According to the bible there is only room in heaven for 144000 people. So wouldn't we have to assume that the?

Question

only people who have gotten the whole religion thing right, and are therefore saved, was a small and short lived group.

Answer 1

No no no, the 144000 figure refers to the number of raptors that'll be swept up into the air during the end times to watch everyone burn.



Once the apocalypse is over, the raptors will get a free pass to heaven, where they'll presumably hunt in packs or something.

Answer 2

Your right. Wow you must really read deep into the scriptures. Its actually rare to see someone on hear that actually knows what they are talking about when it comes to the Bible. Actually the 144,000 is a very in depth thing but yeah you are right that would probably mean that not many are alive today that would be kings and priests with Jehovah in heaven with Jesus as the King.



I did a little research for you on this I hope it helps:

2 Thes 2:1-5 " 3 We are obligated to give God thanks always for YOU, brothers, as it is fitting, because YOUR faith is growing exceedingly and the love of each and all of YOU is increasing one toward the other. 4 As a result we ourselves take pride in YOU among the congregations of God because of YOUR endurance and faith in all YOUR persecutions and the tribulations that YOU are bearing. 5 This is a proof of the righteous judgment of God, leading to YOUR being counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which YOU are indeed suffering."



The ones back then chosen to be a part of God's Government( 144,000) had to remain faithful up until death. The people that remain now days could be possible the replacements of the ones that decided not to remain faithful.

as proof in Phil 3: 17-19 "Unitedly become imitators of me, brothers, and keep YOUR eye on those who are walking in a way that accords with the example YOU have in us. 18 For there are many, I used to mention them often but now I mention them also with weeping, who are walking as the enemies of the torture stake of the Christ, 19 and their finish is destruction, and their god is their belly, and their glory consists in their shame, and they have their minds upon things on the earth." This is proof that not all good people stay faithful. We know the example of Satan himself...he was in a high angel position overlooking the garden of eden and he didn't remain faithful either. Same with Adam and Eve who were perfect, so you know imperfect humans have a larger chance of this.

All we know is that the 144,000 can't be complete yet but will be soon!

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Answer 3

That is one superficial interpretation.



Another is that you have to think as the author did talking to the seven churches and he used numbers symbolically to convey ideas to them. The number 12 is a quorum of special priesthood. You might recognize them as the 12 Apostles. The number twelve to a Hebrew means Priesthood Power. If you multiply 12x12 you have unlimited priesthood power which is 144000 from evey tribe. What tribes their original tribes of Israel. And this is a brief description of the real Hebrew meaning of 144000.

Answer 4

Four of the many scriptures that indicate that natural Israel or circumcision no longer has a special role in salvation:



(Galatians 6:15, 16) For neither is circumcision anything nor is uncircumcision, but a new creation [is something]. 16 And all those who will walk orderly by this rule of conduct, upon them be peace and mercy, even upon the Israel of God.



(Galatians 5:6) For as regards Christ Jesus neither circumcision is of any value nor is uncircumcision, but faith operating through love [is].



(Colossians 3:11) where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, foreigner, Scyth′i·an, slave, freeman, but Christ is all things and in all.



(1 Corinthians 7:19) Circumcision does not mean a thing, and uncircumcision means not a thing, but observance of God’s commandments [does].



The Israel of God is what is described in Revelation 7:4-8, because no one can lay claim to be of natural Israel since the temple with its official lineage documents was destroyed in 70 CE.



Revelation 14:1-3 speaks of the Lamb standing upon Mount Zion with 144000. Mount Zion is defined by this scripture:



(Hebrews 12:22, 23) But YOU have approached a Mount Zion and a city of [the] living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and myriads of angels, 23 in general assembly, and the congregation of the firstborn who have been enrolled in the heavens, and God the Judge of all, and the spiritual lives of righteous ones who have been made perfect.



Three times the inspired word promises a new heavens and a new earth.

Isaiah 65:17

2 Peter 3:13

Revelation 21:1



Those in the heavens will serve as kings and priests with Jesus. They have to be kings and priests over somebody, and these are the ones on the new earth.



(Revelation 14:1-3) And I saw, and, look! the Lamb standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound out of heaven as the sound of many waters and as the sound of loud thunder; and the sound that I heard was as of singers who accompany themselves on the harp playing on their harps. 3 And they are singing as if a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one was able to master that song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, who have been bought from the earth.



Note that they were bought from the EARTH, not just natural Israel. These are WITH the Lamb, but the Great Multitude of Revelation 7:9-10 are BEFORE his throne, which is the footstool of the throne, that is the earth. But there are others who will enjoy the blessings of that new system, not just those in heaven, but those on the paradise earth:



(Psalm 37:10, 11) And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more; And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be. 11 But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.

