The 144,000 are Jews that are sealed from the 12,000 tribes of Israel during the tribulation . They are a separate harvest and have nothing to do with the harvest of the church. They will be sealed with the Holy Spirit as a witness to the people on earth during the tribulation .
The church is taken up to heaven in rev 4( caught up) and not mentioned again until the end of revelation . Therefore, we must keep the 2 groups of people separate . I do believe that a person should not make Israel the church and the church Israel. This is called replacement theory . Scripture does not support it.
Of course.........I agree.
However, now you have to do the Zeke thing because of the Jews comment. Paul classifies the 12 tribes as Jews......but you are not allowed to do that, unless you want to do the Zeke thing.
You can't say "do you want a Coke", unless you specifically mean Coca Cola, around Zeke..........even though most of the world does. You must be specific and name the brand and type of drink or say soda or pop if you want to talks about soft drinks.
So if you haven't done the Zeke thing with Jews and Judah, I guess you can go ahead and do that. It gives him an opportunity to feel like he is right.
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