Two Groups of 144000!

144000 Jews are Sealed (or protected) from God's Wrath when the seventh seal is opened. This will coincide with the Second Coming of Christ on the Day of the Lord. The dead in Christ will arise and the Church will be raptured at the same time and a Great Multitude will appear in heaven. This will all take place when the seven seal is opened and when the seventh trumpet is sounded. The Second coming of Christ is inseparably linked to the rapture, the resurrection of believers and the Day of the LORD. 1THES 4:13-17

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There are two groups of 144000.  (Rev Ch7 and Rev Ch 14)

  144000 Jews are sealed when the seventh seal is opened. 

They are protected from the Bowls of God’s wrath that are poured out on the Nations after the Church has been raptured.

 They repopulate Earth during the Millennium to full fill God’s promises to the Jew’s in the Old Testament (eg Zech Ch 14).

They are not the same as the 144000 Mature (firstfruit) Christians spared from the Great Tribulation in Revelation Ch 14 before the three angel messages.

These are the firstfruits of the Living Christians (Rev 14:4 James 1:18)

Christ was the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (1Cor 15:20)

The second group of 144000 in Revelation Ch 14 are not the same as the 144000 Jews that are sealed when Christ returns at the opening of the seventh seal / sounding of the seventh trumpet in Revelation Ch 7.   

The 144000 Jews that are sealed remain on Earth and repopulate it during the Millennium to fulfill Old Testament promises. 

 There will be approximately 10 times this number of pagans who survive Armageddon (Zech 8:23).

The 144000 Christians that are raptured in Revelation Ch 14 before the three angle messages escape the Great Tribulation.  The majority of the Church have to go through the Great Tribulation and are raptured when Christ returns at the seventh Trumpet when the seventh seal is opened and the 144000 Jews are sealed.

Dr Nigel Hawkins

http://truthinlove.com

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144000 Jews chosen to be God’s people during the Millennium and 144000 mature Christians spared from the Great Tribulation

There are two groups of 144,000. The 144000 in Revelation Ch 7 are JEWS who will be sealed and protected from God's Wrath at the End of the Great Tribulation. They will survive to become God's people on Earth during the Millennium. The other group is the 144000 in Revelations Ch 14. They are Christians as they are followers of the Lamb. They are pure and mature and ready to be with God. They become the firstfruits of the Harvest and are spared from the 1260 day Great Tribulation. The rest of the Church must go through the Great Tribulation with patient endurance. The Great Multitude of believers will be raptured or harvested at the end of the 1260 days before God pours out his Wrath upon the Nations (Pagans).

144000 followers of the Lamb escape the Great Tribulation and 144000 Jews from the 12 tribes are sealed before God pours out his wrath

144000 followers of the Lamb escape the Great Tribulation and 144000 Jews from the 12 tribes are sealed before God pours out his wrath.

The 144000 followers of the Lamb are Christians who are ready to meet the Lord. They are called up as the first fruits of the Harvest before the Great Tribulation starts. The great multitude of believers will have to go through the great tribulation with patient endurance. They will be made spotless and refined. The great multitude of believers will be raptured / redeemed / harvested after 1260 days of tribulation before God pours out his wrath on the Pagans / Nations of the World. At the same time as the Great Multitude is Harvested, another group of 144000 Jews, taken from the 12 tribes, will be sealed so as to be protected from God’s wrath. They will survive God’s wrath and go on into the Millennium as God’s people on Earth. A gentile remnant will also survive God’s wrath and will go on to repopulate the Earth during the Millennium. Gentiles who survive God’s wrath must have rejected the Mark of the Beast and helped God’s people during the tribulation.