Who are the 144,000 in Revelation 7?
The 144,000 are young Jewish men who are sealed and then miraculously sent around the globe during the first 3-4 years of the seven-year tribulation. Spirit-empowered to speak every tribe's language, their ministry results in a great multitude from all nations, kindreds, peoples, and tongues coming to faith.
Les explains that these 144,000 are young Jewish men who will be sealed and then sent out in a miraculous way. They will not have to buy airline tickets, because they will be Spirit-sent. They will not need to spend six months learning a language; they will know the language of every tribe and dialect wherever they go. For at least the first three to four years of the seven, these 144,000 young Jews will encircle the globe. The result of their ministry is the great multitude that no man could number, from all nations, kindreds, people, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb clothed in white robes. These are they who came out of great tribulation and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.