“And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.”
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the people of Israel — the 144,000 (12,000 from each of twelve tribes, verse 5) represents the fullness of God's covenant people, Israel and church together, sealed for protection. The number (arithmos) is not approximate; divine mathematics conveys completeness and purposefulness.
Church Fathers on Revelation 7:4
“And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God.” He speaks of Elias the prophet, who is the precursor of the times of Antichrist, for the restoration and establishment of the churches from the great and intolerable persecution. We read that these things are predicted in the opening of the Old and New Testament; for He says by Malachi: “Lo, I will send to you Elias the Tishbite, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, according…
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