Welcome to Revelation Unraveled, I'm your host, William Tapley, also known as the
Third Eagle of the Apocalypse and the Co-Prophet of these End Times.
This past week I've been doing some research on the 144,000 in the book of
Revelation and there are quite a few videos on YouTube, probably over a
hundred, and none of them get it right. Some of them have 500, 600, and 700
thousand views! An awful lot of people are being led astray; but that's a sign of the End
Times. The Bible says that people with itching ears would go after false
doctrines. And there would be many false prophets in the End Times claiming to be
Christian, in other words, are coming in the name of Jesus and a lot of people
prefer to be under a great delusion: they don't want to know the truth. On this
program, I'm going to explain who the 144,000 are because there are three
different groups and there may even be a fourth group and we'll talk about that
on this program. So let's start in Revelation, chapter 7, verse number 1:
'After these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the
earth, holding the four winds of the earth (notice that 4-4-4
sacred numerology; that means this is a judgment from Almighty God in these
End Times) that they should not blow upon the earth, nor upon the sea, nor on any
tree.' Now, this is talking about, he's going to talk about, 144,000 Jews who
will be converted and they're going to be sealed so when does this sealing
occur? It occurs before the wrath of God. And Jesus refers to these sealed Jews in
the Olivet Discourse also, and he lists them first there. He says: 'Let those who
are in Judea flee to the mountains'. And we know from
the testimony of Natan that the mountain they flee to is the Mount of
Olives, not Mount Zion. Chapter 7, verse number 2: 'And I saw another angel
ascending (now, this is an oxymoron because angels do not ascend, they come
down from heaven, so we know that in this case the term 'angel' is symbolic and
we'll see that this symbolizes the prophet Elijah) from the rising of the
sun (that's how we know this is Elijah because Elijah was a Tishbite, he
came from Thesbes which is east of Jerusalem) having the seal of the living
God (one seal, the seal of the Father) and he cried with a loud voice to the four
angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea.' Notice that these
angels obey Elijah even though they are supernatural beings and Elijah is a
natural being. Of course, Elijah is probably in heaven
at the moment when they listen to him, but he may not be; still, he's a human
being. And as I've said all along, the human
being, Mary, defeats the supernatural being, Satan, as prophesied back in
Genesis 3:15. So here's another example of a human being giving orders and
controlling supernatural beings. Chapter 7, verse number 3: 'Hurt not the earth
nor the sea nor the trees till we (now this is Elijah talking but he doesn't
say who the 'we' are but I think we can assume that since Elijah is one of the
two witnesses the 'we' must include the other witness and that would be the
prophet Enoch) seal the servants ('servants' is a code word for the remnant Jews. It's
the same here in the book of Revelation as it is in Isaiah 45 and in Micah 5, as I
have mentioned many times on this program) of our God on their foreheads.'
So, these remnant Jews will be sealed on the forehead with the seal of the
Father. Chapter 7, verse 4: 'And I heard the number of them that were sealed, 144,000
(so, this is the first group) were sealed of every tribe of the children of Israel.'
As I said, this is also the first group which Jesus refers to when he says: 'Let
those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.' Chapter 7, verse number 9:
'After this (so now, chronologically speaking, this
next group, which is not one of 144,000, comes after the sealing of the Jews) I
saw a great multitude which no man could number (now this is the only group which
is not numbered. There are four groups who will reign with Jesus during the
Millennium: the Raptured Protestants, the Protected Catholics, the Holy Martyrs and
the Converted Jews) of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues (so this
is obviously a different group than the converted Jews because it comes from all
these different tribes) standing before the throne and in sight of the lamb (so
those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. This group is in heaven)
clothed with white robes and palms in their hands.' Now this would indicate
martyrdom but not necessarily a bloody martyrdom. There is such a thing
as a dry martyrdom and I think that's what is referred to here. Chapter 7, verse
13: 'And one of the ancients answered and said to me: These that are clothed in
white robes, who are they? and whence came they?' Now the ancient asked John
this question because it's important to know who this group is. That's why it is
repeated twice. And chapter 7, verse 14: 'And I said to him:
My Lord you know. And he said to me: these are they who come out of the Great
Tribulation (so this is obviously after the converted Jews) and have washed their
robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.' Again it doesn't talk about
bloody martyrdom such as being beheaded by the Antichrist. They are made white in
the blood of the Lamb, and I suspect this is a dry martyrdom, probably famine,
probably exposure to the elements. Chapter 7, verse 15: 'Therefore they
are before the throne of God and they serve Him day and night in his temple
and he that sits on the throne shall dwell over them.' Now, there's no
indication that this group will return at Armageddon. I believe these are the
protected Catholics in the desert but they did not survive the desert. That's
why they wear white robes. They suffer a dry martyrdom. Chapter 7, verse
number 16: 'They shall no longer hunger nor thirst, neither shall the sun fall on
them, nor any heat.' So, this tells us how they died; they died
of hunger, of thirst, in other words, the drought in the desert.
