesis 49: 1-28)

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