Verse 1
1 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.
Ver. 1. A lamb ] In opposition to that counterfeit lamb, Revelation 13:12 . A lion he can show himself at pleasure.
Stood ] Ready pressed for action, as at the stoning of Stephen, or he stood sentinel for such as he here reserved to himself under the reign and rage of Antichrist.
A hundred forty and four thousand ] The same that were sealed, Revelation 7:4 , all the holy martyrs, confessors, believers.
Having his Father’s name ] His Father and their Father, his God and their God; this was written. on their foreheads, as "holiness to the Lord" was upon the high priest’s,Exodus 28:36; Exodus 28:36 . For the constancy of their confession; they were not "ashamed of the gospel of Christ"Romans 1:16; Romans 1:16 , nor "afraid with any amazement," 1 Peter 3:6 .
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