'Neither shall the Sun fall on them (they won't suffer sunburn, or they did suffer
sunburn. These are the things that killed them) nor any Heat.' They
had suffered from heatstroke; they died from exposure to the elements in
the desert. Not all of the protected Catholics who flee into the desert are
going to survive and this is something I've only discovered recently. I assumed
that they would all return with Jesus at Armageddon. Now I question that. I believe
we're going to find there are two different kinds of martyrs. Chapter 7,
verse 17: 'For the lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall rule them and
shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life, and God shall wipe
all tears from their eyes.' It certainly doesn't sound to me as if they are going to
return as are the Raptured Protestants and the Holy Martyrs.
This large group, this huge multitude, they are in heaven. And now we are going
to find two more of the 144,000 groups and they are different than the
converted Jews and for them we have to move up to chapter 14, verse number 1:
'And I beheld and lo a lamb stood upon mountain Zion (and of course, the Lamb is
Jesus and he is returning here for Armageddon) and with him 144,000 having
his name and the name of his father written on their foreheads.' So how is
this different than the converted Jews? Remember, Enoch and Elijah sealed them
with the name of the Father: just one seal. This group has TWO names
on their foreheads, the name of the Lamb and the name of the Father. So this can't
be the converted Jews. There must be two different groups; and there are, these are
the Holy Martyrs. These have been killed by the Antichrist. Now why do I say that?
Well, we have to look at chapter 20, verse number 4, to find a little better
description of them. There's only this one verse about them here. You have to
look elsewhere. Chapter 20, verse 4: 'The souls of them that were beheaded (this is
a bloody martyrdom, very clear) for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of
God (again the same two names that are on their foreheads. That's why these are
Christians; both the Old Testament and the New Testament) and who had not adored
the beast nor his image nor received his character on their foreheads, or in their
hands and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.' They are going
to survive into the Millennium; that's why they are on Mount Zion with Jesus.
And now we are going to find a completely new group of 144,000; and this is chapter
14, verse number 2: 'And I heard a voice from heaven (so how
do we know this is a new group? it's in a different location.
The last group, the Holy Martyrs we just spoke about, they are on Mount Zion. This
group is in heaven) as the noise of many waters and as the voice of great thunder;
and the voice which I heard, was as the voice of harpers, harping on their harps.'
And verse 3: 'And they sung as it were a new song before the throne and
before the four living creatures and the ancients and no man could sing that song
but those 144,000 who were purchased (purchased is John's name for
'raptured'. You won't find the word 'rapture' anywhere in Scripture. You do
find Paul talking about 'harpazzo' but that's not an End Times prophecy. John
uses the words 'purchased' or 'redeemed' instead of 'raptured'. It's the
same group) purchased from the earth.' And these are the Raptured Protestants. These
are the ones who are on the rooftop which Jesus says they must go up and not
come down for any reason. Chapter 14, verse 4: 'These are they who are not
defiled with women for they are virgins.' Well, there are celibate Protestants. That
may not be symbolic and maybe they are virgins. This next sentence is very
important: 'These follow the lamb wherever he goes.' So we see that they are in
heaven but momentarily they are also going to be on Mount Zion with Jesus.
