Where does the 144,000 come in to play?
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Would have to be a large arena.
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It comes into play when you hear someone knock on your door dressed in a suit, lol.
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Those who hold a Dispensational view of eschatology want it to signify the Jews who will be saved during a 3 1/2 or 7 year Tribulation.
But… Any Jew by birth (myself included), know that the listing of the 144,000 by John in Revelation are out of birth order and doesn’t include all of the Tribes.
Genealogy is very, very important to a person of Jewish descent.
So, that signifies that the 144k is strictly symbolic to show many people.12x12x1000.
In other words, it’s significant but not like a lot of end time warriors would like it to mean.
Not sure if I helped you, but at it’s all I got.
Love Samuel Johnson response the best… 😉 -
When taken at face value, Revelation 7:4 seems to speak of 144,000 actual people living during the end-times tribulation. Nothing in the passage leads to interpreting the 144,000 as anything but a literal number of Jews—12,000 taken from every tribe of the children of Israel, according to verses 5–8.
These 144,000 Jews are “sealed,” which means they have the special protection of God. They are kept safe from the divine judgments and from the wrath of the Antichrist. They can freely perform their mission during the tribulation. It had been previously prophesied that Israel would repent and turn back to God (Zechariah 12:10; Romans 11:25–27), and the 144,000 Jews seem to be a sort of “first fruits” (Revelation 14:4) of that redeemed Israel. Their mission seems to be to evangelize the post-rapture world and proclaim the gospel during the tribulation period. As a result of their ministry, millions—“a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language” (Revelation 7:9)—will come to faith in Christ.
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Unless it’s a huge stadium there won’t be 144000 of anything sorry. It’s a dispensational idea not a biblical one
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First fruits- first believers-first century-before the Temple was destroyed (11:2) while the sixth king was reigning (17:10).
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Aren’t those Jehovah witnesses “144,000” ? Kevin Zander
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The 144,00 are 12,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel in the book of Revelation
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12,000 members from each tribe.
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Maybe it’s the last surviving Christian’s upon the return of Christ. Satan is waging war against the church, and if you look back at the holocaust that’s a glimpse of what will happen to believers. Its already happening around the globe, people being martyred for their faith. It’s not an if it will happen here, its a when….
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12000 Jews of each tribe of Israel converted to Jesus that are going to witness during the tribulation period and will be killed for the cause of Jesus.
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Means a very very large number… Its not litural ..it is apocoliptic language for those making up the invisible church
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12 tribes of Israel.
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REV 7 says the 12,000 from each of he tribes of Istael
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I’m tuning in and love the replies, I have no clue myself. Good stuff so far.
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jews that are saved during tribulation
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For clarification….The 144,000 are ISRAELITES, jews are belong to Israel. The jew is one of the twelve tribes of ISRAEL only.
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144,000 stands for the whole number of the saved(past, present and future) people from both Jews and Gentiles. It speaks of multitudes of all the peoples who will finally be saved. The number must be understood symbolically and not numerically. The number represents the sum total of the elect of Isreal, the first fruits of the gospel or the sum total of Christians.
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The 144 ,000 are Jews whom GOD will save during the Great tribulation. He will use them to preach the Gospel during that time.
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Beginning at tribulation 12,000 jews from the 12 tribes of Israel will be sealed. They will be used for the greatest awakening creation history I suspect.
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during the Tribulation period!
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144,000 preserved to live through the tribulation period and replenish the earth. there is another 144,000 in Rev 14;1 not the same group.
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That’s a lot of dispensationalism going on here maybe try something else
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