经文：我又观看，看哪，羔羊站在锡安山上，同祂还有十四万四千人，额上都写着祂的名，和祂父的名。（启十四1，另译）
经文：……因为收割的时候到了，地上的庄稼已经熟了。那坐在云上的，把镰刀扔在地上，地上的庄稼就被收割了。（启十四16，另译）
照着启示录十二章，男孩子要被提到神的宝座。五节说，“妇人生了一个男孩子，是将来要用铁杖辖管万国的；她的孩子被提到神和祂的宝座那里去了。”男孩子要被提到神的宝座，这要在一千二百六十天以前，就是三年半（四十二个月）大灾难以前。男孩子被提以后，会有三年半或四十二个月的期间。我们需要留意一个事实：男孩子不是要被提到空中，乃是要被提到神的宝座，就是主耶稣今天所在的地方。所以，男孩子被提到神的宝座，意思就是男孩子要在主的同在里，在主的巴路西亚里。这证明在第七十个七中间，主耶稣仍要在三层天上神的宝座那里。
启示录十四章说到十四万四千个初熟的果子。一节说，“我又观看，看哪，羔羊站在锡安山上，同祂还有十四万四千人，额上都写着祂的名，和祂父的名。”这十四万四千人是“从人间买来的，作初熟的果子归与神和羔羊”。这些将是在神的田地里初熟的，他们要在庄稼收割以先被收割，作初熟的果子归与神和羔羊。
以后到了十四至十六节，庄稼才被收割。这是说，十四万四千人要在庄稼收割以先被提到诸天之上，正如美地的初熟果子要在庄稼收割以先被收割，且被带到神的殿中。
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The Overcomers Raptured in Batches – Rev. 12:5, 14:1; 14:16
According to chapter twelve of Revelation, the man-child will be raptured to the throne of God. Revelation 12:5 says, “And she brought forth a son, a man-child, who was about to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was caught up to God and to his throne.” The rapture of the man-child will be to the throne of God, and it will be before the one thousand two hundred sixty days, which will be the time of the great tribulation of three and a half years (forty-two months, Rev. 12:14; 13:5; 11:2). After the rapture of the man-child, there will be a period of three and a half years, or forty-two months. We need to notice the fact that the man-child will be raptured not to the air, but to the throne of God, where the Lord Jesus is today. Therefore, for the man-child to be raptured to the throne of God means that the man-child will be in the presence of the Lord, in the parousia of the Lord. This proves that, in the midst of the seventieth week, the Lord Jesus will still be at the throne of God in the third heaven.
Chapter fourteen of Revelation speaks of the one hundred forty-four thousand firstfruit. Revelation 14:1 says, “And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.” These one hundred forty-four thousand “who have been purchased from the earth” have been “purchased from among men as firstfruit to God and to the Lamb”. These will be the first ripe ones in God’s field and will be reaped before the harvest as firstfruit to God and to the Lamb.
The harvest will be reaped later in verses 14 through 16. This means that the one hundred forty-four thousand will be raptured to the heavens before the harvest, just as the first fruits of the good land were reaped and brought into the temple of God before the harvest (Lev. 23:10-11; Exo. 23:19).