In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus talks about the three groups that he sends his angels
to collect for the Battle of Armageddon. 'Under the four winds' that would be the
Protected Catholics who ARE going to survive into the Millennium. They are
part of the army. 'Those in one end of heaven to the other end of heaven'. Those
in one end of heaven are these Raptured Protestants and in the other end of heaven
are the Holy Martyrs. Now, they have already returned with Jesus on Mount
Zion. But all three groups will join Jesus eventually
before the Battle of Armageddon starts. And the rest of this
verse 4: 'these were purchased (in other words raptured) from among men
the first fruits to God and to the lamb.' Again this group
are Christians: they have this mark of God and the mark of Jesus. And verse
number 5: 'And in their mouth was found no lie; for they are without
spot before the throne of God.' In other words, they are perfect.
So you Protestants who are hoping to be raptured, you can see there's only going
to be 144,000 of you and you have got to be perfect, without a spot, without a lie,
and according to John, you will be celibate. So most people are going to
have to go through the Great Tribulation. So we've seen now the three groups that
are numbered: the Raptured Protestants, the Holy Martyrs and the Converted Jews.
The Protected Catholics are a huge number in heaven, a huge multitude, and
yet we know that Jesus gathers his 'elect from under the four winds'. Those are also
Protected Catholics. In other words, the Catholics are in two separate groups.
By the way, 'Catholic' and 'Protestant' are not mutually exclusive here, the way I
use the terms. There will be some Catholics who are raptured, some
Protestants who are protected in the desert. And Jesus talks about these four
groups in the Olivet Discourse, as I said. 'Let those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains'; those are the converted Jews. 'Let those who are on the housetop not go
down for any reason.' If you can't go down, the only other direction is up. That
refers to the Raptured Protestants. The next group, if I get it right, 'those who
are in the field, they must not go back to take that cloak'. The 'field' refers to
the Roman Catholic Church. This refers to the Catholics who flee their Church into
the desert. And as I say, they are divided into two groups because a lot of them
are not going to survive the trials and tribulations of the desert; they don't
suffer a bloody martyrdom but they do die from famine and thirst and from
sun and heat. And the fourth group are the martyrs: 'Woe to them who are with
child and nursing.' The 'woe' refers to a bloody martyrdom and it doesn't
necessarily mean all women; any of those who for some physical reason cannot flee.
And then there is a second group let those who flee, flee not in the winter:
'Pray that your flight be not in the winter or on the Sabbath.'
'In the winter', of course, that indicates deprivation in the desert. It can be
very cold in the desert and I'm not sure why fleeing on the desert would be
bad, fleeing on the Sabbath, but there is undoubtedly a reason you shouldn't
have flee on that day also. But there will be 144,000 protected in the desert.
By the way, 'desert' is not literal; it could be a cave in the mountains, it
could be a cabin in the woods, somewhere away from the amenities of
civilization. You will be unable to buy yourself food because you
have refused the Mark of the Beast. And in fact, in these End Times, I talk about
these various denominations but there will only be two groups: those who take the
Mark of the Beast, who end up in hell, and those who refuse. But for those who
refuse, life will not be exactly a picnic for them, that's for sure. And now you
know who the 144,000 are. Saint John lists three groups.
I suspect the fourth group is also 144,000: in other words the Catholics who
are protected in the desert who do not die because of famine or drought or heat
or sun. They are also, I suspect, 144,000
who will join with Jesus at the Battle of Armageddon. Remember Jesus says
at the Battle of Armageddon, I'm not sure, maybe John says it, 'they that are with
him are called, elect and faithful.' The 'called' are those who are called to the
Marriage Supper of the Lamb, the Raptured Protestants. The 'elect' would be the
Protected Catholics. The faithful are the Martyrs. The Converted Jews, as I said,
they do not partake in the Battle of Armageddon because they are already in
the Mount of Olives. So they would not be on Mount Zion where Jesus is gathering
his armies. So now you know who the 144,000 are. You won't
find this information in any other video on YouTube. And I suspect all four armies
are comprised of 144,000 soldiers which means Jesus has
an army of 576,000 in the Battle of Armageddon! And
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