Subject: 18 Book of Revelation |
Bible Note: Greetings Humpy! You said that the 144,000 of Rev. 14:1-5 are not Jews, but the 144,000 of Rev. 7:4-8 are. Yet, they are the same group. Compare these two passages. Rev. 7:3 - "‘‘Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” 4 Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel." This group is said to be 'sealed' or 'marked' in the forehead by God. Now, look at Rev. 14:1. Rev. 14:1 - "Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads." Now, how could one not reasonably conclude that these are the same groups? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |