[Truth] 8. Which people become heavenly soldiers?

8. Which people become heavenly soldiers?

God has been producing heavenly soldiers for 6,000 years. So, who are the people that are and will be the soldiers of heaven?

Firstly, prophets. There are dozens of prophets, and their ranks are among the highest of the heavenly soldiers. Therefore, we can see how precious those are who are with the Spirit of God.

Secondly, martyrs. These are those who have spared their lives to keep their faith, refusing to betray God. That is why God views martyrs dearly (Psalm 116:15).

8.1. Lamb's Wife

These are called the wife of the Lamb.

Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting： "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear." (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.) (Revelation 19:6-8)

The Lamb is Jesus, and his wife is the soldiers of heaven who will go to war with the Devil.

In the above verse, what God reigns over will exist after the destruction of the Devil. Then, the marriage of the Lamb will take place. The wife of the Lamb is the saints who receive fine linen because of their righteous acts.

8.2. Fine linen

Fine linen is the military uniform to be worn by soldiers of heaven when they battle the Devil.

The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. (Revelation 19:14)

This is a scene of 144,000 soldiers wearing fine linen and following Jesus to fight the Devil.

These are those who are without falsehood and blemishes.

And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among men and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless. (Revelation 14:3-5)

The 144,000 sing a song in heaven, which only they know the words to. Since these are the heavenly soldiers, this song represents the secrets of the war against the Devil.

8.3. New Jerusalem

The apostle John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem.

I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. (Revelation 21:2)

An angel told the apostle John that he would show him the "Lamb's wife". He took him to a high mountain to show him "New Jerusalem".

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. (Revelation 21:9-11)

Hence, the holy city, New Jerusalem, symbolises the Lamb's wife, or the heavenly soldiers.

8.4. Lamb's book of life

Only those who can enter the city are written about in the Lamb's book of life.

Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Revelation 21:27)

The Lamb's book of life is the book sealed by the seven seals, which Jesus received from God.

The book contains a list of the 144,000.

In the Old Testament, God wrote the names of the saints in the book, and after Jesus received the book, He wrote the names of the saints there.

The first person to mention this book in the Bible is Moses.

But now, please forgive their sin--but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written. (Exodus 32:32)

Moses went up to Mount Sinai to receive God's law, but when Moses did not descend for a long time, the people waiting at the base of the mountain assumed he was dead. They made a golden calf and began worshipping it as the god who led them.

Because of this, God was angry. Moses asked God for forgiveness on behalf of the people, but He did not give an answer. Therefore, Moses asked God to remove his name from the book. God listened to him and forgave the people, saying that those who sinned against Him would have their names removed from the book (Exodus 32:33).

The Old Testament saints, whose names were written in the book, came out of the tomb after Jesus' resurrection.

The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people. (Matthew 27:52-53)

After Jesus received the book of God, He saw the list of Old Testament saints recorded in the book and saved them from Hades. This is why four archangels and elders said that He bought people with blood and gave them to God. (Revelation 5:9)

Someone has seen the names of the saints written in this book even in the New Testament times. He is the apostle Paul.

Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. (Philippians 4: 3)

The saints recorded in the Lamb's book of life will fight the Devil in the future.

All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world. (Revelation 13:8)

When the beast emerges, all but the ones recorded in the Lamb's book of life will worship it. The ‘beast’ is one of the Devil’s servants, who will receive the authority of 42 months from the Devil later (Revelation 13:4-5).