THE SOUND OF HEAVENLY MUSIC. Rev.14:2-3 A sound of a new song of tremendous volume. A great crescendo, an anthem of praise and worship rolling throughout out heaven like the sound of a great blast of thunder. Rev. 1:15b They sing with the volume of HIS voice. The beauty of the scriptures. Isa. 5:1 A song of love. A song of the growth and development of His vineyard. He is the vine and we are the branches. It is planted in an exceedingly fruitful hill, the hill of Zion. What failed with Israel is accomplished in the Church. Isa. 27:1-2 In the last days, in the days of great conflict. Singing of the great harvest of a very fruitful vine. Ps. 98:1 The new song is a song of triumph and victory. It is a song of accomplishment and the ability of the Lord to bring to pass His intent and purpose. A song sung only by this number of the redeemed from the earth. They are earthlings and a special group in the body of Christ.
THEY ARE VIRGINS. Rev. 14:4 The Greek word that is used here for virgins is {parthenos}, a female who is a virgin. Mat.1:23, Luke 1:27. These are in the same category as was Mary the Mother of Jesus. She was a virgin {parthenos}. She had not had sexual contact with any man. She was a true virgin, as are these. When preparing to teach the Book of Revelation in the Bible School in Indonesia I became aware that, in Indonesian, there are two words used in reference to virgins. One in relationship to a female and an entirely different word for a male who was a virgin. The same is true
in the Greek. The word for virgin, parthenos, can and does relate only to a female. The one hundred forty-four thousand are female.
THAT WHICH MEN MAKE TO BE A PROBLEM. Rev.1:4 Not defiled with women. How about, not defiled after the manner of women. How is a woman defiled? Lev. 21:13-15 We find the answer in the laws relating to the marriage of the high priest, who was a type of the Lord Jesus. His wife must be a virgin. The list of those defiled for him is given, even to a widow. The fact of her being a virgin is strongly emphasized. The reasoning behind this is very interesting and that was that his offspring be not defiled. There is an exception given in Eze. 44:22 and that was if she were the widow of a priest. While marriage is not an act of defilement, intercourse outside of the marriage vows is. However, what we must see here is, that the law of the virgin pertained to the high priest. 2 Cor. 11:2 The whole of the body of Christ is recognized as a pure virgin before Christ. Only the sanctifying power of the Lord could make her worthy of being His bride. The one hundred forty-four thousand are the reproductive portion of the Bride and will bring forth the manchild. As sacred as the birth of the Son of God was, even so sacred is this act of the Lord that will introduce a new race. Born of sanctified, perfected parents. Rev. 21:5 I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW. This is a very difficult subject. I sincerely hope you will receive it prayerfully.