WHOARETHE144,

000I
NREVELATI
ON?

HIM:"ApstFai
th,
theinternetsayst
hat'.
..
Oneunderst
andi
ngisthatthe144000arerecent
ly
convert
edJewishEvangelist
ssentouttobringsi
nner
stoJesusChr i
stdur
ingthesevenyear
tr
ibul
ati
onperi
od.Preteri
stsbeli
evetheyareJewi
shChri
sti
anssealedfordel
iv
erancefrom t
he
destr
ucti
onofJerusal
em i nAD70.'
"

AFO: " t hatsomeonement ionsAD70doesn' tmeanheknowswhathei ssayingatallandI

haveal wayswar nedtobecarefulofpi
ckingsi
deswi thamov ementoni ssueswithdoctri
nal
stands.Ther earecl
osetoahundr eddoctri
nal
mov ementsi
nChr i
stendom.Noneoft hem are
compl etel
ywr ongandnoneoft hem arecompletel
yright
.Thisi
swhyi tisfooli
shcategori
zing
anythi
ngv eryfastori
denti
fyi
ngt oofastwit
hanyoft hemov ementsuntilyouhavethet ot
al
understandingofhismessage.

HI
M:"
so,
whati
sthe144000?
"

AFO:"Fi
rstunderst
andthatt
hewayrevel
ati
onisplanned,y
ouhav esever
alparal
lel
swithi
nthe
book.Justli
keyouhavewiththef
ir
st3booksoftheNewTest amentscript
ures.Theyare
knownast hesynopti
cgospel
s;Matt
hew,Mark,andLuke.I'
m sur
ey ouunderst
andhowt hat
works⁉"

HI
M:"YesSi
r,Ido;youdon'
thavet
heful
lgistoft
hestor
yunti
lyour
eadt
hesi
ngul
arst
oryi
nal
l
t
he3books,
therebyhar
monizi
ngthem i
ntoonesingl
estor
y"

AFO:
"per
fect
.SoasmuchasIwishyout
oalsoharmoni
zewhatyoureadaboutt
he144000,
al
soremembert
hefourkey
sIi
nit
ial
l
yrel
easedonhowtoint
erpr
ett
hebookofRev el
ati
on.
"

I
NCASEYOUHAVENOTGOTTENTHAT,
LISTENHERE:

ht
tps:
//anchor
.f
m/f
ait
h-oni
ya/
epi
sodes/
4-Key
s-t
o-Under
standi
ng-
The-
Book-
of-
Rev
elat
ion-
ebt
rhb
I
tisa15mi
nut
esaudi
o.

Sonow,
letmeshowy
ouav
erseofscr
ipt
ure.CanI⁉"

HI
M:"
YesSi
r"

AFO:"
AndIl
ooked,
and,
lo,
aLAMB st oodont
hemountSi
on,
andwi
thhi
m anHUNDRED
FORTYANDFOURTHOUSAND,hav
ingHI
SFATHER'
SNAMEWRITTENI
NTHEIRFOREHEADS.

(
Rev
elat
ion14:
1).

Whoi
sthel
amb⁉"

HI
M:"
Jesus!
"

AFO:
"Howwashet
heLamb⁉"

HI
M:"
ont
hecr
oss!
"

AFO:
"Great,
butitwouldbebett
ertosayi
nhisser
vicet
ohumani
tyinhisworkofredempti
on.
WasJesusatany t
ime,evenonthecr
ossali
ter
all
amb.ImeanPeter
,.James,Johnandthe
ot
her
swer efol
l
owi ngaft
era' meeeeeeeh'⁉"

HI
M:"
[ ]Nonow.
..Lol
s"