(Psalm 37:29) The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it.



(Matthew 5:5) “Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.



(Matthew 6:9, 10) “YOU must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. 10 Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.

Answer 5

NO, the Bible does not claim that there is room in heaven for only 144000.

Answer 6

properly, the Bible does have the line "i'm the way, and the actuality, and the existence. no person includes the father different than by way of me. in case you recognize me, you will comprehend my Father additionally" (John 14:6), so possibly a private relationship with Jesus is needed. Interpretation is needed here. What does it recommend to "comprehend" Jesus? Jesus replaced into spirit made flesh... possibly he's saying that we could desire to all comprehend the divinity interior ourselves, as human beings, with the intention to work out the divine. A extra literal interpretation could require one to believe that Jesus could desire to be commonly used with the aid of fact the Son of God in a extra direct way, and that purely by way of accepting Jesus as God and the guy who died for our sins can we detect Heaven. in some unspecified time sooner or later, you are going to be able to desire to % how lots of the Bible you think. Has it been tainted, or is it fullyyt the artwork of God by way of mortal palms? i'm unable to tell you that. i will inform you that i discover many great truths in that sacred textual content cloth, yet that i don't discover all them by way of literal readings. :)

Answer 7

Yes, the Bible says this but it's in the book of Revelations which is not meant to be taken literally, but rather it has a lot of symbolic language. Keep in mind this is a book that was written from a series of visions that the author had. I'm not entirely sure what everything in that book means but it is interesting in a lot of ways.

Answer 8

Harpazo = Rapture



END-TIME BIBLE PROPHECY



The Messiah Lord Jesus said BIRTH PANGS would signal the time of the end (Matthew 24:8). There are NINE birth pangs, they are all PRE-TRIBULATIONAL and the 1st three already occurred.



The first birth pang was worldwide conflict coupled with famines and earthquakes (Matthew 24:7-8). Worldwide conflict was fulfilled in 1914-1918, major famines happened in 1918-1921 and most of the world’s major earthquakes began to occur since 1900.



The second birth pang was the restoration of a Jewish State (Ezekiel 20:33-38; Ezekiel 22:17-22; Ezekiel 36:22-24; Zephaniah 2:1-2). This was fulfilled in 1948.



The third birth pang was Jewish control of the Old City of Jerusalem (Revelation 11:1-2). For the third Jewish Temple (Tribulation Temple) to be rebuilt, Jerusalem needs to be under Jewish control and this was accomplished in the Six Day War in 1967.



The fourth birth pang will be the Ezekiel 38 war. Russia, allied states of Iran, Ethiopia, Somalia, Germany and Armenia will invade Israel. God will miraculously destroy the invading army by earthquake, civil war among the invading soldiers, pestilence, blood, flood, hailstones, fire and brimstone. This will bring a revival in Israel where many Jews will turn to the Lord, and Israel will spend 7 years and 7 months burying the bodies and burning for fuel the military equipment left behind (Ezekiel 39:9-16).



The 5th birth pang will be the development of a one world government (Daniel 7:23-24).



The 6th birth pang will be the splitting of the one world government into 10 kingdoms and this Ten Kingdom Stage will continue until mid-Tribulation (Daniel 7:24).



The 7th birth pang will be the revelation of the Antichrist (II Thessalonians 2:1-3; Daniel 7:24).



The 8th birth pang will be a period of peace and false security that will be shattered by the Tribulation (1 Thessalonians 5:1-3).



The 9th and final birth pang before the Tribulation is the signing of the 7-year covenant between Israel and the Antichrist. THIS EVENT IS WHAT BEGINS THE (7-year) TRIBULATION - NOT THE RAPTURE!



The Rapture of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18) is also a pre-tribulational event (Luke 21:34-37; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 19:6-8). The fact that the Church is not mentioned in any of the Tribulation Scriptures proves the Rapture is pre-tribulational. All raptured Christians will receive glorified bodies (Romans 8:22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:50-54)) and it can happen at any second.





THE FIRST HALF OF THE TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES IN REVELATION 6-9 AND 17)



The Ministry of 144,000 sealed Jewish believers will bring many throughout the world to accept Christ.



There will be a powerful Ministry of Two Witnesses who will also be anointed Jewish believers.



A one world religious system (Babylon the Harlot) will rule. Under this one world religious system, many who are saved during the Tribulation will suffer persecution and death.



The Political system of the 10 kings of the one world government will continue.



