A Summary of Revelation 14:1-5
Our study will focus on Revelation 14:1-5 which reads, “And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God”.
Matthew 23:9 tells us that Almighty God is our Father. Jesus Christ, the Son of God is the Lamb which was slain to redeem us from sin. He blotted out the Mosaic Laws which were against us (Galatians 3:19, 24, Galatians 4:4-5; Colossians 2:14) and gave Himself as an eternal sacrifice once and for all.
The one hundred and forty-four thousand are Israelites who have accepted Christ’s sacrifice. There are twelve thousand each from the tribes of Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulon, Joseph and Benjamin.
Hebrews 12:22 refers to Mount Sion as the city of the Living God and the heavenly Jerusalem. Earthly Jerusalem is referred to as Zion.
Revelation 14:3 tells us that those around the throne were redeemed and sang a new song. Those persons are Jews who accepted and believed that Jesus Christ would be humans’ liberator. This is not telling us that they are now in heaven around God’s throne but is pointing out their relationship to God. Presently they are all asleep awaiting the resurrection of the just.
The redeemed were not defiled with women and they were the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. Prophetically woman refers to Church (Jeremiah 6:2, 2 Corinthians 11:2). Not being defiled by women means that they were never involved in false worship. They were spiritual virgins obedient to the Commandments of God and His Ordinances. They were the first persons to access salvation.
The Ten Commandments which God has given to everyone and which must be obeyed by all who desires to be in His Glorious Kingdom.
Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me and keep My commandments.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made the heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant. Nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour’s.
Revelation 14:1 tells us that the redeemed had their Father’s name written in their foreheads. This means that their knowledge is centred on sound religion. They never engaged in any act of disobedience to God’s words. Thus, in them was found no guile or sinful actions. Jesus actually met a man who had no guile. His name was Nathaniel. When He met Nathaniel He said, ‘Behold an Israelite indeed in whom there is no guile”. John 1:47
Today many of us claim to be followers of Christ and hope to inherit eternal life. How can we know if we are walking right? How can we identify those who are walking right? Luke 6:43-49, tells us clearly. It reads, “For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Whosoever cometh to Me, and heareth My sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.”
Let us earnestly seek to please God so that we too can be assured of everlasting life when God creates a new heaven and a new earth.
Writer - A. E. Fisher
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