“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 (v.1).”
Apostle John is now shown a vision that is set in heaven, In the previous chapters we were shown from the Jewish angle where an angel had bidden the martyrs to bide till other martyrs their brethren and fellow servants, that should be killed as they were (6:11) also joined them. They were first shown only when the Lamb broke open the seal. The altar served as a clue to their Jewish identity. This was in turn the direct consequence of breaking the fourth seal. It revealed Death as the rider on the pale horse. What he brought in the rear but Hell (Re,6:8).
In the present chapter we are seeing a change in perspective. The Lamb is standing on…
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