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Bro Branham taught that the 144,000 are literal Jews from the twelve tribes of Israel, with 12,000 sealed from each tribe, explicitly identified in Revelation 7 as "all of the tribes of the children of Israel." Evidence: [THE TEN VIRGINS, AND THE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND JEWS — 60-1211M: ¶109–¶114]; [QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HEBREWS PART I — 57-0925: ¶68–¶71].
He distinguished them from the Gentile Bride of Christ, describing the 144,000 as servants or eunuchs (temple guards, virgins who had not defiled themselves with women), not part of the raptured Church or Bride, while the Bride is sons and daughters with tens of thousands sealed. Evidence: [THE TEN VIRGINS, AND THE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND JEWS — 60-1211M: ¶60–¶62]; [QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HEBREWS PART I — 57-0925: ¶37–¶39]; [THE PHILADELPHIAN CHURCH AGE — 60-1210: ¶248–¶251].
They are sealed in their foreheads by the Holy Spirit (the Seal of God, as in Ephesians 4:30) at the end time, after the Gentile age ends but before the four winds (tribulation judgments) are released, as the remnant of Israel gathered and ready for this sealing. Evidence: [THE TEN VIRGINS, AND THE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND JEWS — 60-1211M: ¶109–¶114, ¶239–¶242]; [QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HEBREWS PART I — 57-0925: ¶68–¶71]; [THE SEAL OF THE CHRIST — 55-0312: ¶47b–¶49a].
In Revelation, they appear in chapter 7 (sealing before plagues) and chapter 14 (with the Lamb on Mount Zion, Father's name in forehead), positioned as God's elect Jewish servants during the tribulation period after the Bride's rapture. Evidence: [THE TEN VIRGINS, AND THE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND JEWS — 60-1211M: ¶109–¶114]; [QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HEBREWS PART I — 57-0925: ¶37–¶39].
Now, to prove that this revelation is right, watch this, the 4th verse: And I heard the number of them…were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand all of the tribes of the children of Israel. “Israelites.” [...] Of the tribe of Juda was sealed twelve thousand. Tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand. [...] And twelve times twelve is a hundred and forty-four thousand. [THE TEN VIRGINS, AND THE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND JEWS — 60-1211M: ¶109–¶114]
…there were sealed a hundred and forty-four thousand all of the tribes of the children of Israel. (not a Gentile in them. That’s at the end time) Watch! The tribe of Juda, twelve thousand; the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; [...] There’s the hundred and forty-four thousand, Jews! Not Gentile, Jews! That’s not a thing to do with the Bride. [QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HEBREWS PART I — 57-0925: ¶68–¶71]
…the hundred and forty-four thousand Jews was absolutely not the Bride, they are the remnant of the Jewish church. [...] They are virgins. And they are eunuchs. [QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HEBREWS PART I — 57-0925: ¶37–¶39]
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