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I have a challenge for you.
The symbolic 144,000 were God's faithful believers out of the nation of Israel, who lived life while under the Old Covenant, before Jesus first appeared.
These are they who were to be remembered by God, their names being written in "the book of Remembrance". Malachi 3:16-18.

We can see the "many" in Rev. 6:9-11 receiving the Gift of the Holy Spirit (white robes) upon the Death and resurrection of Christ in Mat. 27:50-54.
All should recall that the Holy Spirit had NOT YET been permanently given to anyone of the OC until AFTER Christ's death and resurrection. John 7:38-39.
Actually the 144,000 equal the little flock( Luke 12:32) there are a few on Earth right now-Non Jewish, because Jesus cut the Jewish religion off at Matt 23:38-39--Unless they bless Jesus-They outright refuse to this day. Thus spiritual Israel is now who belongs to Jesus. Jesus did not speak to 7 synagogues in Rev 2 and 3. There is alot of symbolism in Revelation. Like Jewish males being virgins to women= Virgen's to false religion is reality, not women. Peter is 1 of the little flock-he was married, not a virgen to a woman. In the account of King Jehosaphat-He was a good king, yet failed to take down the high places( where true servants went and served false gods) God called that scenario-immoral intercourse--Thus false religions( babylon the great) is called a harlot( there are worse names than harlot) Thus having 0 to do with false religions is being a virgen to women in the Rev account.
 

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And according to your particular religion, how did you "find the real Jesus". ?
By learning-applying-obeying-EVERY utterance from God as Jesus teaches man must do. To the best of ones ability( whole heart-soul and strength) The teachers who have Jesus teach Every utterance from God to the flock without fail. It NEVER stops.
 

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Jesus IS my Teacher, as I have before said.



Your conclusion FOR me … IS based on your Belief, not MY Belief.



Gods Word Reveals…
Lord The Son
God The Father
Almighty The Power

Rev 4:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Rev.11
[17] Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come;


Did you miss the Lesson… WHO is called Lord?

Uh…. JESUS

Did you miss the Lesson… WHO is called
God?

Uh….FATHER

Did you miss the Lesson … WHO is called
Almighty ?

Uh CHRIST (1 Cor 1:24)



I doubt your claim you are psychic.



Have at it… prove the Father, and His Son are Not ONE God possessing the Same One Power.

Glory to God,
Taken
I can show you 7 of his teachings and you WILL reject them, as every trinitarian has so far. Even though all 7 are in their translations as well.
 

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Verify… who the little flock is…
Rev 14:3= 144,000 bought from the Earth= The bride of Christ. These will sit on Thrones as kings and priests alongside of Jesus( Rev 1:6,, Rev 20:6)
At John 10;16--Speaks of other sheep=The great crowd( Rev 7:9) who are not of that fold( little flock)-- These are the only ones getting saved. The little flock to heaven, the great crowd remains on Earth forever-Matt 5:5, Psalm 37: 9,11,29) Prov 2:21-22 assures they are not leaving the Earth.
 

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A consequence and not a benefit?
No clue where you come up with wondering that either / or… I said no such thing.

How God created IS Via His Power.

Men studying Scripture and sciences… should and some (have) discovered…

The Earth was created Before mankind.
Mankind was created Out of the Earth.

The Earth was intended to be the Habitat of manKIND.

The Earth was Intended to support, maintain the life of men.

The Man formed (BY God) out of its habitat, (Earth)…
Has in the man the same Elements in the Earth…. (Shocking; Not!)

The Elements in the Earth Has for Centuries maintained, the Bodies of men…

Nutrients, Vitamins, Metals… Gold, Silver, Potassium, Iron, nuts, seeds, roots, water, Etc. Etc.
(Seriously, not a big secret).



More presumption on your part…”I don’t HAVE a “medical doctor”!
Ok, so you said a few of the earthen elements, but totally neglected to include Oxygen, of which is a gaseous element in the AIR that we breathe. Without it, all would become dead nonliving souls immediately.
 

