Name: Anthony
Question: Will the 144,000 be killed during the tribulation?
Answer: Thank you for the question Anthony.
The simple answer is, not a chance.
The 144,000 are specifically mentioned as standing with Jesus Christ on Mount Sion after the Tribulation. Therefore, it’s impossible for them to be killed during the Tribulation, considering the context of Scripture.
Let’s go ahead and prove it.
Turn your Bible with me to,
Revelation 7:1
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
This is extremely important to understand.
These four Angels are symbolically holding back the final events that will be unleashed on the earth. In fact, once the Four Winds are released, they will usher in the final events of the present age.
Revelation 7:2-3
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
This Angel makes it extremely clear, the Four Winds cannot be unleashed on the earth until the Saints have been Sealed. Furthermore, the Four Winds are released upon the earth before the Tribulation begins.
So the Four Winds cannot blow upon the earth until the Saints are Sealed.
Sealed with what?
Sealed with the Word of God.
God’s Word is the Sealing, and this Sealing will keep them from the lies and deception of Satan. That should be very clear to you, as we just read, the end cannot begin until God’s Elect Saints are Sealed.
Revelation 7:4
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.
The number of those who are sealed from the 12 Tribes of Israel are 144,000.
Verses four through eight explains, 12,000 from each of the 12 Tribes are sealed, which adds up to 144,000. This tells us, 12,000 are sealed from each of the 12 Tribes.
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Further, this does not factor in the “multitude” who will be sealed as well, (Revelation 7:9, 14). Verse nine, thirteen, and fourteen tell us, before the Throne of God there is “a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues” who “came out of great tribulation.”
Now, let’s fast forward past the Tribulation, right to the point of Christ’s return.
Revelation 14:1
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
Those standing with Jesus on Mount Sion are the Saints who were Sealed, His Election, the 144,000, (Matthew 24:31). This places us at the return of Jesus, right after the “signs and lying wonders” of Satan, (2 Thessalonians 2:9).
Revelation 14:2-3
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Who sang the song?
The 144,000 who were “redeemed from the earth.”
They were redeemed from earth, they were not killed.
Further, Jesus told us, “there shall not an hair of your head perish” when they are brought before “kings and rulers,” and some no doubt to Satan himself, (Luke 21:12, 18).
Who are the 144,000?
Revelation 14:4-5
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
The 144,000 are spiritual virgins, they are those Paul spoke of in 2 Corinthians 11:2-3.
What else did the 144,000 do?
- ‘They followed the Lamb where ever He went’.
They did not get sidetracked or confused about what they were to do. They were Sealed with God’s Word for a purpose, and they followed Jesus through the entire Tribulation.
- “They are without fault before the throne of God.”
Without fault, that’s not to say the 144,000 never sinned. However, they repented and stood for God during the Tribulation. Therefore, they will be presented to Jesus Christ “unblameable and unreproveable in his sight,” (Colossians 1:22, also: 1 Thessalonians 5:23).
Essentially, the 144,000 are the five wise virgins who never veered from their mission. A mission that will see them, along with the Two Witnesses standing against the entire world. A mission they will complete, and death plays no part in it.