The 144000 are called servants because it expresses their calling. The word prophet denotes their mission. When the two are combined it is a job title.
Dear Wake Up Family: Because religion is a mixture of culture and theology, it can be difficult to detect which has the greater influence. If you don’t believe me, consider this. “The leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the pagan practices of the surrounding nations…. The…
Dear Wake Up Family: On the 1st day of April 2002, a 96-year-old man quietly passed away in a soldier’s nursing home on the south coast of Finland. He was a small man, only standing five feet tall, who had been a farmer in his prime. In his youth, however, many decades earlier, Simo Hayha…
God will assign a group of people to fulfill the most important human role in Earth’s history. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, the 144,000 servant-messengers will proclaim the gospel to every living person on Earth in a short 1,260 days. To The Reader: This booklet is based on material published on our web-site. To study…
In this series of studies, we have considered some ways the Holy Spirit operates and how the Holy Spirit influenced Bible characters. Ever since the day Adam and Eve sinned, the Holy Spirit has been striving to connect fallen man with God because our sinful nature is naturally hostile toward Him. (Romans 8:5–7) I cannot…
Revelation 7:3-8 describes that God seals and selects 144,000 servants. As with many other Bible prophecies in Revelation, Christians have differing conclusions about the 144,000. These include which people make up the 144,000, when God chooses these people, and whether the number 144,000 is a symbolic or literal number. Generally, preterists, historicists, idealists, and futurists…