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Actually the 144,000 equal the little flock( Luke 12:32) there are a few on Earth right now-Non Jewish, because Jesus cut the Jewish religion off at Matt 23:38-39--Unless they bless Jesus-They outright refuse to this day. Thus spiritual Israel is now who belongs to Jesus. Jesus did not speak to 7 synagogues in Rev 2 and 3. There is alot of symbolism in Revelation. Like Jewish males being virgins to women= Virgen's to false religion is reality, not women. Peter is 1 of the little flock-he was married, not a virgen to a woman. In the account of King Jehosaphat-He was a good king, yet failed to take down the high places( where true servants went and served false gods) God called that scenario-immoral intercourse--Thus false religions( babylon the great) is called a harlot( there are worse names than harlot) Thus having 0 to do with false religions is being a virgen to women in the Rev account.
You didn't entertain anything I said.
In Rev. 1:1 we understand that the words of Revelation are:
1. Directly from the Father,
2. given to Jesus, who
3. gave it to the angel, and then
4. gave it to John,
5. to give to the 7 churches.

Issue #1- God the Father thinks His thoughts in the Past, the Present and the Future, all at the same time. Isa. 55:8-9.

Issue #2- because of #1, the book of Rev. is not only about the future since 96 AD.
Nor is it to be understood solely on a chronological basis.

Issue #3- having only pen and ink to write with on parchment paper, John did not write all 22 chapters in one sitting. Nor should we assume that the angel gave John the prophecies in an orderly progression. Many of the prophecies are independent from one another, even to the point of revealing different eras of the past and recent events of the present (96AD).
 

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Rev 14:3= 144,000 bought from the Earth= The bride of Christ. These will sit on Thrones as kings and priests alongside of Jesus( Rev 1:6,, Rev 20:6)
At John 10;16--Speaks of other sheep=The great crowd( Rev 7:9) who are not of that fold( little flock)-- These are the only ones getting saved. The little flock to heaven, the great crowd remains on Earth forever-Matt 5:5, Psalm 37: 9,11,29) Prov 2:21-22 assures they are not leaving the Earth.

I don’t speak for You.

The 144,000 are They excepted out of Gods People ISRAEL … 12,000 from each of the Twelve Tribes, with an Appearance, Intended Task / Purpose DURING the Great Tribulations Foretold to be Sent Down From Heaven.
* Doesn’t include me.
* I am Not of one of the Tribes of ISRAEL.
* Nothing says “THEY” are Christs Church
* Nothing says “THEY” are Christs Bride.

John 10:
[16] And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

That ^^ Applies to me… “Other sheep”
Already Saved, Before Great Tribulations Sent Down From Heaven.
There is No purpose or Task for A Saved soul of a Gentile Presence ON Earth DURING the Great Tribulations “To be” Sent down from Heaven….
DURING the Great Tribulations IS WHEN God is Fulfilling His Promise To Save His Faithful People… ISRAEL.

Regardless of WHEN a mans Soul IS Saved…
All saved souls become One Flock…under the Power and Authority of ONE Shepherd.

Once all Soul Salvation Effected…
Israel / Jew / Gentile… is Adjoined…
Their division obsolete.
 

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Ok, so you said a few of the earthen elements, but totally neglected to include Oxygen, of which is a gaseous element in the AIR that we breathe. Without it, all would become dead nonliving souls immediately.

I said ELEMENTS…and Minerals

Do you require an Entire List of known “ELEMENTS”…?
Do yo Require an Entire List of known
“MINERALS”…?

Before you understand the Point … that the makeup of the Earth…man was formed Out OF…Provides a man with the …
Elements and Minerals… Required to sustain a mans Life…?

Oxygen Defined…
a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.

If you are Breathing OxYGEN, you are breathing a gaseous element… God Provided plant Life to Emit .

A consequence of Gods handiworks.
A benefit for man, God Provided.

Glory to God,
Taken
 

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I said ELEMENTS…and Minerals

Do you require an Entire List of known “ELEMENTS”…?
Do yo Require an Entire List of known
“MINERALS”…?

Before you understand the Point … that the makeup of the Earth…man was formed Out OF…Provides a man with the …
Elements and Minerals… Required to sustain a mans Life…?

Oxygen Defined…
a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.

If you are Breathing OxYGEN, you are breathing a gaseous element… God Provided plant Life to Emit .

A consequence of Gods handiworks.
A benefit for man, God Provided.

