Revelations,A Study.Section 5. Chapter 7:2 thru 7:8 The sealing of the hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. The first question we will look at is the word seal. Why and what is the meaning? Seal; Sphragis Sfrag-ece' Probably strengthened from G5420; A signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy, or genuineness), literally or figuratively. The Sealing of the 144,000 is representative or should we say paralell to the mark of the beast, only by God on His chosen. There are many simularieties between Satans Kingdom and the Kingdom of God. If you look close you will see The Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost and in paraell you will see Satan, The Beast and the False prophet. You will also see when God seals His chosen from each tribe of Israel you will also see Satan marking His members. You may ask,”Does Satan really have a Kingdom?” The answer is yes, its scriptual. Do I also have proof of these things, yes, we will look at each as we progress into our study. The 144,000 are sealed Jews that will preach the Gospel to each tribe of Israel. [ref; Eze_47:13, Eze_48:19, Eze_48:31; Zec_9:1] Verse 7:1 is speaking of a plague about to be poured upon the earth. Each plague is real, there is no symbolism here. Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,[North,South,East and West.] holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. The wind is an extremely important factor in our ability to breath and controlls the rains. Rev 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending[comming up from] from the east, having the seal of the living God:... [The mark of the Most High, as per a king and his mark on official documents] ...and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Now If you have noticed each angel that is mentioned has a specific position to fulfill and maintain. This is the pattern that Jesus has set down for His Church. [Ref; 1Co 12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 1Co 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.] Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. The plagues will not start untill the sealing of the 144,000. Rev 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. [ref; Rev_14:1, Rev_14:3] As for the tribes of Israel there are actually 13 to speak of. The Tribes; Juda, Reuben, Gad, Aser, Nepthalim, Manasses, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zabulon, Joseph, Benjamin. Can you see the one thats missing from this list? Its the Tribe of Dan. [Ref; Exo_1:2-4; Num_1:4-15, Num_10:14-27, Num_13:4-16.] The Levi Tribe is actually not a tribe but an administration of Religious matters, The Priest of the other twelve tribes. [Ref; Gen 49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Gen 49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.] (1Ki_12:29). Dan's genealogy is not given in 1 Chronicles 2-12. Its unsettled state audits connection with the far N. Dan, the headquarters of idolatry, may have caused the loss of the genealogy. Dan is omitted among the sealed in Revelation 7 as having been the first to lapse into idolatry, for which cause Ephraim also is omitted (Judges 17; Hos_4:17) and Joseph substituted. Arethas of the 10th century suggests that Dan's omission is because Antichrist is to be from him, or else to be his tool (compare Gen_49:17; Jer_8:16; Amo_8:14), as there was a Judas among the twelve. Jacob's prophecy, "Dan shall be a serpent in the way, ... that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward," alludes primarily to Dan's local position in front of the royal Judah;. end section 5.

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