Judgment has come
9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls (7 Churches’ brothers)of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.
10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, “until” the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
-Revelation 6:9-11
Now, it seems the number of their brothers(souls under the altar) is fully complete, “Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.” – Revelation 14:1
When their number is complete, then the God’s judgment would come. What is the God’s judgment about? Let’s read Daniel chapter 7 first…
9 “As I looked,
thrones were placed,
and the Ancient of Days took his seat;
his clothing was white as snow,
and the hair of his head like pure wool;
his throne was fiery flames;
its wheels were burning fire.
10 A stream of fire issued
and came out from before him;
a thousand thousands served him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him;
the court sat in judgment,
and the books were opened.
13 “I saw in the night visions,
and behold, with the clouds of heaven
there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the Ancient of Days
and was presented before him.
14 And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.
21 As I looked, this (little) horn(the beast 666) made war with the saints and prevailed over them,
22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints (144000) of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.
26 But the court shall sit in judgment,
and his(the Beast) dominion shall be taken away,
to be consumed and destroyed to the end.
27 And the kingdom and the dominion
and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven
shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High;
his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey him.’
Let’s see the Judgement of God in Revelation chapter 14…
-The first is the favorable judgment for the holy people the 144000 Saints, the Kingdom and the Dominion will be given to them.
1 Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000[the people of the saints of the Most High] who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,
3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women (defiled with the great Prostitute-Babylon the great), for they are virgins (the wife of the Lamb-New Jerusalem). It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These(144000) have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,
5 and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.
A Loud voice of angel proclaim to all who dwell on earth, this is a very important message, for God’s judgment has come…
6 Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.
7 And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him(Heavenly Father Jehovah God) who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
-The second judgment is for Babylon the Great-the great prostitute, she will be fallen.
8 Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great(‘the Great Prostitute‘), she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.”
-The third judgment is for the Beast and those worship the Beast.
9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
10 he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he(organization of countries : which formed by man) will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they(nations) have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
Please read <Flesh Soul Spirit> about the fire and sulfur.
12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead (souls under the altar) who die in the Lord from now on (1st century).” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”
So ‘from now on‘, from that date angel proclaim and the date of apostle John got the revelations, the saints of 144000 were being sealed…
Matthew 13:24-26,30
“He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,”
25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.””
Matthew 13:38-43
38 The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers,
42 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
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Now, it will be the harvest time soon, it is the end of the “Age”…
14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man(Jesus), with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”
16 So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”
19 So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse’s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.
– Revelation 14:14-20
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What does it mean of Revelation 14:17-20 “gathered the grape threw into the great winepress… and blood flowed as high as a horse’s bridle…”?
Maybe the “grape” refers to minkind, they are threw into God’s winepress. What does it mean? Maybe it refers to mankind have drunk the wine of Babylon the Great, they are drunk and their mind – blood are “full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality”.
“Then one of the seven angels… said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, 2 … and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” – Revelation 17:1,2
“The woman… holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.” – Revelation 17:4
“For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality…” – Revelation 18:3
So maybe when the 7th Trumpet – the 7 Bowls finished, angels would destroy Babylon the Great, all people would threw into the God’s great winepress to press out their abominations and sexual immorality mind, like pressing the red wine – blood from grape, they would be squeezed until the last drop. Mankind will be purified and clean, no abominations and sexual immorality mind any more, for the Babylon the Great will be found no more.
This may compares with Isaiah 63:1-7 about God’s Salvation.
1 Who is this who comes from Edom,
in crimsoned garments from Bozrah,
he who is splendid in his apparel,
marching in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, speaking in righteousness,
mighty to save.”
2 Why is your apparel red,
and your garments like his who treads in the winepress?
3 “I have trodden the winepress alone,
and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood spattered on my garments,
and stained all my apparel.
4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and my year of redemption had come.
5 I looked, but there was no one to help;
I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me salvation,
and my wrath upheld me.
6 I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
I made them drunk in my wrath,
and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”
7 I will recount the steadfast love of YHWH,
the praises of YHWH,
according to all that YHWH has granted us,
and the great goodness to the house of Israel
that he has granted them according to his compassion,
according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
“Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.” – Revelation 15:1
Let’s see this sign and the last seven plagues… <The last plagues>
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