Who are the 144,000

[3 Resurrections]

Are you saying he never died again after Jesus raised him from the dead?

This is not my statement. It is scripture in Hebrews 9:27 that declares that "it is appointed unto man ONCE to die" - and ONCE ONLY, with a judgment to follow. Christ once taught that, for a resurrected person, it is not even possible for them to die again: "Neither CAN they die anymore, for they are equal unto the angels..." (Luke 20:35-36). That applied to Lazarus, as well as any other person raised from the dead in the OT and the NT.

The bodily-resurrected state is a permanent condition. Otherwise, in eternity, we would be in constant fear that our resurrected status could be lost at some point. The bodily resurrection is as secure as the spiritually-resurrected state. One was meant to be a mirror of the other.

 

[RileyG]

This is not my statement. It is scripture in Hebrews 9:27 that declares that "it is appointed unto man ONCE to die" - and ONCE ONLY, with a judgment to follow. Christ once taught that, for a resurrected person, it is not even possible for them to die again: "Neither CAN they die anymore, for they are equal unto the angels..." (Luke 20:35-36). That applied to Lazarus, as well as any other person raised from the dead in the OT and the NT.

The bodily-resurrected state is a permanent condition. Otherwise, in eternity, we would be in constant fear that our resurrected status could be lost at some point. The bodily resurrection is as secure as the spiritually-resurrected state. One was meant to be a mirror of the other.

Yes, I’m aware.

Was Lazarus taken up to heaven with Jesus, then, if he never died again?

I’m a bit confused.

 

[3 Resurrections]

Was Lazarus taken up to heaven with Jesus, then, if he never died again?

I’m a bit confused.

Yes, Lazarus eventually ascended to heaven, with all the rest of the resurrected ones. Revelation 15:8 tells us when mankind could ascend to heaven's temple for the first time, and it was at the end of the seven plagues which were poured out in those "days of vengeance" coming for those in Judea.

 

[RileyG]

Yes, Lazarus eventually ascended to heaven, with all the rest of the resurrected ones. Revelation 15:8 tells us when mankind could ascend to heaven's temple for the first time, and it was at the end of the seven plagues which were poured out in those "days of vengeance" coming for those in Judea.

Thank you for your response and wisdom.

Blessings

 

[keras]

This is not my statement. It is scripture in Hebrews 9:27 that declares that "it is appointed unto man ONCE to die" - and ONCE ONLY, with a judgment to follow. Christ once taught that, for a resurrected person, it is not even possible for them to die again: "Neither CAN they die anymore, for they are equal unto the angels..." (Luke 20:35-36). That applied to Lazarus, as well as any other person raised from the dead in the OT and the NT.

The bodily-resurrected state is a permanent condition. Otherwise, in eternity, we would be in constant fear that our resurrected status could be lost at some point. The bodily resurrection is as secure as the spiritually-resurrected state. One was meant to be a mirror of the other.

You are wrong. Scripture does say those few who get brought back to mortal life, in the past and the martyrs killed during the Great Trib, Revelation 20:4, can and will die again.
But Rev 20:6 plainly tells us their second death will not affect their eventual transformation into immortal beings.

In Luke 20:35036, Jesus was referring to how it will be in Eternity, AFTER the Millennium.

 

[3 Resurrections]

You are wrong. Scripture does say those few who get brought back to mortal life, in the past and the martyrs killed during the Great Trib, Revelation 20:4, can and will die again.
But Rev 20:6 plainly tells us their second death will not affect their eventual transformation into immortal beings.

In Luke 20:35036, Jesus was referring to how it will be in Eternity, AFTER the Millennium.

Luke 20:35-36 says absolutely nothing about the subject of the millennium. You are shoe-horning that topic into those verses.

And again, there is absolutely no mention in Revelation 20:4 about resurrected saints dying twice.

 

[keras]

Luke 20:35-36 says absolutely nothing about the subject of the millennium. You are shoe-horning that topic into those verses.

