The choosing and appearance of the 144000 cannot occur in our modern time period. The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Jehovahs Witnesses teach that the choosing of them started long ago and that this number is sealed. They claim that only a remnant of that 144000 are alive today and many of them are elderly and already in their nineties. They are in gross error; as the choosing of these future Kings of the Earth has not occurred yet. Their choosing can only occur when Christ is installed as earths king and he begins his reign over the earth. Of course, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society teaches that Christ was installed as earths king in 1914 and has been ruling invisibly since that year. This is also a gross error because Jesus says that it is impossible for any human, angel and even himself to know such things. Such knowledge belongs only in the jurisdiction of the Father in heaven. (Matthew 24:36; Matthew 24:42; and Acts 1:7) So to publish such a date goes against everything Jesus taught concerning his return and returning as a King. Therefore, there are no existing 144000 and there is no anointed remnant of them either. They have not been chosen yet. Why? Because The Christ has not been installed as earths king yet. At present, he still stands at his Fathers right side awaiting for his Father to coronate him as king. There is absolutely no evidence that a new king (The Christ) is in power. The nations are still king and doing as they please. Because of that, we exist in the time period Scripture call the Appointed Times of the Nations or The Gentile Times. This current time period will end when it has run its appointed course. Its ending will bring the destruction of all of the nations of the world and the institutions within them. It will also bring down to death, all human life. The ending of the current Appointed Times of the Nations time period brings the beginning of a new administration over the earth: Christs 1000 year kingdom. It is within that 1000 year kingdom ALL of mankind will be restored back to life. Those resurrected from the dead first become the 144000 who will be kings WITH Christ during the 1000 years. Notice how Revelation 20:6 reads: Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years. This Scripture is clear: There will be a first resurrection; implying a second resurrection. Those persons brought back from the dead in the first resurrection – we are told – that the second death has no power over them. In other words, they hold the status of immortality. They can never go into a state of nonexistence (The Lake of Fire). This will be a special lot of persons. They will be Christs visible kings on the earth. They will be charged with administering it locally while Christ himself sits over them as their king in heaven. We see that Christ is their king at Revelation 1:5:
Posted on: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:57:44 +0000
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