“A Series of Events Revealing God is Master of the Situation” as End-Times Begin this Spring 

Leaving General Conference Adventism for its Intended Purpose, the 144,000 virgins.

Please consider something so important that it’s connected with an earthquake that shakes the whole world. John heard thunder, one of four creatures by the throne, (Rev 4:7) saying “Come and see a white horse”—a message of 7 seals (Rev 6:1,2) topics overlooked by all denominations. It’s also His wedding knock, Lk 12:36. Laodicea (where He knocks) ended in an earthquake.

The sign for this spring will be “when you see Jerusalem compassed with armies,” Lk 21:20. Jerusalem shall be taken…half go into captivity, like Hamas, Oct, 2023. When John heard thunder, it was one of four creatures by the throne, Rev 4:7. The only one that can sound like thunder is the lion when it roars. Christ is the Lion of Judah (protector) and when Muslims take Jerusalem (Zech 14:2) the Lord shall roar from Jerusalem…heaven & earth shall shake.” Joel 3:16. It’s a knock for wedding because the only other place Christ knocks was for a lukewarm church focused on riches, but it ended in an earthquake, 60 

When Christ ‘knocks’, we must “open to Him immediately. Blessed is that servant whom His lord shall find watching. He will gird himself and make him sit to eat and serve him.” Lk 12:36,37. If so, “He  will make [us] ruler over all that He has.” Vs 44, and if we are not ready, we will be beaten with stripes, verse 47. Please call to understand Christ’s clues, Proverbs 25:2.

Richard Ruhling, retired physician with special interest in end-time prophecies. 928 301 5001.

• Readers may appreciate Google’s answer to the question, “Does the Bible support the 144,000 as being essential to vindicate God’s law?”  Google replied– Seventh-day Adventist Theology: This tradition often views the 144,000 as a final generation of believers who demonstrate that God’s law can be kept even under extreme pressure, thereby “vindicating” His character against Satan’s accusations.
• This helps to understand the end of the faith chapter, “These all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.” Hebrews 11:39,40.”
• An awakening 60 years ago saw the  “blotting out of sin” (Acts 3:19) in those who receive the Holy Spirit may have sinful appetite or lustful pleasures blotted out so we have no propensity or inclination to sin—like Adam and Eve before they fell.
• Paul said, those dying in faith “without us, should not be made perfect.” He wrote, “We which are alive and remain shall be caught up,” 1Thess 4, but in 2Thess he saw there would be a falling away first as a man of sin (pope), showed himself as god.
  If we aren’t part of the 144,000, we must die faithful in spite of persecution so we can be made perfect in the resurrection.
• This is what’s behind the 144,000–translation without death if they get the Holy Spirit as God promises for end-times, Rev 11:3. Most Christians forget the 144,000 are virgins, Rev 14:4—they must be the wise virgins in the wedding parable, Matt 25.
• Support for 144,000 as a spiritual bride of Christ is also seen in Luke’s wedding parable addressed to the little flock, Lk 12:32. James and Ellen White wrote the booklet, A Word to the Little Flock, and it was about the 144,000, also explained by Google—

To understand the 144,000 in the booklet “A Word to the Little Flock” by James and Ellen White, consider the following points:

• The 144,000 are depicted as a special group of faithful believers in the last days.
• This group is said to be sealed by God, protecting them during the final tribulations.
• Their experiences include trials and persecution for their faith.
• They are portrayed as having a significant role in the final proclamation of the gospel.
• The booklet emphasizes their victory over sin and their ultimate reward in heaven.

The King makes a marriage for His Son, but it’s more complex to link Matthew 22 to the 144,000. The “remnant” (KJV) scorn the invitation and mistreat God’s servants until their city burns, Matthew 22:6,7. The problem is the wedding feast is not steak, cake and milk shake. When Christ said, Beware the leaven of Pharisees, He was referring to their doctrines in Matthew 16:12. He then said Elijah must come and restore all things, Matthew 17:11.  It includes statutes and judgments in Malachi 4:4,5.

They have a 7-fold emphasis linked to sabbaths in Ezekiel 20:11-14.  The 7-fold emphasis marks them as topics of truth for end-times like Revelation’s 7 churches, 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 thunders… When God made a covenant at Sinai, it made them His kingdom, but He also said, “Return, I am married to you.” Jeremiah 3:14. He regarded the covenant as marriage.

This is how the 144,000 must see it and be pro-active rather than passively agree. When Israel returned with Ezra, they renewed their covenant by reading Deuteronomy and “sealing” to  it, Nehemiah 9:38.

In Bible times, the pro-active person like Abram also offered 7 ewe lambs for a well covenant, and God offered 7 feast days for the covenant at Sinai. We should wonder what Christ would want from us as wise virgins. We will be wise if we “come and see” see the white horse message of 7 seals as Christ calls us to do in Rev 6:1.

They have a contextual link to topics that God’s Elijahs need to restore as a study of their context suggests; here are examples.

• The rider on the red horse has a great sword takes peace from the earth, Rev 6:3,4. When God said, Behold, I make a covenant with you; I will drive out the Canaanite,” it took peace from that land, but God protected them, Jerico fell, etc.
• The black horse is famine with food rationing—a measure of wheat for a penny which was a day’s wage. Israel forgot the statutes like resting the land every 7^th year and their land was defiled, Isa 24:5. Statutes & judgments in Mal 4:4,5.

• I’m seeing the 144,000 as “virgins” in Rev 14:4. They must be the wise virgins that get in the wedding in Matthew 25:10, also seen in Luke’s wedding parable to the “little flock,” See Lk 12:32,36,37, 44 or 47  for high reward, “ruler over all that He has” James & Ellen White wrote “A Word to the Little Flock” with a focus on the 144,000, supporting wedding parables for them).