Lena's Comments

100= (fold- fold speaks of Christ’s Body, who he paid for the right to possess) blessing of harvest, ALL of it completely all (think percentages)
Forty = judgments against us, curses. I’m on a trail here. ALL whom have had their curses and judgements removed.
Four the # of the earth.
On a roll. 100=ALL, 40= who’s judgements have been removed by His blood, 4- which is purposed for ALL the earth.
Also since Biblical numerology is not like our #’s in saying a mere figure. It also refers to tenths 4. The tither is a tenth, which has sanctified all. 4 tenths- a sanctified earth. It is available for all.
One more consideration, 144 – 12 x 12. 12 are God’s ways, His governments. Multiplied over and over again to fill the earth. 12 is the # of disciples, # of discipleship, which He has called all of us to, Commissioned us to. This is 12 who also have 12. People who follow the genesis mandate, being Fruitful, Multiplying, Filling, Subduing, and Taking Dominion. Reproducing the Spirit of Christ in others.
In the Greek lexicon of NAS words it says- the word is thousands, rather than thousand.
So there are 1,000’s who reproduce Christ in all the earth!
The Lord told Elijah that there were 7,000 like himself who had not bowed their knees to Baal. The only way the City of Babylon can fall (the influence of the world in each individual), is that 1000’s who are of Zion (God’s House, City, church) would NOT bow and would rise up and reproduce Christ in the earth! Why does persecution arise? Why should we endure? So His kingdom can be established secure. That starts with His kingdom secure in me.
Vs 13 ties in w/ Galatians 2:20. Why would anyone choose to walk this hard-pressed road in life, taking persecutions, enduring pain? Because of the Harvest. That takes a lying down of life, a disciple lays down his life. He gathered the clusters of grapes from the vines. We have to be abiding in THE VINE to have a cluster, fruit. No fruit, no gathering.