Saturday, March 23, 2019

Revelation 14:4-5 Part 2 0f 2

 "And behold, I am coming quickly. 
Blessed is he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book."     
Revelation 22:7  NASB

These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.  

They were purchased from among mankind 
Revelation 5:9  And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation."

and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb 
Jeremiah 2:3  " 'Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,' " declares the LORD.
James 1:18  He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

No lie was found in their mouths 
Psalm 32:2  Blessed is the one whose sin the LORD does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit. 
Zephaniah 3:12-13  "But I will leave within you the meek and humble. The remnant of Israel will trust in the name of the LORD. They will do no wrong; they will tell no lies. A deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouths. They will eat and lie down and no one will make them afraid." 
John 1:47  When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit."
1 Peter 2:22  "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." (Isaiah 53:9)

they are blameless 
Ephesians 1:4  For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.
Ephesians 5:27  ... and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

(parentheses are mine)

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