During the first half of the Tribulation there will also be war, worldwide famine, death (1/4 of the world’s population will die), a huge earthquake, a blackout and a meteor shower. 1/3 of earth’s dry surface will be destroyed, 1/3 sea life and salt water will be destroyed, a fallen angel called Wormwood will make 1/3 of earth’s fresh water bitter, 1/3 of earth’s natural light sources will be destroyed, there will be another blackout and demons in the form of “locust-scorpions” will come up out of the abyss led by Abaddon their king and they will inflict harm and pain for five months upon those who are not sealed by God (unbelievers). Another demonic invasion will occur and the demons involved will be led by four fallen angels who will be released from the Euphrates River and this army will kill 1/3 of the earth’s population.





MID-TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES IN REVELATION 10-14 AND 17)



The Antichrist will war against the 10 kings, and during the war the Antichrist will be killed.



Satan will be cast out of the atmospheric heavens onto earth and will resurrect the Antichrist.



The Antichrist will kill 3 kings (the kings of Syria, Egypt and Mesopotamia) and the 7 other kings will submit to him.



The Antichrist will kill the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem and the wicked people will celebrate this event. Three and a half days afterwards, God will resurrect the Two Witnesses and take them up to Heaven and the people who celebrated will become terrified. The city of Jerusalem where the murder of the Two Witnesses occurred will then suffer an earthquake which will kill 7,000 people.



The False Prophet will receive from Satan the power to perform great miracles and will deceive many. The False Prophet will command all people to worship the Antichrist and have persons create an image to the Antichrist. The False Prophet will use his satanic powers to give it life and the ability to speak. The False Prophet will cause those who refuse to worship the Antichrist and the image to be killed.



The False Prophet will issue his own counterfeit seal known as the Mark of the Beast and it will be placed on all those who surrender to the Antichrist’s authority and accept him as god. Those who refuse to take this mark will not be able to buy or sell. Those who take this mark will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire.



The Antichrist will break the seven-year covenant he made with Israel, cause the sacrifices to stop, sit in the Jewish Temple, declare to the world that he is really God and set up an idol called the Abomination of Desolation in the Temple (Daniel 9:27; Daniel 12:11; Matthew 24:15-16; 11Thessalonians 2:3-4; Revelation 13:11-15).



Through the Antichrist and the False Prophet, Satan will attempt to destroy the Jews once and for all but he will fail because 1/3 of the Jews will succeed in fleeing into the wilderness. These Jews who escape will accept the Lord Jesus as their Saviour during the Tribulation (Zechariah 13:7-9) and while they are in hiding, God will miraculously provide for them (Zechariah 13:8-9; Isaiah 41:17-20). Divine intervention will also destroy the pursuing army.





THE SECOND HALF OF THE TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES FOUND IN REVELATION 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)



In the second half of the Tribulation, those with the Mark of the Beast will suffer skin sores, the remainder of sea water and fresh water will be destroyed, the sun will cause terrible burns and the wicked will blaspheme God. There will be yet another blackout and persons will suffer gnawing pains.



Babylon will be the center of world economy and political system but Babylon will be swiftly destroyed by fire and become uninhabitable for man.



The Antichrist will locate the Jews who sought refuge in the wilderness and surround them with his armies to wipe them out. The Lord Jesus will then descend from Heaven with His angels and Saints. He will come with great glory riding upon a horse and will destroy the Antichrist, the False Prophet and all of their armies. After this, a loud voice will cry out “It is done!” followed by the greatest earthquake in the earth’s history and hail weighing 120 pounds will fall.



At the end of the Tribulation, there will be another blackout, the stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly bodies will be shaken (Matthew 24:29), the Antichrist and the False Prophet will be thrown into the eternal Lake of Fire and Satan will be cast into the Abyss and bound for 1,000 years.





THE MILLENNIUM



The Lord Jesus will reign over the entire earth during the Millennium. The Jewish and Gentile believers who survive the Tribulation will go on to populate the Millennium. Believers who died before and during the Tribulation and believers who were raptured will be present on earth during the Millennium and because they will have glorified bodies they will not reproduce. All believers will be given special tasks by the Lord Jesus (Revelation 20:4-6). There will be no wars (Isaiah 2:2-4), animals will return to the Edenic state and become vegetarians (Isaiah 11:6-9), people will not labour in vain but eat what they plant and inhabit what they build, there will be renovations in the heavens and earth and there will be righteous and unrighteous children born during the Millennium (Isaiah 65:17-25).



