Lessons: The 4 Sides of the Sanctuary and Symbolic 144,000

"GENESIS is the book of beginnings,

Revelation the book of endings.

The most important lines of truth given by all the Old Testament writers meet in the Revelation.

Genesis introduces us to the twelve tribes of Israel;
Revelation shows us the last representatives of those tribes standing upon Mount Zion in the eternal kingdom of God."

StephenHaskell

...of Rachel

...of Leah

...of Zilpah

...of Bilhah

...of Joseph (a son of Rachel)

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads...

Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand.

Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand.

Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. 

 Rev. 14:1/7:5-8

 

-Lesson of the Head Tribes

* Dan & Ephraim are replaced by Joseph and Levi for the 12 Tribes

--Could it be, if we look at the Sanctuary, (where Dan was the head

tribe on the north side, Ephraim of the west, Judah on the east and Reuben on the south) that by Dan & Ephraim missing is it is trying to tell us that these are no longer those in Babylon  (Dan) and the wheat and tares of God's people (Ephraim)--but now just God's people-the symbolic 144,000?

*In other words-the Church Militant (pre-close of probation) has turned into the Church Triumphant (post-close of probation)?

 --Think....

 And they shall come from the east, 

and from the west, 

and from the north, 

and from the south, 

and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

Luke 13:29 

 They shall walk after the LORD:

 he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, 

then the children shall tremble from the west.

 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, 

and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: 

and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.  

Hosea 11:10,11

Dan on the north could represent spiritual Babylon--as well as pagan/Papal Rome--north of "Israel"

Judah on the east would represent Christ, the Lion of Judah, returning as lightning that shines from the east even unto the west...right through the opening of the Sanctuary via the plan of Redemption laid out in the 3 courts (since the opening faced east).

Rueben on the south could represent spiritual Egypt, (Egypt was south of "Israel") the secular world, as Reuben was the first born and the first born of Egypt ALL died during the Plagues of Egypt in the end.

Ephraim on the west could represent God's people in the end--patiently waiting His return. In the Old Testament the tribe used for "Israel" was Ephraim.

.....Just some Random Thoughts to Ponder....

---Notice that Ephraim, who would represent God's people here (Son of Joseph and an Egyptian--think the wheat & the tares) was the son of

Joseph, which means he had an Egyptian mother....in other words made of the Joseph shining the light of God in the world and those with ties or heart still in their mother Egypt (those with their hearts still in spiritual Egypt-- the world)....interesting... (SEE the 4th chariot of Zechariah)