How do the 144,000 make up for what Israel missed 2,000 years ago?
The 144,000 Jewish men will supernaturally redeem Israel from what it missed 2,000 years ago by proclaiming the message during the Tribulation, resulting in a great harvest of souls—multitudes from every tongue, tribe, and nation believing and being converted, though many converts will be martyred.
Les teaches that these young Jewish men will supernaturally, as it were, redeem Israel from what they missed 2,000 years ago, and they will see a great harvest of souls under horrible circumstances. As John said in Revelation 7, they will see a multitude believe and be converted, but they themselves will be martyred. Scripture says multitudes from every tongue, tribe, and nation will hear the message of the 144,000. Les disagrees with Tim LaHaye’s speculation that they may see more converts than the church age, because he sees the church age as God’s main harvest and the tribulation saints as merely the gleanings and the harvesting of the corners.