The 144,000

At the end of Chapter six a question was put to the reader, by those who would experience the wrath of God poured out upon Jerusalem, "who is able to stand?" Two weeks ago I put that question to you all, and answered that question in this way, "only those who get beneath the blood-stained lintel." That is to say, that only those who are washed but the blood of Christ, the Lamb slain for our salvation, will be able to stand in the judgment. The opening of Chapter seven reinforces not only the idea of the remnant, but the blessing that belongs to those who are the chosen, peculiar, called out people of God, who wear His very Name upon their foreheads. The 144,000 are those who escape the judgment of God, and that number is set by Him, and we are guarded and sealed by Him, that we might be saved. Who can stand, only those united to Christ Jesus.