Glory to God,
Taken
I understand and passed my classes in Biology and Chemistry. Moses, the author of Genesis, was clueless.
 

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Only these-144,000)Rev 14:3) are bought from the Earth to heaven. The Great crowd remains on Earth forever.
Pipe dream. Revelation is a vision and symbolic book. You can't answer who the Beast of the sea is, so why believe that number.
 

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Rev 14:3= 144,000 bought from the Earth= The bride of Christ. These will sit on Thrones as kings and priests alongside of Jesus( Rev 1:6,, Rev 20:6)
At John 10;16--Speaks of other sheep=The great crowd( Rev 7:9) who are not of that fold( little flock)-- These are the only ones getting saved. The little flock to heaven, the great crowd remains on Earth forever-Matt 5:5, Psalm 37: 9,11,29) Prov 2:21-22 assures they are not leaving the Earth.
Again, please see my post #116.
 

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We're not talking about Job's breath. We're talking about God's.
God is a Spirit. He does NOT inhale or exhale (breathe) the gaseous elements of Oxygen or Carbon Dioxide, even though He is the Creator of those elements.

However, while Adam was laying on the ground, after God created him out of the elements of the earth, to be an autonomous, physical living soul, God had to activate/cause Adam's pulmonary system to function.
In so doing, God caused Adam to inhale, thus Adam himself breathed in the Oxygenated AIR, of which EVERY newly created individual cell within Adam was craving for.
If each living cell had not received the life giving element of Oxygen, they each would NOT REMAIN ALIVE, since the moment God created THEM within Adam.
Now you can understand what Lev. 17:11 is saying.
[11] For the life of the flesh IS IN the blood:....[which is Oxygen].
 
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I understand and passed my classes in Biology and Chemistry. Moses, the author of Genesis, was clueless.

Okay, not disputed… Humans Breath elements in the Air, primarily Oxygen and you think Moses clueless…

Back to your comment.

Ok, so you said a few of the earthen elements, but totally neglected to include Oxygen of which is a gaseous element in the AIR that we breathe. Without it, all would become dead nonliving souls immediately.

The presence of Oxygen or Absence Oxygen, regarding the Body, is not the issue.

The issue is, “a living soul” in the Body.

Your comment implies ALL (body’s AND souls would become Dead without Oxygen)

I say Oxygen has nothing to do with Keeping a living soul Alive, In or Out of the body.

I say…a Living Soul In the Body, Departs OUT of All Dead Bodys, and continues Living.

A Saved Departed Living Soul is escorted to Heaven …

An unsaved Departed Soul is sent to Hell.

Can you stick to the point, regarding the soul?
 

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Okay, not disputed… Humans Breath elements in the Air, primarily Oxygen and you think Moses clueless…

Back to your comment.



The presence of Oxygen or Absence Oxygen, regarding the Body, is not the issue.

The issue is, “a living soul” in the Body.

Your comment implies ALL (body’s AND souls would become Dead without Oxygen)

I say Oxygen has nothing to do with Keeping a living soul Alive, In or Out of the body.

I say…a Living Soul In the Body, Departs OUT of All Dead Bodys, and continues Living.

A Saved Departed Living Soul is escorted to Heaven …

An unsaved Departed Soul is sent to Hell.

Can you stick to the point, regarding the soul?
I quoted what I said from my post #104, but you still didn't pick up on it.
Here it is again:
Are you saying that- "....both man and animals were given by God an Eternal, Immortal soul?"

If so, then according to your belief system, you are saying that animals will also go to heaven or hell, as you imagine it.

Q. Since ALL air breathing animals DO HAVE the breath of life, did they become Eternal, Immortal living souls  also?
Please compare verses KJV Gen. 2:7 and 7:15, 22 in my references for my question:

Gen.2
[7] And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Gen.6
[17] And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Gen.7
[15] And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of ALL flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
[22] All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
 
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I quoted what I said from my post #104, but you still didn't pick up on it.
Here it is again:
Are you saying that- "....both man and animals were given by God an Eternal, Immortal soul?"

