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NASB | Revelation 7:3 saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 7:3 saying, "Do not harm the earth nor the sea nor the trees until we seal (mark) the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads." [Ezek 9:4] |
Bible Question: who are the 144,000 |
Bible Answer: The 144,000 are those that have accepted the seal of God and not the mark of the beast. The "great tribulation" (symbolzed here by the four winds) will not fall upon the earth until the 144,000 have been sealed (Rev. 7:1-4). Since Revelation is a book of symbols and a "Jew" is a symbol of a true christian (Rom. 2:28-29 and Gal. 3:7 and 28-29) then I would say that once the great tribulation starts that there will be only 144,000 "true christians" left alive on the earth. Read these other texts to help you understand Rev. chapter 7: Ps. 37:37-40; Ezek. chapter 9; Joel chapter 2; Isa. 8:16 (so Heb. 8:10-11); Eph. 1:13 and 4:30; II Tim. 2:19. Anyway, I hope this helps you some. |