In Revelation chapter 7, an angel comes from the east having the seal of God. “And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, ‘Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.’ And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed.” Rev. 7:2–4.
What follows is a list of 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel, beginning with Judah. Are the 144,000 literal Jews who will be saved, as some teach?
There are several reasons why the 144,000 are symbolic and not literal Jews. First, the 12 tribes of Israel are not in existence today. During the Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom of Israel, the ten
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