means that they are God's property. This makes them untouchable by God's wrath and the evil one (cf. Ezekiel 9:4), The seer saw that the seventh sealing judgment was not to be broken until the 144,000 had been sealed on their foreheads, which is the proprietary mark of the Lamb and the Father (Revelation 14:1). No damage may be done to: the earth, the sea and the trees until they are sealed (verse 3; Revelation 8:7-8).
In this present dispensation of grace, born-again Christians are also sealed, but that is an inner sealing with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13). They are bought and paid for with Jesus' blood (1 Peter 1:18-19) and therefore free from judgment (Romans 5:9). We see the opposite happening to those who are Satan's property during the Great Tribulation. They are marked with: the mark, the name of the beast, or its number (Revelation 13:16-18).
The Gospel of the Kingdom
It may be possible that the 144,000 will be converted in the future through the testimony of 'the two witnesses. These will probably be Moses and Elijah (cf.
Matthew 17:3). They are tasked with prophesying in Jerusalem during the first half of the Tribulation (Revelation 11:3). The 144,000 still have an evangelizing task on earth during the Great Tribulation, after the sixth seal. They will call people to repentance, because His coming and Kingdom will then be at hand: "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations..."(Matthew 24:14). Through the judgments of the Lamb and the
testimony of the two witnesses and the 144,000, an innumerable multitude from all nations will come to faith in the Lord Jesus in the end times.
The innumerable multitude in heaven
That the innumerable multitude is no longer on earth, but in the heavenly temple, appears to me from verse 11, where we read about the angels around the throne, the elders and the four creatures. Before the throne in heaven they worship Him "day and night" (verse 15).
There is no night in heaven, is there? That's right: "There shall be no more night" (Revelation 22:5). But the expression "day and night" is used five times in Revelation, not to distinguish between day and night, but in the sense of "perpetual." See Revelation 20:10 regarding hell. And in Revelation 4:8 as to heaven, it says: 'And the four beasts (four creatures) each of them had six wings, and were full of eyes all around and within, and they had no rest day or night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. You could say: In heaven there is no night at all and in hell it is always night.
In this present dispensation of grace, born-again Christians are also sealed, but that is an inner sealing with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13). They are bought and paid for with Jesus' blood (1 Peter 1:18-19) and therefore free from judgment (Romans 5:9). We see the opposite happening to those who are Satan's property during the Great Tribulation. They are marked with: the mark, the name of the beast, or its number (Revelation 13:16-18).
The Gospel of the Kingdom
It may be possible that the 144,000 will be converted in the future through the testimony of 'the two witnesses. These will probably be Moses and Elijah (cf.
Matthew 17:3). They are tasked with prophesying in Jerusalem during the first half of the Tribulation (Revelation 11:3). The 144,000 still have an evangelizing task on earth during the Great Tribulation, after the sixth seal. They will call people to repentance, because His coming and Kingdom will then be at hand: "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations..."(Matthew 24:14). Through the judgments of the Lamb and the
testimony of the two witnesses and the 144,000, an innumerable multitude from all nations will come to faith in the Lord Jesus in the end times.
The innumerable multitude in heaven
That the innumerable multitude is no longer on earth, but in the heavenly temple, appears to me from verse 11, where we read about the angels around the throne, the elders and the four creatures. Before the throne in heaven they worship Him "day and night" (verse 15).
There is no night in heaven, is there? That's right: "There shall be no more night" (Revelation 22:5). But the expression "day and night" is used five times in Revelation, not to distinguish between day and night, but in the sense of "perpetual." See Revelation 20:10 regarding hell. And in Revelation 4:8 as to heaven, it says: 'And the four beasts (four creatures) each of them had six wings, and were full of eyes all around and within, and they had no rest day or night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. You could say: In heaven there is no night at all and in hell it is always night.