By Gerlinda

Isaiah 61 1 "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;"

This is the scripture that Jesus Christ/Yahshua read in the Synagog but didn't finish reading the whole of it but then sat down. Why was that?

He had come to fulfill this portion and will fulfill the last portion at His Second Coming but notice something here.

He says He will open the prisons to them that are bound. So, who was it that were bound and released when Our Lord died and descended into the Hell, which by the way, had two sides to it at that time with a great Gulf between. Wasn't it those that were in Abraham's Bosom who were waiting for their release once Jesus Christ defeated DEATH and led them free when He arose from the Grave? He did this 5500 years after the promise was given to Adam & Eve. Here is proof of such a place as Abraham's Bosom.

Luke 16:24 [KJV] "And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame."

Abraham and the OT Saints were on the other side of a great gulf that divided the two sides. Now, pay attention to was included in that First Fruit group that arose from the dead.

With Christ's Death & Resurrection, the Gates of Paradise was once again opened to the Righteous of The Almighty. Since the day there is no longer any Believer in Christ that goes into this captivity. Only the Unrighteous Spirits go to the side where there are flames.

There is proof that many of those that had died were seen alive when Jesus Christ arose from the Dead, isn't there? For instance. Matthew 27:52 (Aramaic Bible in Plain English)

"Tombs were opened, and many bodies of the Saints who were sleeping arose."

So, we know that since His overcoming DEATH, all Believer's Spirits return to their Father but an unrighteous one wouldn't have access to the Father because of the choice he/she has made. In fact, Jesus often referred to them of their father Satan.

Looking back at the Isaiah scripture, do we see how clearly it was prophesied what Jesus Christ would do long before He ever did it? That was the Resurrection of the First Fruit. Among those of the First Fruit is that special group called the 144,000 that did not defile themselves with women but followed the Lamb wherever He went.

If we go back to who it is that God has sent to earth to prove which side they will choose because they did not do so at the time that Michael and his angels fought Lucifer and his 1/3 of the angels, then it fits that these are the angels (now become humans) who were fence sitters). They, unlike the Fallen Angels, did not defile themselves with women and they, from the Tribes of Israel, kept themselves apart and followed the Lamb wherever He went.

I'm sure there will be those that will say, "But the Lamb is referring to Jesus Christ/Yahshua." All I can say to that is simply this, "Yahshua didn't just come on the scene at the beginning of the New Testament. He has always been and was always a part of the Old Testament Believers, leading them by day with a Cloud and by night, a Pillar of Light."

There is only one First Fruit Resurrection and the 144,000 must be part of them because they are called "The First Fruit

What comes next is the Wheat Harvest, which happens at the time when the Tares are separated and taken by the Angels to burn or also called The Grapes of Wrath when God's Wrath comes upon the world. That Wheat Harvest is the ecclesia (Believers made up of natural Israel and Gentiles)

There-fore I believe there will be many who have been Chosen that will be the Elect that get removed into a place of safety here on earth before the Wrath of God is poured on this unbelieving world.

In Matthew 24, it speaks about One is taken and one is left, it is speaking of the one taken in a Righteous Death such as Isaiah 57:1-2 seems to making a reference. We are removed before the Wrath of God and not at the End of Great Tribulation, as many who have removed themselves from a pre-tribulation Rapture and now gone to the Post Tribulation Rapture are believing.

Because Isaiah 57:1-2 speaks of "The Good man perisheth, he is taken to save him from the evil to come.", that word for perisheth, ovad, in the Hebrew means an "Unbloody Death', therefore, while it looks like they are part of the total calamity come upon earth...God, in His Mercy, had His Angels gather them to a place of safety while the evil, that is to come, begins in earnest. And doesn't the Bible tell us that His Angels will gather the Elect from the Four Corners of the Earth?

The Anti-Christ and his system is given 3 1/2 years but God's Wrath will be much shorter.

As for the 144,000, the question is, "Are they sealed yet or are they not?" I believe, if you look at the group that was resurrected at the First Fruit Harvest, there had to have been many who qualified as those who remained pure, unlike their Fallen counter-parts and they dedicated themselves to serving the One they knew to be the Only Begotten of the Father, Yahshua, known to most as Jesus Christ. They have continued to follow Him and serve Him. So, are they sealed to return to earth for a future work?

Revelation 14:4 states unequivocally that these 144,000 are "firstfruits to God and to the Lamb." Can God count? If these 144,000 are God's firstfruits, then no one else is included. The firstfruits are exactly 144,000, not one person less or one more! These numbers are consistent with the "thousands" and "tens of thousands" added together from the Old and New Testaments. As Jesus Christ/Yahshua says, "Many are called, but few chosen" (Matthew 20:16).

The 144,000 have very special qualities; Revelation 7 and 14 mention them as highly favored of God. They:
• Are sealed by an angel of God
• Are specially selected from the tribes of Israel
• Stand on Mount Zion with "a Lamb"
• Have the Father's name written on their foreheads
• Sing a new song no one else can sing
• Are redeemed from the earth
• Are called "virgins"
• Are not defiled with women (Spiritually undefiled)
• Are considered the firstfruits of God's harvest
• Are guileless and without fault

We all seem to believe that they will be taken out of this Last Days Generation but perhaps, we are wrong about that just like we've been wrong about so much since so many of the Books were deliberately removed to hide so much truth from us.

What we do know is that there is no-pre Tribulation Rapture and more and more have come to see this and abandoned the teaching all together. Time passing always seems to clear up what is truth and what is fable. So, I truly hope that those who think we are finding fault with those that predict a Rapture soon, can come to understand that it is they who find fault with a more clear teaching of the Word of God rather than gobble up the false teachings of the Jesuits and their kind.

Revelation 7


7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? And whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 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.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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