Regarding ManKind…
Formed Body Given an immortal soul?
No.
Given a living soul?
Yes.
All living souls Depart dead bodies?
Yes.
Offering to Have their soul MADE immortally Living?
Yes.
Saved Living departed souls go to heaven?
Yes
Unsaved Living departed souls go to Hell?
Yes.
Judgement Event determines, time wise, when “Gods Breath of Life”, departs an Unsaved soul, and “that Life” returns TO God?
Yes.
The LifeLESS ( no flowing Blood ) Body;
The LifeLESS ( void of Gods Breath) Soul;
Is Cast into the LOF and burned up?
Yes
That burned up lifeless body and soul remembered no more?
Yes.


If so, then according to your belief system, you are saying that animals will also go to heaven or hell, as you imagine it.

Regarding Animals…
Animals are given Souls with Gods Breath of Life?
Yes.
Animals living soul can Sin? (Reject God)
No.
God can preserve (MAKE) the Departed Living soul of Animals Remain Living After the Animals bodily Death?
Yes

“If ALL” animals departed living souls Remain Living… scripture is Silent…
Which MEANS, not For me to Know.
And Not a concern I dwell on, wondering or care.

Q. Since ALL air breathing animals DO HAVE the breath of life, did they become Eternal, Immortal living souls  also?

Answered above.

Please compare verses KJV Gen. 2:7 and 7:15, 22 in my references for my question:

Gen.2
[7] And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Gen.6
[17] And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Gen.7
[15] And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of ALL flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
[22] All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

God Deliverers A soul WITH Gods Breath, into the Formed Nostrils….
Of a Formed Man.
“Thereafter” the Mans Formed Body… Has Received Life (from God)…
That Which Activates “Particular / Specific” Bodily Parts To Function.
Such AS:
breathing AIR, Seeing, Hearing, Uttering sounds, Tasting, Feeling Touch, etc.

A man Receiving a Soul WITH Gods Breath of Life… is Not God Blowing Oxygen into the man.

It IS a man (Formed Body) Receiving…” A soul “, in His Formed Body…WITH Gods Breath of Life IN the Imparted Soul.

The Souls Life IS Gods Breath.
A mans Bodily Life is Blood.
A man breathing AIR / Oxygen supports the Life of the man Life / Blood.

The Souls Life Remains Alive…(such soul IN or Out of the Body) Until such Instant Gods Breath, departs the soul and Returns to God.

A man imparting cocaine into his nostrils …is not imparting Oxygen… but rather Cocaine.

God imparting a soul into a mans nostrils…is not imparting Oxygen…. but rather a soul with Gods breath of life.

Glory to God,
Taken
 

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The number 144,000 of Revelation 7 and 14 conveys the complete completeness (yes, that's an intentional repetition, in the same sense as all the times that Jesus said "truly, truly") in symbolic fashion of God's Israel ~ which is really an innumerable multitude... "as the grains of sand on the seashore" and "as the stars of the heavens," as God promised Abraham back in Genesis ~ at the end of the current age and for eternity, the age to come.

Grace and peace to all.
 

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I don’t speak for You.

The 144,000 are They excepted out of Gods People ISRAEL … 12,000 from each of the Twelve Tribes, with an Appearance, Intended Task / Purpose DURING the Great Tribulations Foretold to be Sent Down From Heaven.
* Doesn’t include me.
* I am Not of one of the Tribes of ISRAEL.
* Nothing says “THEY” are Christs Church
* Nothing says “THEY” are Christs Bride.

John 10:
[16] And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

That ^^ Applies to me… “Other sheep”
Already Saved, Before Great Tribulations Sent Down From Heaven.
There is No purpose or Task for A Saved soul of a Gentile Presence ON Earth DURING the Great Tribulations “To be” Sent down from Heaven….
DURING the Great Tribulations IS WHEN God is Fulfilling His Promise To Save His Faithful People… ISRAEL.

Regardless of WHEN a mans Soul IS Saved…
All saved souls become One Flock…under the Power and Authority of ONE Shepherd.

