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 Thrones-144,000 of them-are prepared for these anointed conquerors who are "bought from among mankind as firstfruits to God and the Lamb." (Revelation 14:1, 4) "Yes," continues John, "I saw the souls of those executed with the ax for the witness they bore to Jesus and for speaking about God, and those who had worshiped neither the wild beast nor its image and who had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand." (Revelation 20:4b) Among these kings, then, are the anointed Christians martyrs who earlier, at the opening of the fifth seal, asked Jehovah how much longer he would wait to avenge their blood. At that time, they were given a white robe and told to wait a little longer. But now they have been avenged through the devastating of Babylon the Great, the destruction of the nations by King of kings and the Lord of lords, the abyssing of Satan. - REVELATION 6:9-11; 17:16; 19:15, 16.

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