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Adventistische Schriften über: "Identity of the 144,000 in Revelation 7 and 14"
Answer
The 144,000 are identified in Adventist prophecy as the group of the holy ones who, during the end times, receive God's seal and pass the final test before Christ's second coming. They symbolically represent the "true Israel" and consist of people whose lives are in perfect harmony with God's commandments, regardless of their literal ancestry. In the visions they are described as a united group standing together with the Lamb on Mount Zion, singing a song that only they can learn. They are characterized by having endured the "great tribulation" and being transformed at Christ's return without seeing death. Finally, it is emphasized that they bear the Father's name on their foreheads, signaling their complete belonging to God.
The Identity and Sealing of the 144,000
The 144,000 were all sealed and perfectly united. On their foreheads was written: God, New Jerusalem and a glorious star that contained Jesus' new name. Over our happy, holy condition the ungodly were angry and stormed violently to lay hands on us and throw us into prison, whereupon we stretched out the hand in the name of the Lord and the ungodly fell helplessly to the ground.
The 144,000 on Mount Zion
And I saw, and behold, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred forty‑four thousand, who had the name of His Father written on their foreheads.
The True Israel and the Spiritual Meaning
In the Christian congregation there are neither Jews nor Gentiles; all are one in Christ Jesus. We are all grafted into the family of Abraham. The one hundred forty‑four thousand are not necessarily literal descendants of the Jews, but rather those who have received the seal of the living God on their foreheads and whose lives are in harmony with Jehovah's holy precepts.
Connection with End‑time Prophecy
The 144,000 are introduced in prophecy amid the preparatory scenes of the second coming. The reader is urged to carefully note the connection between the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of Revelation. The thirteenth chapter and the first five verses of the fourteenth form a continuous chain that shows the sorrowful history of the congregation during the 1260 years of papal rule (...) as well as its final struggle with the image of the beast and the ultimate glorious deliverance of the saints.
Deliverance and Reward of the Saints
The 144,000 shouted: Hallelujah!, when they recognized their friends who had been snatched away from them by death, and at the same moment we were transformed and taken up together with them to meet the Lord in the air. (...) Here on the glassy sea the 144,000 stood in a perfect square. Some of them had very bright crowns, others less bright. (...) All were completely satisfied with their crowns.
- Seal of God Revelation
- True Israel Identity
- Great Tribulation 144,000
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