REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Twenty Nine - Singing the Triumpal New Song - Conclusion

The 144,000 have no part with the worshipers of the wild beast, who are marked with the symbolic number 666. (Revelation 13:15-18)  In contrast, these loyal ones have the name of God and of the Lamb written on their foreheads.  No doubt John, a Jew saw God's name written in Hebrew lettering. In having the name of Jesus' Father symbolically written on their foreheads, these sealed ones make known to all that they are Jehovah's witnesses.  His  slaves.  (Revelation 3:12)  Their having Jesus' name also displayed on their foreheads indicates that they acknowledge being owned by him. He is their betrothed "husband,"  and they are his prospective "bride,"  "a new creation" serving God with heavenly life in view. (Ephesians 5:22-24; Revelation 21:2, 9; 2 Corinthians 5:17) Their intimate relationship with Jehovah and Jesus Christ affects all their thoughts and actions.

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