AFO:Great,sohowcomet he144000inthesamev er
sewerenowl i
ter
al.Ordowehavet
ov i
sit
Revelat
ion14:1agai
nsoast oseeJesusasbeingali
ter
all
amb,li
teral144000st
andi
ngwit
h
hi
m, havingonthei
rli
ter
alf
oreheadsali
ter
alsi
gnpostofGod'
snamewr i
ttent
her
e?"
HI
M:"
Chai
i
i,i
tcoul
dn'
thav
ebeenl
i
ter
alSi
r.Sowhatdoest
he144000mean?
"

AFO:

"Letmeshowy
ouanot
herpar
all
elscr
ipt
urei
nRev
elat
ion;

AndIhear
dthenumberoft
heseal
ed,
144,
000,
seal
edf
rom ev
eryt
ri
beoft
hesonsofI
srael
.

(
Rev
elat
ion7:
4)

Manysi
ncer
eBi
ble-
bel
i
evi
ngChr
ist
ianswoul
dunder
standt
he144,
000l
i
ket
his;

Thechur
chi
srapt
uredpr
iort
othegr
eatt
ri
bul
ati
on.

Duri
ngt het
imewhenthechurchi
sgone,aremnantof144,
000ethni
cJewsisconv
ert
ed;12,000
fr
om eachtri
be(Li
ter
ali
sm wi
thscr
ipt
ural
inter
pret
ati
oni
susual
lythechal
l
engeofmainst
ream
Chri
stendom).

TheseJewishconvert
s,i
nturn,
evangel
i
zet
heGent
il
eswhomakeupt
hegr
eatmul
ti
tudei
n
whit
erobesinRevelat
ion7:
9.

That
’soneunder
standi
ngofRev
elat
ion7l
oadsofofChr
ist
ianshol
ddar
etohear
t

HI
M:"
TrueSi
r"

AFO:
Letmeexpl
ainwhyIunder
standt
he144,
000di
ff
erent
ly;
The144,
000ar
enotanet
hnicJewishremnant
,andcer
tai
nlynotananoi
ntedCl
assofsai
nts
whobecameJehov
ah’
sWitnessesbef
ore1935.

The144,
000r
epr
esentt
heent
ir
ecommuni
tyoft
her
edeemed.

Letmegi
vey
ousev
eral
reasonsf
ormaki
ngt
hiscl
aim.

1.

Rev
elat
ion13:

Wer eadthatSat
anseal
sALLofhi
sfol
l
ower
s,soi
tmakessenset
hatGodwoul
dseal
ALLofhi
s
people,
NOTJUSTTHEJEWI SHONES.

2.

Theimageofseali
ngcomesf
rom Ezeki
el9wher
etheseal
ont
hef
oreheadmar
ksoutt
wo
groupsofpeopl
e:

a)
.Idol
ater
sand,

b)
.Non-
idol
ater
s.

Theseal
i
ngofthe144,
000makesasi
mil
ardi
sti
nct
ionbasedonWHOWORSHI
PSGOD,
andnot
whoamongtheJewishr
emnantwor
shi
psGod.

3.

The144,
000ar
ecal
l
edTHESERVANTSOFOURGOD

REVELATI
ON7:
3

Say
ing,
Hur
tnott
heear
th,
nei
thert
hesea,
nort
het
rees,
til
lwehav
eseal
edt
heSERVANTSOF
OURGODi
nthei
rfor
eheads.

Ther
eisnor
easont
omaket
he144,
000anymor
erest
ri
ctedt
hant
hat
.

I
fyouar
easer
vantoft
hel
i
vingGod,
youar
eoneoft
he144,
000ment
ionedher
e.

I
nRev el
ati
on,t
hephr
ase“SERVANTSOFGOD”al
way
sref
erst
oal
lofGod’
sredeemedpeopl
e,
notj
ustanethni
cJewishr
emnant.

