I.　To follow the Lamb wherever He may go is to be one with the crucified, resurrected, ascended, and enthroned Redeemer in His move to carry out the divine administration for the consummation of the divine economy— Rev. 14:4b; 5:6:

A.　The overcomers follow the Lamb wherever He may go by being one with Him in their prayers—v. 8; 8:3-4.

B.　The overcomers follow the Lamb wherever He may go by being one with Him as a voluntary offering in the splendor of their consecration—Psa. 110:3.

II.　The Lamb, whom we follow, is the pneumatic Christ, the resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit—Rev. 14:4b; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 3:17:

A.　Before the Lord's crucifixion the disciples followed Him in an outward way; now, after His resurrection, we follow Him in an inward way, because in resurrection Christ has become the life-giving Spirit dwelling in our spirit, and we follow Him in our spirit—Matt. 16:24; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 6:17; Gal. 5:16-25.

B.　If we would follow the Lamb as the pneumatic Christ, we need to live in the mingled spirit—the divine Spirit mingled with our regenerated human spirit— 1 Cor. 6:17; Rom. 8:4.

C.　We follow the Lamb as the pneumatic Christ in the mingled spirit by the leading of the Spirit—v. 14:

1.　The leading of the Spirit is not merely an action of the Spirit; it is the Triune God becoming the leading in our spirit—v. 11.

2.　If we care for the Triune God as a person who indwells us, we will spontaneously be led by Him as the Spirit; in this way we follow the Lamb wherever He may go—Rev. 14:4b.

III.　We need to follow the Lamb in the consciousness of the Body of Christ— v. 4b; Eph. 1:22-23; Col. 1:18; 2:19; 3:15:

A.　The Lamb on the throne is the Head of the Body; to live the Body life, we need to be under the Head and take the Head as the life, the principal object, and the center—Rev. 5:6; Col. 1:18; Eph. 4:15-16.

B.　In order to follow the Lamb, we need to know the Body and care for the Body; caring for the Body is a dealing with individualism—vv. 4-6, 15-16.

C.　In following the Lamb, we need to have the consciousness of the Body of Christ—v. 4; Col. 3:15; 1 Cor. 12:25-27:

1.　Christ the Head causes us to become conscious of the Body—Col. 2:16-19.

2.　If we have the consciousness of the Body of Christ and care for the Body, we will take the Body as the rule in our thoughts and actions and follow the Lamb as the Head of the Body in the consciousness of the Body—Eph. 4:15-16.

IV.　In Revelation 14:1-5 we see the characteristics of the overcomers who follow the Lamb wherever He may go:

A.　They are eventually raptured as firstfruits to God and the Lamb for the delight and satisfaction of God and the Lamb—v. 1a.

B.　They have the name of the Lamb and the name of the Father written on their foreheads; this indicates that they are one with the Lord and are possessed by Him—v. 1b.

C.　They sing a new song before the throne; no one can learn this new song, a song that must be in accord with their experiences of the Lamb, because no one else has their specific and particular experiences of Christ—v. 3.

D.　No lie is found in their mouth; this indicates that in their expression there is nothing of Satan, the devil, the father of all liars and the source of lies—v. 5a; John 8:44.

E.　They are without blemish; this indicates that they are without spot or wrinkle and are perfect in the holiness of God, absolutely sanctified to God and fully saturated with God—Rev. 14:5b; Eph. 5:27; 1 Thes. 5:23.

F.　They are purchased from the earth and from among men; they belong to the Lord absolutely and do not allow anything or anyone to hinder them in following the Lamb—Rev. 14:3b, 4b; Matt. 10:37-39; Luke 9:57-62.

V.　As the overcomers follow the Lamb wherever He may go, they experience and enjoy the Lamb in His person and work—Rev. 14:1b:

A.　They experience the effectiveness of the blood of the Lamb, having the right to the tree of life and overcoming the accuser—1:5b; 7:14; 22:14; 12:11.

B.　They are a kingdom and priests to God; the kingdom is for God's dominion, and the priests are for the expression of God's image—1:5-6; 5:9-10.

C.　They eat Christ as the Passover lamb in His entirety—in His wisdom, activities, move, and inward parts—Exo. 12:3-9; John 6:57.

D.　They experience and enjoy the Lamb's shepherding them into Himself as the springs of waters of life for the dispensing of the Triune God—Rev. 7:16-17.

E.　They will participate in the marriage of the Lamb—19:7-9.

F.　They will be the Lamb's bridal army in the war at Armageddon; the Lamb will overcome Antichrist, and those who are with Him—the called, chosen, and faithful—will also overcome them—17:14.

VI.　The overcomers who follow the Lamb wherever He may go eventually are raptured to be with the Lamb on Mount Zion in the heavens—14:1; Luke 21:36:

A.　In the Old Testament, Jerusalem typifies the church, and Zion typifies the overcomers in the church; in the church age, the God-men who have been perfected and matured are Zion, the overcomers—Psa. 2:6; 125:1; Rev. 14:1:

1.　The church life is today's Jerusalem, and in the church there must be a group of overcomers; these overcomers are today's Zion—the reality of the Body of Christ consummating in the New Jerusalem—Eph. 4:16; Rev. 21:2.

2.　The overcomers are for the building up of the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem—Rom. 12:4-5; Eph. 4:16; Rev. 3:12.

B.　In the new heaven and new earth, the entire New Jerusalem will become Zion; the New Jerusalem, the eternal Zion, will be the Holy of Holies, the place where God is—21:1-2, 16, 22; cf. Ezek. 48:35b.