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… Who are these 144,000 who are sealed? These are 144,000, verse 4, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel. From the tribe of Judah, 12,000. From the tribe of Reuben, 12,000. from the tribe of Gad, 12,000, and on and on. These are Jews who have been selected and sealed and saved by God at the beginning of the tribulation. These are the 144,000. What is their ministry? Their ministry is to share the gospel. J. Dwight Pentecost wrote, they, like Saul, will be set apart to be God's witnesses to the Gentiles. But there's a second group that will stand in the tribulation. And we see them beginning in verse nine. The tribulation saints will stand in heaven during the tribulation. Now, there is no verse that says this, but it is very obvious. beginning in verse 9 we see the result of the witness of the 144,000 evangelists. Remember at the beginning of the tribulation there are no Christians on earth. The 144,000 are sealed and saved and selected to be a witness. Now notice what John sees beginning in verse 9. …
… of Israel. From the tribe of Judah, 12,000 were sealed. From the tribe of Reuben, 12,000. from the tribe of Gad, 12,000, from the tribe of Asher, 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh, 12,000, from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000, from the tribe of Levi, 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar, 12,000, from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin, 12,000, were sealed. At this point in the book of Revelation, chapter 7 answers a question that comes at the end of chapter 6. Go back for a minute to chapter 6 and notice the question at the end of the chapter in verse 17, who is able to stand? Who is able to stand? Why is that question asked? Because starting in chapter 6, verse 1, we have a picture of the future time of tribulation when God releases His global judgments. And you remember in chapters 4 and 5, the Lord Jesus is pictured in a vision taking a scroll out of the hand of the Father, sealed seven times, which would be what they would do with a Roman will in ancient times. …
… And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000 sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel. 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed. 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben. 12,000 from the tribe of Gad. 12,000 from the tribe of Asher. 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali. 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh, 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar, 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed. After this, I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number. from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands and crying out with a loud voice, Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, saying, Amen! …