At the end of the Millennium, Satan will be loosed from the Abyss and will deceive and gather the unrighteous for a war against the righteous. This will be his final attempt to destroy the righteous and when the unrighteous of the Millennium surround the good people, God will send fire down from Heaven which will suddenly and massively annihilate all of the wicked people. Satan will then be cast into the Lake of Fire where he will remain in torment for eternity (Revelation 20:7-10).





THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT



The Great White Throne Judgment will be the next main event. The old heavens and earth will be done away with and all will stand before God’s throne to be judged (Revelation 20:11-12). Those whose names are not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire which will be their final and eternal abode (Revelation 20:14-15).





THE ETERNAL ORDER (REVELATION 21 AND 22)



Those whose names are found in the Book of Life will enjoy paradise with God forever. The heavens and earth will be made new and the New Jerusalem will come down upon the earth making the earth like Heaven. All curses from the fall will be removed and the earth will be inhabited by the Triune God (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit), all angels and all of the righteous. The seas, moon, night and sun will be done away with and the glory of God will illuminate the earth. The River of Life will flow from God’s throne, the Tree of Life will bear health-giving fruits and leaves and the name of Jesus will be on the foreheads of all of the righteous.





God’s Plan of Salvation for Us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZkDk1GZ7do

Answer 9

They are not just people they are all 144.000 young Jewish men having not had sex with a women



from Brother John



Why does no one read their Bible anymore?

Answer 10

That's a misunderstanding of a passage that refers to 144,000 Jews who are specially chosen--it doesn't even account for all of the Jews who will be saved, let alone all of the Gentiles.

Answer 11

Yes, I don't understand why the Johovas Wittnesses keep coming to my door to tell me this! But I guess they are nice people.

Answer 12

God has submitted plans for an extension.



They are waiting to be approved by the holy spook.

Answer 13

I can't imagine anything more horrifying than being in a place with 144,000 witnesses.



it's kinda buggin me now,

I might not be able to sleep.

Answer 14

Wrong. Like this the New Testament Bible has many wrong informations.

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You are talking about which Bible? There are varieties of Bibles. Old & New Testaments. Where is the Old Testament? It is Hidden. Because, it is the Original, revealed from the Only One God Allah (Who Created you, me and whole universe) to Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon Him). The New Testaments were written by 40 persons, in different times with Contradictions, Vulgar Words, Changes and Inserted New Versions. How can a person believe it as it is from God? Why there is "NO" only one Bible, like only one Holy Quran?

The Holy Quran was Revealed from God Allah [Who Created you, me and whole universe] to Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon Him) by VOICE, through Angel Gabriel, before 1400 years. Later it was written, Since then, there is no change in it's Arabic Origin. You can't find any contradictions or a single vulgar word in Holy Quran (Click No.1)

The Only One God Allah Says in Holy Quran about Bible (Check as: Gospel) in many Verses. Click the last link given.

Chapter 3 Verse 3. It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (of judgment between right and wrong). 

-Prophet Mohammed name is mentioned in Old & New Testament  Bibles (2nd), to receive Islamic books Holy Quran (in your language), Science and Quran (3rd), to learn Comparison of Religion or ask questions (4th), to learn Why did they become Muslims (5th), to learn Guinness confirmation about Which religion is growing fast (6th), to learn Quran & Science (7th), Why there is no Popes, Bishops, Fathers, Ministers, Monks, Pastors and Nuns in Islam (8th),

CNN: 1.5 Million Converts to Islam Since 9/11.... (Check thus thru YouTube).

The Only One God Allah (Who Created you, me and whole universe) Says in Holy Quran Chapter 3 Verse 64 :

Say, "O People of the Scripture (Holy Books), come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allah ." But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him].

(You will be the witness on the "Judgement Day", as I informed you about Islam, the True Path).

God Allah gave you the thinking power. Think again and again. Ask yourself, Why? How? Is there any Scientific Proofs? The Holy Quran has the reply. I can't push you to embrace Islam. You have to realize yourself. Nothing to loose, something to gain for the life hereafter. May Almighty Allah Show you the Right Path.

Allah Says in Holy Quran : Chapter 2 Verse 256. There is no compulsion in religion (Islam)....

Islam is easy, Holy Quran Chapter 2 Verse 185. ..."Allah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you"....

To check just say "Ya Allah" always continuously, even on bed, except in toilet. Check how your life is improved. (This has been tested by many).

Answer 15

No that's just how much room there is under God's chair.

Answer 16

Possibly, but I have heard that.

Answer 17

*sigh* More misinterpretation of the scriptures...

Answer 18

Doesn't say that.