144,000 Jewish Virgin Evangelist

Created Date: 20-Nov-2016
Witnessing to the World in the Tribulation Period

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This is partially an excerpt from the Twelve Tribes of Israel topic.  There is often confusion in the references without understanding that there are fourteen tribes listed in the scriptures as explained in the Twelve Tribes of Israel topic where the use of reference tribes is always twelve for specific purposes as outlined extensively in the topic reference.  It is absolutely brilliant of the Holy Spirit and teaches us reasons why it is done to God`s Glory!

144,000 Virgin Men of 12 tribes in the Book of Revelation

Notice in Revelation 7, besides the reference of them being virgin sons and not daughters*, there are twelve tribes referenced.  The tribes of Dan and Ephraim are omitted from the list.  The 144,000 Witnesses will be marked in their foreheads so that nothing can hurt them while they are on their mission.  They are receiving divine protection from God.

Revelation 7:3-8 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
Revelation 14:1-5 1 Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.

The mission and the 144,000 Jewish "Evangelist" Witnesses, that are protected from the judgments occurring in the last 3.5 years of the Tribulation Period, is to spread the good news of Jesus Christ as the Savior of the World.  Many people will be Saved during that period of time.  

All 14 tribes have representatives who make it into the 1,000 year millennium kingdom from the scriptural references in Ezekiel 48 so this means that Dan and Ephraim will have members of their tribes going into that period. 

Regarding the two Tribes not mentioned in the 144,000 Jewish Witnesses, there are Biblical Scholars that have suggested:

  1. The Tribe of Dan is left out of the protection because of the evidence based on the history of the tribe being the first to let in idolatry along with not participating in military actions when they were expected.
  2. The Tribe of Ephraim led other tribes in the northern part of Israel briefly against King David and then later under Jeroboam they divided the nation into two kingdoms.  Note that the members of the tribe of Ephraim may be actually included because the Tribe of Joseph is mentioned, where the Holy Spirit chose to not name Ephraim as a sort of penalty from the actions in history.

An additional point by this author is to notice that these 144,000 have a mark (a seal) on them.  This author's theory, which I haven't seen anywhere else, is the mark is exactly the same to what Cain had that protected him from harm and also reminded Cain that he was still loved by God where Cain could exercise Faith because of the mark to not be harmed or killed, which was a type of being "sealed" like the 144,000.

* There is and have been a few religious groups that deny and claim many things that are contradictory to the Scriptures.  One of the groups claim that initially all of their members were part of the 144,000 which included men, women, children, married people and definitely not virgins if they were married with children.  This group had no proof of Jewish Tribal Lineage and also could not prove they were there to oppose the Antichrist in the last three and half years of the Tribulation Period.