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We have just had a couple of chapters about the two beasts and the dragon. Now we see the Lamb and the heavenly perspective. We need awareness of both the heavenly realities and the diabolical nature of the dragon. We first met the 144 000 in chapter 7 and a mark had been put on their forehead. Part of the significance of the 144 000 here is that all have been preserved, none has been lost. This is important, In John 6:39 Jesus says “I shall lose none of all those He has given me, but raise them up at the last day”. This does not mean we will never suffer, and definitely not that we will not die once. Revelation itself has sufficient warnings on that score, but we will be raised to new life on the last day. So we need to appreciate two things: (i) the seriousness of the battle; and (ii) our perfect security in Christ. I do take the 144 000 to be representative of the church as a whole.
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