The Laodicean Message - E.H. “Jack” Sequeira

have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is
neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor
female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you
belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and
heirs according to the promise.
I believe that the 144,000 are symbolic, and
that the word “Israel” does not refer to the Jews,
but to the Christians, Jews and Gentiles, who have
the experience of the 12 tribes, because each tribe
stands for an experience. Therefore, to me, the
144,000 are symbolic. But that’s not the only
answer I have for you, I want to go further.
God seals them, but please remember the
context. Before God removes His protection and
allows Satan to initiate the great war of
Armageddon, God’s people are sealed. How many
are sealed? 12,000 from each tribe, which makes,
of course, 12 times 12,000 is 144,000. I want to
say something here that you may not be aware of:
some of the manuscripts (not all, but quite a few of
the reliable manuscripts) when it comes to this
verse 4, and the others also, they do not write,
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