Revelation Ch. 14 and 1 Timothy Ch. 3

"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

"Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

"And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."

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

2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Highlighting this from Revelation 14:

6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

It must be the timing because it wasn't until I saw the title for Rev 15 that I realized that I missed this one for Rev 14...

2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

This is one of my favorite verses.

It's like John couldn't harp on it enough. Perhaps a nod to the first musical instrument named in the Torah. Also the last (Rev 15.2 -- various types of musicians not the instruments themselves are noted in 18:22)

3 And they sung as it were a new song...

Speaking of the US Army Field Band...

Remember the scene in Kelly's heroes when Oddball needed 60 ft. of bridge? Because how was the Sarge supposed to find a hundred men, just like that?

3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

There's a new way and a new day involved. In fact, if the 144,000 redeemed (purchased) were minutes, and a very narrow bridge (gesher tzar meod) required 100 days (to Sinai and back again to take possession of Egypt*),

1440 minutes per 24-hour day x 100 days = 144,000 minutes.

There's even a saying for that.

Biding time
To bide means to wait, so biding ones time is just another way of saying to wait or to be patient.
Shes biding her time until a job opens up.
Buying time
To buy time, on the other hand, means to postpone something or to stall.
His partner wasnt here yet, so he tried buying time by jumping on the desk and singing.
Memory tip: You buy time because you need more of it.
Difference between biding time and buying time

Biden time... because Joseph is governor [משל, מש"ל] over all the land of Egypt ("house of bondage") and the God of Abraham owns and controls time:

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Sands of Time

The famous "Riddle of the Sphinx" was a timeline. Those who didn't know the answer were eaten by the Sphinx.

to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
(idiomatic) To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary

"The design of the samech is a closed circle. A circle represents infinity, because it has no beginning or end."

The letter samech is the 15th letter and = 60 = 15 x 4

The Revolution Happens Here, landing on 9:

Set as the head of the corner
on April 13, 1836
(1776 + 60)

סּ

Unicode FB41
HEBREW LETTER SAMEKH WITH DAGESH

harp (verb): talk or write persistently and tediously on (a particular topic).

"What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three legs in the evening, and no legs at night?"

"A familiar use of modular arithmetic is in the 12-hour clock"

Compare FB41, which is decimal 64321 = 131 ⋅ 491, "a Blum integer, because the two primes are equal to 3 mod 4."

That is to say, p (131) is 32x around the 4 quarters of a clock face + 3 quarters, and q (491) is 122x around the 4 quarters of a clock face + 3 quarters (90 more times around than p)

3 quarters: 9 on a clock face is the W on a rose of the winds

NES + W

n = pq
Then n is the public key and the pair (p,q) is the private key.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blum%E2%80%93Goldwasser_cryptosystem#Key_generation

(32 + 122 = 154)

FB41 is the public key, the letter Samech which 15 x 4:

סּ

Which is interesting because the sun marks the days and is Unicode 2609 (decimal 9737):

☉

But everyone knows not to look at the sun except with "special-purpose solar filters", or by making a pinhole in a piece of paper to view an eclipse on a piece of white paper, ala "black fire upon white fire."

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* As Jay explained to Beatrice:

"In fact, you know what - you kicked HIM out! And now that he's gone you're gonna go into town, you go to Bloomingdale's and find some nice dresses, get yourself some shoes, you know, find somewhere, maybe you can get a facial. And, uh, oh - hire a decorator to come in here quick, 'cause..."

Genesis 41

51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

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"Let there be light."

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