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defiled by the corruptions of the world. Their names are retained in
the Lamb’s book of life, enrolled among the faithful of all ages. They
have resisted the wiles of the deceiver; they have not been turned from
their loyalty by the dragon’s roar. Now they are eternally secure from
the tempter’s devices. Their sins are transferred to the originator of
sin. And the remnant are not only pardoned and accepted, but honored.
“A fair miter” is set upon their heads. They are to be as kings and
priests unto God. While Satan was urging his accusations and seeking
to destroy this company, holy angels, unseen, were passing to and fro,
placing upon them the seal of the living God. These are they that stand
upon Mount Zion with the Lamb, having the Father’s name written in
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their foreheads. They sing the new song before the throne, that song
which no man can learn save the hundred and forty and four thousand,
which were redeemed from the earth. “These are they which follow
the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among
men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their
mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne
of God.”
Now is reached the complete fulfillment of those words of the
Angel: “Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that
sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring
forth My servant the Branch.” Christ is revealed as the Redeemer and
Deliverer of His people. Now indeed are the remnant “men wondered
at,” as the tears and humiliation of their pilgrimage give place to joy
and honor in the presence of God and the Lamb. “In that day shall the
branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth
shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. And
it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth
in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone that is written among
the living in Jerusalem.”
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