REVELATIO ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Twenty Nine - Singing the Triumphal New Song - Continue

 John sees not only Jesus but the complete body of the 144,000 fellow heirs of the heavenly Kingdom standing upon the Mount Zion. A the time represented by the vision, many, but not all, of the 144,000 are already in heavn. Later on in the same vision, John learns that some of the holy ones still have to endure and die faithful. (Revelation 14:12, 13) Evidently, then, some of the 144,000 are still on earth. So how is it that John sees all of them standing with Jesus on Mount Zion?  In that, as members of the congregation of anointed Christians, these have n ow  "approached  a Mount Zion and city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem." (Hebrews 12:22) Like Pau when he was still on earth, they have already - in a spiritual sense-been raised up to be in union with Christ Jesus in heavenly places.  (Ephesians 2:5, 6) Additionally, in  1919 they responded to the invitation, 'Come  on up here," and in a figurative way "went up into heaven in the cloud."  ( Revelation 11:12) In view of these Scriptures, we can see that all the 144,000 -spiritually speaking-are located on Mount Zion with Jesus Christ.

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