Human beings love the image of a winner, or a conqueror. We do not like losers. If they are rugby coaches, we fire them. If they are politicians, we vote them out of office. We want winners. We want people who can face the greatest danger and be triumphant in the end.

I came across a wonderful inspiring quote from John Wesley when I was preparing for this podcast.

He said: “Give me one hundred men who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergyman or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon the earth.”

In Revelation 14:1-5, we will be reading about the 144 000 men that Jesus will use to shake the world in the closing days of this age.