REVELATI
ON1:
1

(
Ampl
i
fiedBi
ble)

Thi
si sther evel
ati
onofJesusChri
st[Hi
sunvei
li
ngofthedivi
nemyster
ies]
,whi
chGod[ t
he
Father]gavet oHimtoshowtoHisbond-ser
vant
s(bel
iever
s)thet
hingswhichmustsoontake
pl
ace[ intheirent
ir
ety
];andHesentandcommunicat
editbyHisangel(di
vi
nemessenger)t
oHis
bond-servantJohn,

Rev
elat
ion2:
20;

AMPLI
FIEDBI
BLE

ButIhavethi
s[charge]agai
nsty
ou,thaty
outolerat
ethewomanJezebel,
whocal
lsher
sel
fa
prophet
ess[cl
aimingtobeinspi
red]
,andsheteachesandmisl
eadsMybond-
serv
antssot
hat
theycommit[act
sofsexual]immoral
it
yandeatfoodsacri
fi
cedtoidol
s.

Rev
elat
ion19:
2

AMPLI
FIEDBI
BLE

BECAUSEHI SJUDGMENTSARETRUEANDRI GHTEOUS.Hehasjudged[convi

ctedand
pronouncedsent
enceon]t
hegreatpr
osti
tut
e(idol
atr
ess)whowascorr
uptingandrui
ningand
poisoni
ngtheeart
hwit
hheradult
ery(
idol
atr
y),andHEHASI MPOSEDTHEPENALTYFORTHE
BLOODOFHI
SBOND-
SERVANTSONHER.
”

Rev
elat
ion19:
5

AMPLI
FIEDBI
BLE

Thenf
rom thet
hronet
her
ecameav oi
ce,sayi
ng,
“Prai
seourGod, al
lyoubond-
ser
vant
sofHi
s,
youwhofearHi
m, t
hesmall
(common)andthegreat(
dist
ingui
shed).
”

Rev
elat
ion22:
3.

AMPLI
FIEDBI
BLE

Ther
ewillnol
ongerexi
stanyt
hingt
hati
scursed[
becausesi
nandil
l
nessanddeat
haregone]
;
andthethr
oneofGodandoftheLambwi l
lbeini
t,andHi
sbond-
ser
vant
swill
serv
eandworship
Him[wit
hgreataweandjoyandlov
ingdev
oti
on];

4.

The144,
000ment
ionedl
ateri
nRev
elat
ion14ar
ethosewhohav
ebeen

“
REDEEMEDFROM THEEARTH”

andt
hosewhower
e

“
PURCHASEDFROM AMONGMEN.
”

Thi
sisgener
ic,
ever
ybody
-ki
nd-
ofl
anguage.

The144,
000i
sasy
mbol
i
cnumberofr
edeemeddr
awnf
rom al
lpeopl
es,
notsi
mpl
ytheJews.

Besi
des,
ift
henumberi
snotsy
mbol
i
cthenWHATDOWEDOWI
THREVELATI
ON14:
4WHI
CH
DESCRI
BESTHE144,
000ASTHOSE

“
WHOHAVENOTDEFI
LEDTHEMSELVESWI
THWOMEN”
?

Ar
ewet
othi
nkt
hatt
he144,
000r
efer
stoachosengr
oupofcel
i
bat
eJewi
shmen?

COMMON?
!

I
tmakesmoresenset
oreali
zet
hat144,
000isasymbolicnumberthati
sdescri
bedascel
i
bat
e
mentohi
ghl
i
ghtthegr
oup’smoral
puri
tyandset
-apar
tnessforspi
ri
tual
bat
tle.

5.

Thelastr
easonfort
hinki
ngthatthe144,000i
stheentir
ecommuni
tyoft
her
edeemedi
s
becauseofthehi
ghl
ystyl
izedli
stoftr
ibesinRevel
ati
on7:5-
8.

Thenumberi
tsel
fisst
yli
zed.

I
T’SNOTTOBETAKENLI
TERALLYBYANYSMARTBI
BLESTUDENT.

