These Are They Who Follow the Lamb Wherever He May Go
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Let's Pray:
O Lord Jesus, we tell You again that we love You. We treasure You. We want to follow You and exalt You forever. May Your name be exalted by the nations. May Your kingdom come.
These are they who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever He may go. These were purchased from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
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These early overcomers will be the (first-ripe) ones in God's field. Hence, they will be (reaped) before the harvest as firstfruits to (God) and to the Lamb. The (harvest) will be reaped later, in vv. 14-16. This means that the overcomers will be raptured to the heavens before the harvest, just as the firstfruits of the good land were reaped and brought into the (temple) of God before the harvest. The events recorded in vv. 6-13, all of which will take place during the great tribulation (Matt. 24:21), indicate clearly and prove strongly that the first overcomers, the firstfruits in vv. 1-5, will be raptured (before) the great tribulation, and that the harvest in vv. 14-16, composed of the majority of the believers, will be raptured at the (end) of the great tribulation.(See Rev. 14:4 note 2)
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