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Revelation 14 Symbols

From: Symbols of the Apocalypse Briefly Defined

By: Alfred Henry Burton

Revelation 14 • 1 min. read • grade level: 10

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1. 144,000: The suffering Jewish remnant of the Psalms. Judah and Benjamin. Christ’s brethren of Matt. 25:40⁴⁰And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. (Matthew 25:40); Psa. 69:26; 1²⁶For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. (Psalm 69:26)
⁸Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. (Psalm 3:8) Sam. 22:1-2; Dan. 3.

Name in Their Foreheads: Open confession of Christ (Compare Rev. 13:16¹⁶And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (Revelation 13:16)).

2. Harpers: Perhaps the same as those of Revelation 15:2²And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. (Revelation 15:2).

4. Virgins: Those who had kept apart from the idolatries of the great harlot.

8. Babylon: City of confusion (See Rev. 17:5⁵And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Revelation 17:5)).

14. A White Cloud: (See Rev. 10:l).

Golden Crown: Royal dignity.

15. Harvest: Discriminating judgment (Matt. 24:40-41⁴⁰Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. ⁴¹Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. (Matthew 24:40‑41)).

17. Vine of the Earth: Religious apostasy; Jewish (Isa. 5; Joel 3:13¹³Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. (Joel 3:13))

19. Winepress: The fierce, unsparing wrath of God; unmixed vengeance on the apostate Jews and nations with them (Psa. 75:8⁸For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. (Psalm 75:8); Psa. 83; Isa. 34; 63:1, 6; Jer. 25:15-16¹⁵For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. ¹⁶And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. (Jeremiah 25:15‑16)).

20. 1,600 Furlongs [200 miles]: Wide-spread human carnage. [200 miles approximate very nearly to the extent of the land of Canaan.]

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