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Revelation 7:4
ESV And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
NIV Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
NASB And I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
CSB And I heard the number of the sealed: 144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites:
NLT And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God — 144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel:
KJV 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.

What does Revelation 7:4 mean?

This verse reports that John heard the number of those who were sealed. It was 144,000, and all 144,000 were from the tribes of Israel. They comprise a remnant of Jews who become believers in the tribulation and proclaim the gospel of the kingdom throughout the world. The gospel of the kingdom is the good news that Jesus' kingdom is imminent. The term gospel literally means "good news." In this specific context, the "good news of the kingdom" differs from the gospel of God's grace. They are intertwined, however, so all who believe the gospel of the kingdom and open their hearts to Jesus, the Messiah, will be saved by grace through faith.

John the Baptist preached the gospel of the kingdom, but proclaimed Jesus as the Lamb of God, who would take away their sins and qualify them for kingdom citizenship. John urged those who heard him preach to "repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 3:2). Jesus told Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, that entrance into the kingdom is limited to those who are born again (John 3:3, 5). He also said emphatically, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God" (Luke 4:43). Once again, in the tribulation, the good news of the kingdom of God will be preached.
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