See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1028; and generally [§227] Rev 13:12-13: The Power and Miracles of the Second Beast; [§228] Rev 13:14-15: The Wicked Make an Image to the First Beast; [§229] Rev 13:16: The Wicked Receive the Mark of the Beast; [§231] Rev 13:18: The Number of the Second Beast Is 666. ↩︎

See Rev 9:12-13; Rev 11:14; Seiss, ALBR, 349-250; and generally [§117] An Overview of the Second Woe [Physical Armageddon]; [§119] Rev 9:15: Armageddon Begins at a Set Time and Date; [§139] The Date for the Gathering at Adam-ondi-Ahman; [§145] Zion Built in the Last 3½ Years of Armageddon; [§171] Rev 11:2-3: Two Witnesses Minister 42 Months [3½ Years]; [§176] Rev 11:11-12: The Two Witnesses Resurrect After 3½ Days. ↩︎

See Watt, JD, Vol. 18, 102; Joseph Smith, HC, Vol. 1, 449; Watt, JD, Vol. 15, 366; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 683; cf. Rev 7:13-14. ↩︎

See generally [§117] An Overview of the Second Woe [Physical Armageddon]; [§119] Rev 9:15: Armageddon Begins at a Set Time and Date; [§139] The Date for the Gathering at Adam-ondi-Ahman; [§145] Zion Built in the Last 3½ Years of Armageddon; [§166] The Third Period of 1 Week of 7 Years [Armageddon]. ↩︎

See Keener, IVPNT, 758; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 14:1]; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 57; Draper, OSS, 43, 263; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 339. ↩︎

See Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 701; Seiss, ALBR, 350; Keener, IVPNT, 758; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1068; Coke, TCC [Rev 14:1]. ↩︎

See Rev 7:3; Seiss, ALBR, 351; and generally [§77] Rev 7:2-3: The Angel from the East Says “Hurt Not the Earth”; [§86] Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel. ↩︎

See Walvoord, BKCNT, 963-964; Draper, RJA, 535; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 14:1]; and generally [§308] Rev 19:7-8: Marriage of the Lamb and His Wife [the Church]. ↩︎

See Jay A. Parry, UBR, 178; Draper, OSS, 154, 274; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1068; Dummelow, JDCB, 1084. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 339; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 702; Henry, MHC, 2478; Millet, SWRM, 566; and cf. generally [§13] Overview of Jesus Christ’s Message to the Seven Churches. ↩︎

See Jay A. Parry, UBR, 179; Henry, MHC, 2478; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 124; Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1028; Whedon, WCB [Rev 14:1]; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 14:1]; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 14:1-4]; Coke, TCC [Rev 14:1-5]; Vincent, VWS [Rev 14:1]; and cf. John 1:29. ↩︎

See Draper, RJA, 535; cf. Rev 5:6; and generally [§48] Rev 5:5-7: The Lamb Prevailed to Open the Book and Loose the Seals. ↩︎

See Talmage, AF, 346; Rasmussen, COT, 434; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 179; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 14:1]; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 9, 779; Youngblood, NBD, 1184; Unger, UBD, 1202. ↩︎

See Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 755; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 14:1]; Brewster, BICQ, 193; Milton R. Hunter, POGP, 220; cf. Rev 15:2; and generally [§253] Rev 15:1: The Grand Sign of the Son of Man in Heaven; [§255] Rev 15:2: The Redeemed Saints Stand on a Sea of Glass. ↩︎

See Vincent, VWS [Rev 14:1]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 14:1]; Donald W. Parry, UST, 189; Alford, GTCEC [Rev 14:1]; Draper, OSS, 155; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 339. ↩︎

Rev 13:11; Henry, MHC, 2479; and generally [§226] Rev 13:11: The Two-Horned Lamb That Speaks as a Dragon. ↩︎

See Easton, IBD, 707; Fausset, FBD, 738; Orr, ISBE, Vol. 5, 3150; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 10, 1100; Youngblood, NBD, 1343. ↩︎

See Garr, ELDS, 1397; Galbraith, JTEC, 197; Nibley, ADPGP, Lecture 24, 11; Keener, IVPNT, 758; Easton, IBD, 707. ↩︎

See D&C 84:2; Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 3, 69; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 1, 97, fn 4. ↩︎

See Doxey, DCS, Vol. 2, 441; Otten, STDC, Vol. 1, 219; Nyman, GWI, 27; Garr, RSM, 144, 153; and generally [§232] Overview of the 144,000 on Mount Zion, Great Tribulation and Harvest; [§253] Rev 15:1: The Grand Sign of the Son of Man in Heaven; [§272] Rev 16:15: Christ Will Come Suddenly as a Thief; [§274] Rev 16:17-21: Seventh Vial: The Second Coming and Final Plagues; [§314] Rev 19:11-21: Christ’s Second Coming at the End of Armageddon; [§316] Rev 19:14: Heavenly Armies [Bride] Come with Christ; [§317] Rev 19:15-16: Christ Conquers the Gathered Nations. ↩︎

See D&C 57:2-3; Donald W. Parry, UST, 357; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 518; Jackson, FAR, 184; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 855; Brewster, BICQ, 192. ↩︎

See generally [§142] The Saints Are Given Dominion at Adam-ondi-Ahman; [§144] The Land of Zion Is Redeemed in Missouri; [§145] Zion Built in the Last 3½ Years of Armageddon. ↩︎