Once all Soul Salvation Effected…
Israel / Jew / Gentile… is Adjoined…
Their division obsolete.
oh but it do say the follow the LAMB . so they are christain . jews that came to faith in christ
Very specific group . seeing they are also virgins .
in a sense , and i only say this in a sense , paul could have been perhaps seen as one of them . he was without wife .
of course that is speculation only . as i do not know for sure .
I do know they were jewish born cause it says real clearly THE TWELVE tribes .
but what i do find real interesting is
MANSESSAH was added in as ONE of the twelve .
Dan was not mentioned . HOWEVER , and again this is only speculation
When we read in the old test , DAN is mentioned as one who brings wrath and correction .
SO maybe , BUT I DARN SURE aint saying its true , maybe that is why Manessah is mentioned
but not DAN . maybe dan has another work . i dont know . i really do not have an answer for that . just best guesses .
 
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Regarding ManKind…
Formed Body Given an immortal soul?
No.
Given a living soul?
Yes.
All living souls Depart dead bodies?
Yes.
Offering to Have their soul MADE immortally Living?
Yes.
Saved Living departed souls go to heaven?
Yes
Unsaved Living departed souls go to Hell?
Yes.
Judgement Event determines, time wise, when “Gods Breath of Life”, departs an Unsaved soul, and “that Life” returns TO God?
Yes.
The LifeLESS ( no flowing Blood ) Body;
The LifeLESS ( void of Gods Breath) Soul;
Is Cast into the LOF and burned up?
Yes
That burned up lifeless body and soul remembered no more?
Yes.




Regarding Animals…
Animals are given Souls with Gods Breath of Life?
Yes.
Animals living soul can Sin? (Reject God)
No.
God can preserve (MAKE) the Departed Living soul of Animals Remain Living After the Animals bodily Death?
Yes

“If ALL” animals departed living souls Remain Living… scripture is Silent…
Which MEANS, not For me to Know.
And Not a concern I dwell on, wondering or care.



Answered above.



God Deliverers A soul WITH Gods Breath, into the Formed Nostrils….
Of a Formed Man.
“Thereafter” the Mans Formed Body… Has Received Life (from God)…
That Which Activates “Particular / Specific” Bodily Parts To Function.
Such AS:
breathing AIR, Seeing, Hearing, Uttering sounds, Tasting, Feeling Touch, etc.

A man Receiving a Soul WITH Gods Breath of Life… is Not God Blowing Oxygen into the man.

It IS a man (Formed Body) Receiving…” A soul “, in His Formed Body…WITH Gods Breath of Life IN the Imparted Soul.

The Souls Life IS Gods Breath.
A mans Bodily Life is Blood.
A man breathing AIR / Oxygen supports the Life of the man Life / Blood.

The Souls Life Remains Alive…(such soul IN or Out of the Body) Until such Instant Gods Breath, departs the soul and Returns to God.

A man imparting cocaine into his nostrils …is not imparting Oxygen… but rather Cocaine.

God imparting a soul into a mans nostrils…is not imparting Oxygen…. but rather a soul with Gods breath of life.

Glory to God,
Taken
Yes in deed God imparting a soul into mans nostrils , IS NOT imparting oxygene , but rather a soul with Gods breath of life .
wanna hear something interesting my friend .
One tree in that garden would lead to the death of man who ate of it .
BUT i notice the tree of life had been there . THEY had NOT YET eaten of it .
Now after eating of the tree of knoweledge of good and evil
NOTICE GOD puts them out quickly , LEST THEY DO eat of that tree and live forever
GOD always has known what is best for man . cause had adam and eve THEN ate of the tree of life
THEY had been no hope for them , THEIR END would have been the same as satans end .
DESTROYED . SO even putting them out was FOR THEIR OWN GOOD .
Now for the GOODNEWS .
The first adam failed , BUT JESUS DID NOT FAIL but overcame . And believe me when i say
HE DIDNT do this for his own sake , IT was for the world .
SO that all who do , HERE IT COMES AGAIN , BELIEVE BEELIVE and BELEIVE IN HIM
should not perish but have EVERLASTING LIFE .
AWAKE thou that sleepest , arise from the dead and CHRIST s hall give thee light .
HIGH TIME for this church to get back to preaching HIM and The dire need to BELIEVE ON HIM
and teaching them to observe all things HE taught . cause we gots a HO at work
and beleive me she pours out a harlots ecumeincal fat path lie to this generation . Let none BUY that lie .
 
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