This “great crowd” consists primarily of Gentiles, not Jews only as were the 144,000 of last lesson.
Matthew 24:14 is being fulfilled …
“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
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I did not have time to include the following information about the “palm” tree and its branches … copied from my unedited notes!
They can grow up to 200 feet high!
Can live more than a century, Song of Solomon 7:7!
Thrive when bathed in water!
Come (sago palm) in diminutive sizes! Love the shade! Must be pruned! Bear fruit, dates for example!
The older it gets, the sweeter the fruit as well!
Large seeds, 60 pounds in weight and 20 inches in diameter!
Symbols of victory in Scripture!
Linked to oases in the Bible …
Exodus 15:27 … And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Associated with Feast of Tabernacles …
Leviticus 23:40 … And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
Psalm 92:12 … The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalm 92:14 … They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing.
Jeremiah 10:5 … They are upright as the palm tree.
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I want to learn this verse. The “noise” of Heaven … “praise!”
What a sound!
Psalm 89:15 … Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
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This is neat as well …
Verse 17 … the Jesus the Lamb is now Jesus the Shepherd!
The Good Shepherd … Psalm 22 … Which looks to the Past, to the Cross!
John 10:11 … I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
The Great Shepherd … Psalm 23 … Which looks to the Present, to Still waters and green pastures!
Hebrews 13:20 … Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant …
The Chief Shepherd … Psalm 24 … Which looks to the Future!
1 Peter 5:4 … And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
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I did not give this specific Reference during class …
New Jerusalem … Revelation 21:22-25 … And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
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Watch the video if you can …
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
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