{"id":216,"date":"2019-06-24T19:04:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.local.net\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2019-06-24T19:04:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:04:58","slug":"revelation-14","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/?page_id=216","title":{"rendered":"Revelation 14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Verses 1-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Meaning of &#8220;Parenthetic&#8221; used in NIV chapter title?<\/li><li>Who is involved?<\/li><li>Where are they?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What\/who is the source of the sound like &#8220;roar of rushing water&#8221; (Eze 43:2), &#8220;peal of thunder&#8221; (Zec 9:14), and &#8220;harpist playing their harps&#8221; (Psa 150:3-6)?<\/li><li>Who are the four living creatures (see Revelation 4:6-8), and what do they represent?<\/li><li>Who are the 144,000? (Note Revelation 7:4-8)<\/li><li>What do you think 14:4 means?\u00a0 Is this important? (1 Cor 5:1;6:13,\u00a0 Gal 5:19, Eph 5:3, Col 3:5, 1 Thes 4:3)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How are the 144,000 purified?<\/li><li>Websters &#8216;guile&#8217; to disguise or conceal, to deceive or delude.\u00a0 What does this reveal about the character of 144,000.<\/li><li>Does this suggest celibacy?\u00a0 (Heb 13:4, 2 Cor 11:2)<\/li><li>What is the significance of the 144,000 being &#8220;offered as first fruits&#8221;?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Verses 6-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Who is involved in verses 6-12?<\/li><li>What is their primary role?<\/li><li>What does one angel carry?<\/li><li>What is the angel&#8217;s command\/warning?<\/li><li>What does Babylon symbolize?<\/li><li>What happens to those who worship the beast?<\/li><li>Is this a literal or figurative description?<\/li><li>What advice is given to the saints?<\/li><li>How can we apply this advice to our lives?<\/li><li>Who is involved in verse 13?<\/li><li>What is the significance of &#8220;from now on&#8221;?<\/li><li>What are the labor and deeds of the blessed?<\/li><li>What focus should our labor and deeds have?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Verses 14-20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Who is involved?<\/li><li>Where do these verses take place?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is meaning\/significance of &#8220;like a son of man&#8221;?<\/li><li>Is the angel instructing Jesus of his own?\u00a0 What relationship does this suggest? (see John 3:16-17, John 5:19, John 10:18, John 12:49, John 14:31)<\/li><li>What are the angels harvesting?<\/li><li>Is there a difference between the harvests of verses 14-16 and 17-20?<\/li><li>What is the significance of &#8220;a distance of 1,600 stadia&#8221;?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Does the plight of the wicked in this chapter change the way we view our place in God&#8217;s plan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verses 1-5 Meaning of &#8220;Parenthetic&#8221; used in NIV chapter title? Who is involved? Where are they? What\/who is the source of the sound like &#8220;roar of rushing water&#8221; (Eze 43:2), &#8220;peal of thunder&#8221; (Zec 9:14), and &#8220;harpist playing their harps&#8221; (Psa 150:3-6)? Who are the four living creatures (see Revelation 4:6-8), and what do they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":173,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-216","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}