The End of Time

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The end of time begins with the sealing of the 144,000. Preparation for the end of time means being prepared for the return of the Messiah. Those who are first prepared will be part of the 144,000. There are only two direct mentions of the 144,000. In these verses, we see the 144,000 receive a special sealing just before the final tribulation.
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Revelation 7:1-4

Here we see the 144,000 are a special group who spread the truth without deceit (no guile), are without fault (obedient to all of God's law), and are not associated with fallen churches (defiled with women).

1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Revelation 14:1-5

The 144,000 are a small number of the millions who have followed the Three Angels' Message. These millions are the wheat and the tares growing together. Those who have not already studied the Bible for truth will have a final opportunity after the 144,000 are sealed. Those who have studied the Bible and followed the Word of God by accepting the Messiah, keeping the Sabbath, and have heard but rejected the Third Elijah Message will have no excuse for not seeing and following. The final truth of the Fourth Angel's message will then fill the earth.

1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Revelation 18:1-3

Those who have already seen and studied the truth of God but have refused to accept the Third Elijah Message will be sealed to eternal damnation. The 144,000 have accepted the full truth of God's law. The restoration of the statutes will be the final source of the perfecting of character.

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:48

The 144,000 who have accepted the truth will be sealed to eternal salvation. The 144,000 will receive the full measure of the Holy Spirit in the outpouring of the Latter Rain. They will go forth to spread the message to the entire world with the revelation of God's power. The gospel of God's kingdom will have been established on earth. Then the Messiah will return to earth in His Second Coming.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Matthew 24:6-14

Tribulation and Judgment

After the sealing begins a time of tribulation and judgment such as has never been.

1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Revelation 7:1-3

Most disasters and trials up to this time have come not from God but as a result of the consequences of sin. Yes, God allows these things, but He does not usually cause them. The consequences of sin are indiscriminate and often fall on the righteous as well as the wicked. Sin is not just and fair.

Sometimes disasters and trials have come as judgments from God, to warn us of our evil ways. In the time of the end, this will happen as never before and the nations and people of the earth will tremble.

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Revelation 6:14-15

The great tragic events we see today are only the beginnings of the great judgments and warnings, which will come. These will increase in magnitude and frequency until the whole earth will know the judgment of God is come.

7 Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come.
Revelation 14:7

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