See Brewster, DCE, 258; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 179; and generally [§316] Rev 19:14: Heavenly Armies [Bride] Come with Christ. ↩︎

See Watt, JD, Vol. 21, 253; Watt, JD, Vol. 18, 69; and generally [§308] Rev 19:7-8: Marriage of the Lamb and His Wife [the Church]; [§309] Rev 19:9: The Marriage Supper of the Lamb. ↩︎

See Heb 12:22; Andrus, PP, 377; Andrus, DK, 26, 55; Millet, SS, Vol. 1, 289, 307; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 339; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1068; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 14:1]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 14:1]; and generally [§236] Rev 14:2: The Heavens Rejoice Before the Second Coming; [§237] Rev 14:3: The New Song of the 144,000 Before the Throne; [§238] Rev 14:4-5: The 144,000 Are Redeemed as the First Fruits. ↩︎

See generally [§239] Rev 14:6-11: The Sayings of Three Angels Before the Second Coming; [§243] Rev 14:12: Saints of Zion Survive the Great Tribulation; [§244] Rev 14:13: Saints That Die in the Lord Will Rest, and Labor as Spirits; [§245] Rev 14:14-20: The Four Angels of the Harvest at Christ’s Coming. ↩︎

See generally [§174] Rev 11:7: The Death of the Two Witnesses at Jerusalem; [§175] Rev 11:8-10: The Bodies of the Two Witnesses Lie Unburied; [§176] Rev 11:11-12: The Two Witnesses Resurrect After 3½ Days. ↩︎

See generally [§332] Overview of the First Resurrection and the Last Resurrection; [§333] Morning of the First Resurrection for Exalted Saints. ↩︎

See D&C 133:56; D&C 133:17-18; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 182; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 701; and generally [§70] Rev 7:2: An Angel from the East [Elias] Has the Seal of God; [§71] Rev 7:2-3: The Two Parts of the “Seal of the Living God”; [§86] Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel. ↩︎

See D&C 88:96; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 644; and generally [§243] Rev 14:12: Saints of Zion Survive the Great Tribulation; [§245] Rev 14:14-20: The Four Angels of the Harvest at Christ’s Coming; [§246] Rev 14:14: A First Angel Stands Ready to Reap the Righteous; [§247] Rev 14:15-16: A Second Angel Cries to Reap the Righteous. ↩︎

See generally [§52] Rev 6:1-2: Enoch’s Conquests in the First Seal [4000-3000 BC]; [§333] Morning of the First Resurrection for Exalted Saints. ↩︎

See generally [§152] The Physical and Spiritual Journey of the Lost Ten Tribes; [§153] John and the Doctrine and Ordinance of Translation; [§154] Translation of Lost Tribes Mirrors the People of Enoch; [§155] The Translated Lost Ten Tribes in Jacob 5 and Ezekiel 37; [§334] The Celestial Resurrection After the Second Coming; [§335] The Celestial Resurrection Continues for 1000 Years. ↩︎

See Draper, RJA, 536; Millet, ESGG, 16; and generally [§255] Rev 15:2: The Redeemed Saints Stand on a Sea of Glass. ↩︎

See generally [§331] Earthly Ordinances Required Before the Celestial Resurrection. ↩︎

See generally [§77] Rev 7:2-3: The Angel from the East Says “Hurt Not the Earth”; [§78] Elijah Restores the “Sealing Power” in the Sixth Seal; [§79] The Urgency of Temple Work in the Sixth Seal; [§87] Limited Sealings of the 144,000 Began in the Fifth Seal. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 546; Brewster, DCE, 371. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 339; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 702; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 14:1]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 14:1]; Oscar W. McConkie, ANGL, 114-115. ↩︎

See Seiss, ALBR, 351; Pett, PPCB [Rev 14:1]; but see also Draper, RJA, 536; and generally [§77] Rev 7:2-3: The Angel from the East Says “Hurt Not the Earth”; [§86] Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel; [§237] Rev 14:3: The New Song of the 144,000 Before the Throne. ↩︎

See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1028; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 702; Seiss, ALBR, 351; Vincent, VWS [Rev 14:1]; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 14:1]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 14:1]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 14:1]; and cf. Rev 3:12. ↩︎

See Rev 7:3; Brewster, BICQ, 191; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 180; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GSS, 53-54. ↩︎

See Seiss, ALBR, 351; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 14:1]; Edwards, FBNT [Rev 14:1]; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 14:1]; and generally [§231] Rev 13:18: The Number of the Second Beast Is 666. ↩︎

See generally [§71] Rev 7:2-3: The Two Parts of the “Seal of the Living God”; [§72] The New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage; [§74] The Calling and Election of Saints Made Sure; [§75] The Calling and Election of Those Living; [§76] The Calling and Election of the Dead. ↩︎

See Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 467,; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 701; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 179; Seiss, ALBR, 351; and generally [§78] Elijah Restores the “Sealing Power” in the Sixth Seal; [§90] Rev 7:9: Second Vision of Paradise and the Great Multitude. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 105; Andrus, DK, 410; and generally [§77] Rev 7:2-3: The Angel from the East Says “Hurt Not the Earth”; [§79] The Urgency of Temple Work in the Sixth Seal; [§85] Wasting of the Earth Without the Sealing Power. ↩︎

See Rev 7:13-14; Henry, MHC, 2479; and generally [§93] Rev 7:13-14: One of the 24 Elders Explains the Great Multitude. ↩︎