Please respond to what I say, not what you think I said.
Luke 20:35-36 refers to Eternity, NOT the Milennium, as there will be death then, Isaiah 65:20

And again, there is absolutely no mention in Revelation 20:4 about resurrected saints dying twice.

I have to ascribe this comment to blatant stupidity and ignorance.
Revelation 20:6 says those resurrected martyrs can die again, but that won't affect their eventual receiving of immortality at the GWT Judgment.

 

[3 Resurrections]

Revelation 20:6 says those resurrected martyrs can die again, but that won't affect their eventual receiving of immortality at the GWT Judgment.

You are in error when you state that Revelation 20:6 speaks of an individual person dying twice. It never says anything about people dying twice. It just says that those from the "First resurrection" wouldn't be "hurt" by the second death. Revelation 20:14 defines what the "Second Death" is, and it is the "Lake of Fire" itself. The way you interpret this Rev. 20:6 verse makes scripture contradict itself. Never a good idea.

The "Second Death" / "Lake of Fire" is not the second death of A PERSON, but of A CITY AND ITS TEMPLE being burned down for the second time. This Lake of Fire was where "Death" and "Hell" (the grave) were thrown into it for the SECOND TIME when Jerusalem was overcome by these plagues.

Isaiah 28:14-19 described the city of Jerusalem's first death under the Babylonian invasion when "Death" and "Hell" (the grave) overwhelmed the city in 586 BC. "Death" and "Hell" came to overwhelm Jerusalem again in AD 70 for the city's "Second Death" when the city turned into what looked like a lake of fire at the end. No resurrected saints from the "First resurrection" in AD 33 who had remained on the earth in the first century could possibly be hurt by anything going on in the city of Jerusalem - whether sword, famine, plague, or demonic oppression - and these were all being experienced by the besieged inhabitants of Jerusalem in those last, most desperate months before Jerusalem was burned up.

 

[Fisherking]

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.



So you must be Jewish & a virgin.

Could it be that these 144,000 are the babies that were killed by King Herod when Jesus was born ? As it also says in scripture that they must be virgins.

This is real easy if one thinks it through. If one is not capable of seeing it for the code it is, hes out of luck.

God uses numbers, he used parables for the disciples so them hearing they would understand, but the world would not understand. There is two reasons God used a code for Israel (like in Rev. 12, the Woman) and never gives the end time numbers, in Zech. 13:8-9 we see it called 1/3. But why?

Why would God want to tell Satan the number ahead of time? Secondly, if God called them Israel, and the Romans just wiped out Israel, that would be seen as treason by the church members with the book of Revelation letters in their hands, so God used codes for Babylon (Whole World) and Israel (Woman).

Now we hear of 10 Virgin Brides via the Church and we know it means ALL Christendom right? I mean the number 10 = Completion, we all know that, the 10 Commandments, the 10 Plagues, the 10 Horns/Kings means Complete Europe Reunited in the end times, in Rev. 2:10 Smyrna has tribulation for 10 days, which means for the Complete Church Age and on and on I could go. We know 12 = Fulness and 10 Completion

So, 12 (Fulness) x 12 x 10 (Completion) x 10 x 10 = 144,000 or Fulness x Completion, or ALL Israel who repents !! We know it is 1/3 via Zech. 13:8-9, so since 15 million Jews/Israelis are alive, from all 12 tribes, known as "Jews" (people from Judea) that means there will be 5 Million or so Jews/Israelis who repent, not 144,000, just like the 10 "Virgin Brides" represent the Church, the 144,000 Virgin Men represent Israel who have repented and been made PURE via the blood of the Messiah Jesus.

NOW............Rev. 7 can be seen clearly for what it really is, when the Jews flee Judea just before God's Wrath falls min Rev. 8 via the Trumpet Judgments. The Seals ARE NOT Judgments, but Prophetical Utterances Jesu7s is making about the soon to come A.C. (Seals 1-5) and God's soon to come wrath (Seal #6). That is why God HOLDS UP, the four winds that HURT the earth, sea and trees in Rev. 7 so the Jews can get SEALED (Saved) and can be PROTECTED by God in the Petra/Bozrah region. Only then is the 7th Seal opened, which looses the wrath of God contained in only the (the number 7 = divine completion) Seven Trumpet Judgments.