[
YOUSHOULDREGI
STERFORTHEWORDCENTRALGLOBALBI
BLESCHOOLWHEREYOU
WOULDBETAUGHTBI
BLI
CALNUMEROLOGY]

144000=12x12x1000(
1~GODAND3ZEROS~FULNESS)

12bei
ngt
henumberofCOMPLETI
ONORPERFECTI
ONf
orGod’
speopl
erepr
esent
ing;

★t
he12t
ri
besofI
srael
and
★t
he12apost
lesoft
heLamb)and

★ 1000bei
ng;

~1r
epr
esent
ingGOD(
Thef
ir
standALLofal
l
)

3zer
os~Ful
l
ness

So144,
000isawayofsayingall
ofGod’
speopl
ewhoareaproductofthefi
nishedwor
kof
Chr
istr
egar
dlesswhatdi
spensat
iont
hecamefr
om orwhatst
atetheyexi
stedin,i
nHEAVENor
onEARTH

Ephesi
ans1:
10

Thati
ntheDI
SPENSATIONSOFTHEFULNESSOFTIMEShemightGATHERTOGETHERI
NONE
al
lthi
ngsI
NCHRIST,bot
hwhichar
einHEAVEN,
andwhi
char
eonEARTH; ev
eninhi
m:

YOUSEETHAT?

HI
M:Wow

AFO:

"
Andt
henl
ookatt
hel
i
stoft
het
ri
bes.

Ther
ear
eov
eradozendi
ff
erentar
rangement
soft
het
wel
vet
ri
besi
ntheBi
ble.

THI
SONEI
SUNI
QUEAMONGALLOFTHEM.

JUDAHI
SLI
STEDFI
RST!
ASI
DECONSI
DERI
NGTHEFACTTHATJESUSI SFROM JUDAHASTHELI
ONOFTHETRI
BEOF
JUDAH,
Whatmor
alj
ust
if
icat
ionshoul
dmaket
he4t
hli
sted1st⁉

Ihav
eal
way
schant
ed

REVELATI
ONI
SABOUTJESUSANDWHATHECAMETODO!

All
twelveofJacob’
ssonsar
eli
sted—i
ncl
udi
ngLev
iwhousual
l
ywasn’
tbecausehedi
dn’
tinher
it
anyland-
exceptf
orone.

Manasseh,
Joseph’
sson(
Jacob’
sgr
andson)
,isl
i
stedi
npl
aceofDan.

SowhynotDan?

Danwasl
eftouti
nor
dert
opoi
ntt
othepur
it
yoft
her
edeemedchur
ch.

DANMEANTJUDGE!

Jesuscamet
obej
udgednott
obeaj
udged

Event
heastrol
ogers(Magi
,MagesorWi
seMen)knewthi
swhentheygav
ehi
m Gold(
King)
,
fr
anki
ncense(pr
iest
)andMy r
rh(
Hewoul
ddie.Hewasn'
ther
etoki
ll
salambbutt
obetheLamb)

Si
mpl
e

ALSOnot
ethatf
rom ear
lyi
nIsr
ael
’
shi
stor
y,Danwast
hecent
erofi
dol
atr
yfort
heki
ngdom
Judges18:
30-
31.

Dur
ingt
heday
soft
hedi
vi
dedki
ngdom,
Danwasoneoft
wocent
ersf
ori
dol
atr
y

1Ki
ngs12:
28-
30.

Andt
herei
srecor
dedi
nsomenon-Bi
bli
calJewishwr
it
ingst
hatt
heJewst
houghtt
heant
i-
Chr
ist
woul
dcomeoutofDanbasedonGenesi
s49:17.

HI
M:"
Yikes ‍♂"

AFO:"Thebot
tom l
inei
sthatt
henumberandt
helistandt
heor
derofthet
ri
besar
eallst
yli
zed
todepictt
het
otal
i
tyofGod’spur
eandperf
ect
lyr
edeemedserv
antsfr
om al
lti
meoveral
lthe
ear
th.

That
’swhatRev
elat
ionmeansbyt
he144,
000.
"

Sel
ah