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The 144,000 People of Israel
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1After this happened I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. The angels were holding the four winds of the earth. They were stopping the wind from blowing on the land or the sea or on any tree. 2Then I saw another angel coming from the east. This angel had the seala of the living God. The angel called out in a loud voice to the four angels. These were the four angels that God had given the power to hurt the earth and the sea. The angel said to them, 3"Don't harm the land or the sea or the trees before we mark the foreheads of those who serve our God."
 4Then I heard how many people had God's mark on their foreheads. There were 144,000. They were from every tribe of the people of Israelb:
 5from the tribe of Judah 12,000
from the tribe of Reuben 12,000
from the tribe of Gad 12,000
 6from the tribe of Asher 12,000
from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000
from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000
 7from the tribe of Simeon 12,000
from the tribe of Levi 12,000
from the tribe of Issachar 12,000
 8from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000
from the tribe of Joseph 12,000
from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000		  

The Great Crowd
 9Then I looked, and there was a large crowd of people. There were so many people that no one could count them all. They were from every nation, tribe, race of people, and language of the earth. They were standing before the throne and before the Lambc. They all wore white robes and had palm branches in their hands. 10They shouted loudly, "Victory belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."
 11The eldersd and the four living beings were there. All the angels were standing around them and the throne. The angels bowed down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God. 12They said, "Amen!e Praise, gloryf, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strength belong to our God forever and ever. Amen!"
 13Then one of the elders asked me, "Who are these people in white robes? Where did they come from?"
 14I answered, "You know who they are, sir."
And the elder said, "These are the ones who have come out of the great suffering. They have washed their robesg with the blood of the Lambc, and they are clean and white. 15So now these people are before the throne of God. They worship God day and night in his temple. And the one who sits on the throne will protect them. 16They will never be hungry again. They will never be thirsty again. The sun will not hurt them. No heat will burn them. 17The Lamb in front of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs of water that give life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
aseal A small stone or ring with a picture carved in it that was pressed into wet clay or hot wax to hold down the loose end of a scroll. It left a special mark, also called a seal, that was like a signature to keep anyone from opening the scroll except the right person.
bIsrael Another name for Jacob (see Gen. 32:24-28) and for the nation God chose to accomplish his plan of blessing the world through the Messiah (see “Messiah”). The people of Israel were the descendants of Jacob’s twelve sons. In the New Testament this name is sometimes used in a broader sense to mean all of God’s people.
cLamb A symbolic name for Jesus Christ. It means that he was an offering for sin like the lambs that were offered as a sacrifice to God in the Old Testament.
delders (in Revelation) The 24 elders in Revelation could be the great leaders of God’s people under both the Old Testament and New Testament periods, combining the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel and Jesus’ twelve apostles. Or they could be angels as leaders of heavenly worship, corresponding to the 24 groups of priests in charge of worship in the Old Testament.
eAmen A Hebrew word meaning “That’s right,” “True,” or “Yes.” It is used to express strong agreement with what has been said.
fglory A word that refers to the special qualities of God. Often it means brightness, referring to the way he appears to people. Sometimes it means majesty or power, referring to a kind of greatness that cannot be compared to anything in human experience. It can also include the ideas of wealth, honor, fame, or respect, especially in expressions of praise.
g7:14 washed their robes Meaning that they had believed in Jesus and had been made clean from sin by his blood sacrifice. See Rev. 5:9; Heb. 9:14; 10:14-22; Acts 22:16; 1 Jn. 1:7.