Revelation 14:1

Chapter 14 - The grapes of wrath are crushed

  The previous chapter was informational about events that happen on earth when Satan is cast out of heaven. This chapter gives us information about the great harvest of souls on earth that happens as a result of the great tribulation that Satan brings on the earth.

1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

Some say that this 144,000 are different people than the 144,000 in chapter seven but that view is not founded on any scripture and is not logical. This is the same 144,000 that were sealed on the earth. They have the name of the Father and the Son written on their foreheads because they descended from Israel and are disciples of Jesus. The Lamb stands on Mount Zion with the 144,000 brothers who walk in His footsteps. Jesus is in the Holy City called Mt Zion (Psalms 48:2). There is a Mt Zion on earth as well but the next passage makes it clear that they are in the Holy City. These brethren may have been killed or God may have supernaturally removed them from the earth. Scripture gives no answer as to the fate of their mortal bodies.