Revelation 14:1 Revelation 14:1 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. After the Apostle John had seen the anti-Christian beast, persecuting the church of God, the woman, and the remnant of her see; he looked what would become of that remnant of God’ s sealed ones; And lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion. Our Lord Jesus Christ is called a Lamb, first, as He was a sacrifice, for the sins of his people. \ See the exposition of Rev 5:6-9. See KNOLLYS: Revelation 5:6" [ff] See KNOLLYS: Revelation 5:7 See KNOLLYS: Revelation 5:8 See KNOLLYS: Revelation 5:9 By his standing on Mount Sion, is meant Christ’ s presence with his church, and his kingly power for her protection and preservation, in all generations, \ that God may have glory by Jesus Christ in his church, typed out here by Mount Sion, for strength, \ and for beauty, \ And with him an hundred forty and four thousand. These were the sealed ones, \ so that our Lord Jesus Christ had lost none of all them that the Father had given him. \ Having his Fathers name written in their foreheads. This doth distinguish the followers of the Lamb from the worshippers and followers of the beast. The worshippers of the beast had the mark of the beast in their foreheads; which is an open and visible profession of their subjection and obedience unto the universal headship, government, dominion, laws, and ordinances of the Pope and Church of Rome. (See exposition on Revelation 13:16-17)  See KNOLLYS: Revelation 13:16  The true worshippers of God, that worship him in spirit and truth, and the followers of the Lamb, our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, have his father’ s name written in their foreheads; that is an open and visible profession of their subjection and obedience unto the universal headship, rule, authority, government, dominion, laws, and ordinances of God the Father, and of our Lord Jesus Christ. The sealed ones were of the election of God, as 2 Timothy 2:19. And these written ones were also a remnant of the same election of grace, as Romans 11:5 yet we may observe some things wherein they differ, and are distinguished. First,  in time; they were sealed at the beginning of the beast’ s forty and two months. See Revelation 7:3-4, etc. These were congregated at the ending time of the witnesses’ thousand two hundred and threescore days, when the spirit of life entered into the witnesses. See Revelation 11:11-15, etc. They were sealed a little before the first trumpet sounded; these were congregated upon the sounding of the seventh trumpet, when it began to sound, see the exposition of chapter 7 verse 3, 4, etc. See KNOLLYS: Revelation 7:3 & See KNOLLYS: Revelation 7:4 and chapter 8 verse 7, etc., See KNOLLYS: Revelation 8:6 and chapter 10 verse 7, 11. See KNOLLYS: Revelation 10:5 & See KNOLLYS: Revelation 10:11 Secondly, in condition; the sealed ones were in a wilderness condition of sufferings, \ and in a mourning sackcloth state. \ The congregated ones were in an overcoming, conquering, and rejoicing condition over the beast, and his image, and over mystery Babylon the great. \