The One Hundred Forty-Four Thousand

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for November 16
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The One Hundred Forty-Four Thousand

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. Rev. 14:1. 


Upon the crystal sea before the throne, that sea of glass as it were
mingled with fire--so resplendent is it with the glory of God--are
gathered the company that have "gotten the victory over the beast, and
over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name."
With the Lamb upon Mount Zion, "having the harps of God," they stand,
the hundred and forty and four thousand that were redeemed from among
men; and there is heard, as the sound of many waters, and as the sound
of a great thunder, "the voice of harpers harping with their harps." And
they sing "a new song" before the throne, a song which no man can learn
save the hundred and forty and four thousand. It is the song of Moses
and the Lamb--a song of deliverance. 

None but the hundred and forty-four thousand can learn that song; for it
is the song of their experience--an experience such as no other company
have ever had. "These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he
goeth." These, having been translated from the earth, from among the
living, are counted as "the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb."
Revelation 15:2, 3; 14:1-5. "These are they which came out of great
tribulation;" they have passed through the time of trouble such as never
was since there was a nation; they have endured the anguish of the time
of Jacob's trouble; they have stood without an intercessor through the
final outpouring of God's judgments. But they have been delivered, for
they have "washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb." "In their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault"
before God. "Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him
day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall
dwell among them." 

They have seen the earth wasted with famine and pestilence, the sun
having power to scorch men with great heat, and they themselves have
endured suffering, hunger, and thirst. But "they shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat." Revelation 7:14-16.

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