Church Age · Future - early Tribulation
The 144,000 Sealed
Jewish evangelists protected
From the teaching of Apostle Mary Banks
Before the wrath of God can be poured out on the earth, an angel ascending from the east appears, having the seal of the living God. This angel cries with a loud voice to the four angels who have been given power to hurt the earth and the sea, commanding them to hold back their destructive work until an important task is completed.
The angel instructs that they must not hurt the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads. John then hears the number of those who are sealed: one hundred and forty-four thousand from all the tribes of the children of Israel. These are described as young male virgins who are innocent and serve the Lord.
This sealing represents a divine protection and marking of God's servants before the trumpet judgments can begin. The four angels who stand on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds so that no wind blows on the earth, sea, or trees, are restrained until this sealing is complete. The sealing of the 144,000 serves as a chronological marker, indicating that the wrath and judgment cannot commence until God's chosen servants are properly protected and marked.
The scriptures
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 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.