According to Revelation 14:3-4 who are the 144,000?
(Rev. 7:1-17; 14:1-5; Gen. 13:16; 49:8-12; Eze. 9:1-11; Rom. 2:28-29; Eph. 1:13-14; 2:20; 4:30) Blog 03-9 Feb, 2019
REVIEW: Jesus is revealed in the book of Revelation as he works to recover his lost bride. The candlesticks symbolize the work of the Holy Spirit in the church. The table of showbread symbolizes the throne of God the Father from which God’s Word works to restore the bride to the Son. The altar of incense symbolizes Jesus ministering the prayers of his people as they bring earth’s inhabitants to God. These three articles of the Holy Place of the sanctuary depict parallel events during the Christian era, from Pentecost to Paradise. Finally in Revelation 11:19 the scene turns to the Most Holy Place where the marriage covenant will be made.
Four Winds (Revelation 7:1-3; Eze. 9:1-11; John 3:8; Heb. 1:14)
1. Of what is “wind” a symbol in the Bible?
2. What are the four winds of the earth mentioned in Revelation 7:1?
3. What three things are protected until God’s four angels let go the winds of this earth?
4. What must take place before Satan’s evil spirits are allowed to wreak havoc on earth?
5. When God’s Spirit is withdrawn and Satan’s spirit blows on earth what group will be protected?
6. Where else in the Bible is the sealing angel and his work described?
144,000 Sealed Saints (Rev. 7:4-9; 14:1-5; Gen. 49:8-12; Eze. 9:1-11; Eph. 1:13-14; 2:20; 4:30)
7. Why is the tribe of Judah instead of that of Reuben mentioned first in the sealing of God’s people?
8. Why is the tribe of Dan not included among those sealed with the seal of the Living God?
9. In the Bible what does the number twelve represent?
10. If the number twelve stands for the organization of God’s people what must 144,000 represent?
11. Where are the 144,000 according to Revelation 14:1?
12. According to Revelation 14:3-4 who are the 144,000? and why are they called firstfruits?
13. Where are the 144,000 found “without fault”? and what is meant by “no guile in their mouth”?
14. According to Revelation 7:4-8 did John “see” the 144,000?
A Great Multitude (Rev, 7:10-17; Gen. 13:16; Ex. 31:16-17; Matt. 22:1-14; John 16:33; Rom. 2:28-29; Gal. 6:16)
15. Did John see the great multitude of Revelation 7:9 that no man could number?
16. What group of people does the book of Genesis say will be numberless?
17. According to Revelation 7:9 what group of people is the answer to the last question in chapter 6?
18. What is represented by the white robes and palm branches of the great multitude?
19. According to Revelation 7:16 what will Jesus provide for his people after they are sealed?
20. How are we to understand the sealing of the 144,000 in relation to the covenant of salvation?
ANSWERS: 1. Spirits; 2. Satan’s angels who desire to destroy the earth & its inhabitants; 3. Nature (earth), humanity (sea), & believers(trees); 4. God’s people must be sealed with the seal of the Living God; 5. Believers (trees) – the sealed saints; 6. Ezekiel nine; 7. Because this is a sealing into Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah; 8. Because this is God’s final judgment & Dan means judge – which covers the entire sealing process; 9. The organization of God’s people; 10. The perfect, final completeness of God’s saved people; 11. They are in Christ on Mount Zion (the Most Holy Place that is a perfect square; 12. They are those redeemed from the earth, those who have followed Jesus, & they are called firstfruits for they are God’s portion of earth’s final harvest; 13. Before God’s throne, meaning they hide their defects of character under the righteousness of Jesus so God does not see them, & there is no guile in their mouths for they confess themselves sinners while singing “Salvation (not to themselves & their attainments but) to their God & the Lamb; 14. No, he only heard the number of them that were sealed, he did not see them according to verses four to eight; 15. Yes; 16. The saved children of Abraham – the Israel of God; 17. The great multitude which is the same as the one hundred and forty four thousand for they stand victorious before the throne & before the Lamb; 18. White robes represent the perfect righteousness of Christ & palm branches represent the victory Feast of Tabernacles celebrated after passing the investigative judgment of the Day of Atonement; 19. Their food & water; 20. The 144,000 are the only people who have remained in God’s covenant & will be saved, for without the seal of the everlasting covenant (that of the Living God) none will be part of God’s everlasting kingdom & since the seal is the work of the Holy Spirit those who receive it must be alive (for “the dead know not [experience] any thing” Eccl. 9:5) & the seal of God is only given to those who’s sins have been blotted out of heaven’s records, so those raised at the resurrection of the righteous join the living, sealed saints, are sealed by the glorifying Holy Spirit, & also become part of the 144,000 – all who are redeemed from the earth.
