the 144,oo0 REPRESENTED THE 12 TRIBES OF IRSAEL AND 12 APOSTLES. IT IS A SYMBOLIC NUMBERS. JOHN WROTE IN THIS TEXT CONFUSE THE HEATHEN THAT THAT MIGHT UNDERSTAND. REVELATION IS ALL ABOUT SIGNS AND SYMBOLS. DO NT TAKE IT LITERALLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT. THE GREEK NUMBER NUMBER THOUSAND WAS THE LARGEEST NUMBER IN THEIR TIMES. A THOUSAND YEARS IS A DAY IN GOD EYE-SIGHT. SO 144,000 SEEM LIKE 100MILLION TO US OR TRILLION OR ZILLION. THESE ARE THE RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE IN GOD EYR-SIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST ISOM K. RAMSEY