The 144,000 and the Multitude
Chapter 16
An Epilogue And An Apple Tree
I’d like you to picture the church as an Apple Tree. As you know, there are several verses that depict the righteous of the Lord as the “apple of His eye.” One particular passage is in Zechariah 2:7, 8 which reads “Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. [8] For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.”
This verse is speaking about the 144,000 and the Multitude. The 144,000 and the Multitude are the apple of the Lord’s eye. This got me to thinking about an apple tree. I believe it’s a fitting metaphor. I’d like the reader to envision an apple tree that has quite a bit of fruit on it. There are ripe apples that you can see, plump, ready to pick, good-looking apples. You then see other apples, and some of them are rotting on the tree with wormholes in them, and they are marred and bruised. And then there are some more apples. They aren’t rotten and they don’t have any wormholes in them, but they are immature. They are still green, unripe, and not ready for picking.
The apple tree represents the church, the firstfruits, the apostate, and the Multitude. The ripe, plump, ready-for-picking apples represent the firstfruits ; the ones that are picked first, the 144,000. The rotten, worm-holed apples represent the apostate church.
The first big wind that comes along will shake the rotten apples to the ground, where they will decay and become rubbish. The unripe apples represent the Multitude. They will ripen up during the course of the tribulation, and will be picked one by one as they ripen. When they are picked, they will be martyred.
The Multitude will come to the acknowledgment of the truth once they truly realize that the tribulation has begun. They will wash their robes through the process of the Lord bringing them through the fire to purify them and purge them of all dross. They will flee and escape the judgment brought upon the apostate church in which they lose both their soul and body.
Satan makes war with them and will track them down and kill them. The Multitude will be faithful unto death. They will overcome. They will flee to the mountains of Zion where they’ll be refugees and fugitives. They will be taught and fed by the 144,000. They will be converted and will be redeemed with righteousness. They will be redeemed, and they will serve the Lord day and night in the temple in New Jerusalem. They are the wheat harvest at the end of the world. They are the overcomers, and they will be rewarded by the King of Glory. Amen.
This verse is speaking about the 144,000 and the Multitude. The 144,000 and the Multitude are the apple of the Lord’s eye. This got me to thinking about an apple tree. I believe it’s a fitting metaphor. I’d like the reader to envision an apple tree that has quite a bit of fruit on it. There are ripe apples that you can see, plump, ready to pick, good-looking apples. You then see other apples, and some of them are rotting on the tree with wormholes in them, and they are marred and bruised. And then there are some more apples. They aren’t rotten and they don’t have any wormholes in them, but they are immature. They are still green, unripe, and not ready for picking.
The apple tree represents the church, the firstfruits, the apostate, and the Multitude. The ripe, plump, ready-for-picking apples represent the firstfruits ; the ones that are picked first, the 144,000. The rotten, worm-holed apples represent the apostate church.
The first big wind that comes along will shake the rotten apples to the ground, where they will decay and become rubbish. The unripe apples represent the Multitude. They will ripen up during the course of the tribulation, and will be picked one by one as they ripen. When they are picked, they will be martyred.
The Multitude will come to the acknowledgment of the truth once they truly realize that the tribulation has begun. They will wash their robes through the process of the Lord bringing them through the fire to purify them and purge them of all dross. They will flee and escape the judgment brought upon the apostate church in which they lose both their soul and body.
Satan makes war with them and will track them down and kill them. The Multitude will be faithful unto death. They will overcome. They will flee to the mountains of Zion where they’ll be refugees and fugitives. They will be taught and fed by the 144,000. They will be converted and will be redeemed with righteousness. They will be redeemed, and they will serve the Lord day and night in the temple in New Jerusalem. They are the wheat harvest at the end of the world. They are the overcomers, and they will be rewarded by the King of Glory. Amen.