What does Revelation 14:1 say about who goes to heaven?

Answer 1

Rev. 14:1-3: “I saw, and, look! the Lamb [Jesus Christ] standing upon the Mount Zion [in heaven; see Hebrews 12:22-24], and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. . . . And they are singing as if a new song . . . and no one was able to master that song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, who have been bought from the earth.”

We know these are NOT natural jews...

Rev. 7:4-8: “I heard the number of those who were sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: . . . Judah . . . Reuben . . . Gad . . . Asher . . . Naphtali . . . Manasseh . . . Simeon . . . Levi . . . Issachar . . . Zebulun . . . Joseph . . . Benjamin.” (These cannot be the tribes of natural Israel because there never was a tribe of Joseph, the tribes of Ephraim and Dan are not included in the list here, and the Levites were set aside for service in connection with the temple but were not reckoned as one of the 12 tribes. See Numbers 1:4-16.)

We know Jesus was plain in speaking about his 'little flock' and his 'other sheep'.

Luke 12:32: “Have no fear, little flock, because your Father has approved of giving you the kingdom.”

John 14:2, 3: “In the house of my Father there are many abodes. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going my way to prepare a place for you. Also, if I go my way and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will receive you home to myself, that where I am you also may be.” (Jesus here shows that his faithful apostles, to whom he was speaking, would, in time, be in his Father’s “house,” in heaven, with Jesus. But he does not here say how many others would also go to heaven.)

John 1:12, 13: “As many as did receive him [Jesus], to them he gave authority to become God’s children, because they were exercising faith in his name; and they were born, not from blood or from a fleshly will or from man’s will, but from God.” (Notice that the context, in verse 11, refers to Jesus’ “own people,” the Jews. As many of them as did receive him when he came to them in the first century became God’s children, with heavenly life in view. The verbs in the text are in the past tense, so this passage is not referring to all people who have become Christians since then.)

Rom. 8:14, 16, 17: “All who are led by God’s spirit, these are God’s sons. The spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are God’s children. If, then, we are children, we are also heirs: heirs indeed of God, but joint heirs with Christ, provided we suffer together that we may also be glorified together.” (At the time this was written it was true that all who were led by God’s spirit were God’s sons whose hope was that they would be glorified with Christ. But this had not always been true. Luke 1:15 says that John the Baptizer would be filled with holy spirit, but Matthew 11:11 makes clear that he will not share in the glory of the heavenly Kingdom. So, too, after the gathering of the heirs of the heavenly Kingdom, there would be others who would serve God as followers of his Son and yet not share in heavenly glory.)

What of these 'other sheep'?

John 10:16: “I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.” (Who are these “other sheep”? They are followers of the Fine Shepherd, Jesus Christ, but are not in the “new covenant” sheepfold, with hope of heavenly life. Yet they do come to be closely associated with those who are in that sheepfold.)

2 Pet. 3:13: “There are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting according to his promise, and in these righteousness is to dwell.” (Also Revelation 21:1-4)

Rev. 7:9, 10: “After these things [after the apostle John saw the full number of “sealed” ones who had been “bought from the earth” to be with Christ on heavenly Mount Zion; see Revelation 7:3, 4; 14:1-3] I saw, and, look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. And they keep on crying with a loud voice, saying: ‘Salvation we owe to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb.’”

Here is where we see the meek ones who inherit the earth.

Answer 2

Christ is shown triumphant in His messianic kingdom, accompanied by the 144,000, representing all of the redeemed. See 7:4-8. Twelve tribes squared and multiplied by a thousand to signify an exceedingly great or complete company. 7:9 refers to a great multitude. The 144,000 is only a representation of the great multitude who will be saved.

Answer 3

They are the redeemed one , they which came out of great tribulation. They are not the Church, fore the Church is already in Heaven during the great tribulation. They will be before the throne of God, serving day and night in the temple, in the Millennium on earth, they are a from one nation, Israel.

Answer 4

And what does Rev 22:27 say about those who go to heaven?

Re 21:27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Re 20:15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Answer 5

I know what it is you're getting at but you are wrong. The 144 thousand are JEWISH MEN!!! They are not Jehovah's Witnesses, sorry. Read up on this more. It says that they are from each of the tribes of Israel...JW's are NOT in this category. Also it does not say that 144 thousand will be the only ones going to Heaven.

Answer 6

It says NOTHING about who goes to heaven. Those 144,000 are the MALE VIRGIN JEWS who will go out to evangelize the earth.
Biblical ignorance is a sad thing to see.
By the way, your question shows you've been listening to the Jehovah Witness cult.

Answer 7

These are the people whom followed GOD closely! These people are NOT necessarily pastors, priests, etc. They are more likely to be sincere and humble servants of the LORD. Perhaps those that have diligently sought after the truth and found it by the grace of GOD!

By the way, these are NOT the only ones going to heaven.

I would recommend this booklet for you to read. It should answer all your questions regarding this topic.

http://www.amazingfacts.org/items/Read_Book.asp?SelLang=en&ID=56&x=21&y=19

GOD bless

Answer 8

If you know the particular passage, why are you asking? Don't you have a Bible handy? You could just google it. If you really want to blow your mind you could also read what The Book of Mormon or the Qur'an says about who goes to Heaven or read what the Upanishads and the Baghavad Gita says about the afterlife. Their followers have as much faith that what they believe is correct and they all have the same odds of being right.

Answer 9

That only 144,000 are going there.