S11; The Shepherd’s Rod, Volume 1

The 144,000 of Revelation 7 — Call For Reformation
By V.T. Houteff; January 30, 2018 on Tuesday;

“Meaning Of Seven Years Of Plenty And 7 Years Of Famine Found Only One Way”

Do The 144,000 Ever Die?

“The Living Saints, 144,000 in Number;” we must not conclude that only a part of the whole can constitute the number and yet be true, for the statement made by Inspiration cannot be contradicted for it reads “144,000 in number.” When mention is made of this Company, it is at the Same Time when GOD makes known the DAY and HOUR of JESUS Coming. If we can locate at What Time of the World’s History GOD Speaks the DAY and HOUR of JESUS’ Coming, then we may know more about this Company. Quoting Early Writings, page 285: “But there was One Clear Place of Settled Glory, whence came the Voice of GOD like many Waters, shaking the Heavens and the Earth. There was a Mighty Earthquake. The Graves were Opened, and those who had Died in Faith under the Third Angel’s Message, keeping the Sabbath, came Forth….And as GOD spoke the DAY and the HOUR of JESUS’ Coming, and Delivered the Everlasting Covenant to HIS people.” {SR1: 22.3}

One may here suppose that the Risen and the Living make the Number, but we do not believe the Spirit of Prophecy would call Both Companies (the Living and the Resurrected) Living Saints. The 144,000 are Living Saints; the Others, Resurrected Sabbath Keepers. To make it positive, another reference is given, found in Great Controversy, page 637: “Great Hailstones, every one ‘about the weight of a talent,’ are doing their work of Destruction. The proudest cities of the Earth are laid low….Graves are opened, and “many of them that sleep in the dust of the Earth…Awake, some to Everlasting Life, and some to Shame and Everlasting Contempt.” All who have Died in the Faith of the Third(E.G.White) Angel’s Message come Forth from the Tomb Glorified, to hear GOD’s Covenant of Peace with those who have Kept HIS Law.” This makes it positive that the Resurrected Sabbath Keepers come forth in the special Resurrection of Daniel 12. This is the time when the great hailstones are doing their destructive work (7th plague). “And the 7 Angel poured out his vial into the Air;…And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: And men blasphemed GOD because of the Plague of the Hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.” Rev. 16:17, 21. The Resurrected Sabbath Keepers did Not Live During the Time of the Plagues, for they were Resurrected at the Time of the 7 Plague, so that they Hear the Announcement of the DAY and the HOUR of JESUS’ Coming. {SR1: 23.1}

If evidence can be brought to view that the 144,000 (in number) lived before the Seventh Plague, then we have positive proof that the 144,000 never Died. Great Controversy, page 649: “And they Sing ‘a New Song’ before the Throne, a song which no man can Learn Save the 144,000. It is the Song of Moses and the Lamb,–a Song of Deliverance. None but the 144,000 can learn that song; for it is the song of their experience,–an experience such as no other Company have ever had….They have seen the Earth Wasted with Famine and Pestilence, the sun having power to scorch men with great heat, and they themselves have endured suffering, hunger, and thirst.” Here is a positive statement that the 144,000 lived in the time of the Fourth Plague, the sun having power to scorch men with great heat. “And the Fourth Angel(V.T.Houteff) poured out his vial upon the sun; and Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.” Rev. 16:8. This is the Fourth Plague. How could they (144,000) go through the Fourth Plague if the special Resurrection of the Sabbath Keepers (those who Died under the Third Angel’s Message) did not take place until about the End of the 7 Plague? If “they have seen the Earth Wasted with Famine and Pestilence and they themselves have suffered Hunger and Thirst”, they must have lived through all the plagues. {SR1: 24.1} Thanks my LORD JESUS & Thanks E.G.White the 3^rd massage of 3^rd Angel Rev.14:9 & V.T.Houteff the 4^th massage of 4^th Angel Rev.18:1 !

Symbol 147; 258; 369; 138; 1+8+3+1=13=1+3= 4; 47+38=85=8+5=13=1+3= 4; 25+69=94=9+4=13=1+3= 4; 444=12=3 is GOD the FATHER & GOD the SON & GOD the HOLY SPIRIT;