Armageddon... a Lamb stood on it and with him 144,000! (Rev. 14:1)

Study: "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

Study: Recall the structure of Revelation 12 . Revelation 12:1-6 Revelation 12:7-17 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven ; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven ; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. vss. 1-3 And there was war in heaven : Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven . vss. 7,8 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought

Study: "And it waxed great , even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host , and by him the daily was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered." Daniel 8:10-12 Structure:   A     B C A' B' C'   1 2   1'                                 And it waxed great , even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground,      and stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host ,

Study: Notice the repeated words, phrases, and imagery... "...and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit ."  Revelation 9:1 "And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them."  Revelation 9:16 "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven , clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:"  Revelation 10:1 "And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them."  Revelation 11:7 "And the same hour was there a great earthquake , and the tenth part of the city fell , and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave

Study: Notice the following repeated phrases and words: Daniel 9:5-11 : " We have sinned , and have committed iniquity , and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments :" Daniel 9:5 "Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets , which spake in thy name" " to our kings, our princes, and our fathers , and to all the people of the land." Daniel 9:6 "O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces , as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off," "through all the countries [ex. Babylon = Babel = "Confusion"] whither thou hast driven them , because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee." Daniel 9:7 "O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face ," " to o