The 144 Thousand

[Bassnah]

In Revelation 7, the number 144,000 is mentioned as being sealed from each of the twelve tribes of Israel. This number is also referenced in Revelation 14, where they are described as being redeemed from the earth and following the Lamb wherever he goes. There are varying interpretations regarding the literal or symbolic nature of this number, with some interpreting it as a literal group of Jewish believers and others seeing it as a symbolic representation of all Christians.

 

[Speculator]

IMHA here is the best end times teacher at his best. He explains The 144 Thousand clearly and precisely.

Who Are the 144,000 in the Book of Revelation?

During the Tribulation, 144,000 Jews will share God’s message of salvation. Find out what the Bible says about these preachers of the Last Days.

davidjeremiah.blog

 

[Rowan]

IMHA here is the best end times teacher at his best. He explains The 144 Thousand clearly and precisely.

Who Are the 144,000 in the Book of Revelation?

During the Tribulation, 144,000 Jews will share God’s message of salvation. Find out what the Bible says about these preachers of the Last Days.

davidjeremiah.blog

He is mine has been for a long time.

 

[mikesw]

This 144,000 just speaks of those of the people of Israel who came to Christ as the complete number before the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. Jeremiah includes Rev 14 where, in verses 4-5, the 144,000 were the first fruits of redemption by Christ. There can no longer be firstfruits of those being saved through Christ.

 

[brightfame52]

I believe the 144000 is symbolical of the totality of the Spiritual Israel, or the Church, the Spiritual Seed of Abraham through Christ Gal 3:29

29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

 

[3 Resurrections]

In Revelation 7, the number 144,000 is mentioned as being sealed from each of the twelve tribes of Israel. This number is also referenced in Revelation 14, where they are described as being redeemed from the earth and following the Lamb wherever he goes.

In that same Revelation 14 context, the 144,000 is titled "the FIRST-fruits unto God and unto the Lamb". This group of 144,000 Jewish saints shared the same title along with "Christ the FIRST-fruits" because these all shared the same bodily resurrection event in AD 33. In other words, the 144,000 First-fruits coming from those Jewish tribes listed were the very same as the Matthew 27:52-53 saints who were raised from their broken-open graves around Jerusalem on the same day that Christ arose from the dead. These 144,000 were OT Jewish saints coming from those various tribes who were bodily-raised to "live again" on that day.

For these 144,000 First-fruits to be "redeemed from the earth" meant that they were bodily resurrected out of the dust of the grave.
For these 144,000 First-fruits to be called "virgins" is due to the fact that there is no marriage nor giving in marriage in the bodily-resurrected state.
For these 144,000 First-fruits to be described as "without fault before the throne of God" is something that can only be said of a bodily-resurrected saint.
For these 144,000 First-fruits to "follow the Lamb wherever He goes" is the same as the Matthew 27:52-53 saints going into Jerusalem to be seen of many on the same day that the risen Christ was in Jerusalem on that first day of the week when He was showing Himself to His disciples.