 

[Spiritual Jew]

Yes, I’m aware.

Was Lazarus taken up to heaven with Jesus, then, if he never died again?

I’m a bit confused.

Please don't be led astray by the false teaching of 3 Resurrections. Scripture teaches that all of the dead in Christ will be resurrected at the same time and will be changed to have immortal bodies at that time. That includes Lazarus.

1 Corinthians 15:51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

You are being told that Hebrews 9:27 must be interpreted in the most rigid manner possible which means that there can be no exceptions to all people dying once. But, there is no reason to not allow for any exceptions to this. If Lazarus and the resurrected people mentioned in Matthew 27:52-53 did not die again then that would contradict what Paul taught which is that all of the dead would be resurrected and changed at the same time, which will be when Christ returns at the last trumpet.

Also, Paul taught that those who are alive and remain until Christ returns will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. They will not die. They will be changed to have immortal bodies. Based on 3 Resurrections rigid, hyper-literal interpretation of Hebrews 9:27, that event can't happen because those people would all need to die first before being caught up to meet the Lord.

Multiple resurrections of believers unto bodily immortality is not taught in scripture. Instead, Paul taught this:

1 Corinthians 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.

So, what Paul taught here is that Christ Himself was the first to rise from the dead unto bodily immortality (we know it's a resurrection unto bodily immortality after reading the rest of 1 Corinthians 15) and then next in order are those who belong to Him at His second coming. That's it. If Lazarus, the people referenced in Matthew 27:52-53 or anyone else was already resurrected unto bodily immortality then it would contradict what Paul taught in 1 Corinthians 15:22-23.

 

[3 Resurrections]

Please don't be led astray by the false teaching of 3 Resurrections. Scripture teaches that all of the dead in Christ will be resurrected at the same time and will be changed to have immortal bodies at that time. That includes Lazarus.

NO, it doesn't teach that. Scripture in 1 Corinthians 15:23 speaks of two group resurrection events at least: "Christ the First-fruits", and THEN "AFTERWARD" they that are Christ's at His coming".

The very reason we have scripture in Revelation 20:5 speaking of "The FIRST resurrection" means that there are MORE bodily resurrection events to follow. You can't have a "FIRST" without there being at the very least a SECOND group resurrection event to follow.

1 Corinthians 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.

Here you have quoted this verse yourself, but you don't believe it apparently. The "First-fruitS" is a PLURAL number of resurrected individuals. We know that there were an additional 144,000 First-fruits also raised to life again that same day as Christ, because these are mentioned in Revelation 14:4 that stood together with the resurrected Lamb on Mount Zion (in Jerusalem that day).

If Lazarus, the people referenced in Matthew 27:52-53 or anyone else was already resurrected unto bodily immortality then it would contradict what Paul taught in 1 Corinthians 15:22-23.

No, it doesn't really. None of those few individuals from the OT and the NT who were resurrected into glorified bodies before Christ the First-fruits and the 144,000 First-fruits had been able to ascend to heaven yet. THIS is the final culmination of our complete resurrection inheritance - not just to get above ground in that resurrected, glorified state. Paul in 1 Thess. 4 tells us when all of these were taken to heaven together with the returning Christ. Those who had been made "alive" by the resurrection process had "remained" on the earth until then, anticipating their eventual transport into heaven together with the others.

 

[keras]

None of those few individuals from the OT and the NT who were resurrected into glorified bodies before Christ the First-fruits and the 144,000 First-fruits had been able to ascend to heaven yet.

Where are they?
Where does any of those examples say they got 'glorified bodies'?

 

[3 Resurrections]

Where are they?
Where does any of those examples say they got 'glorified bodies'?

Any individuals resurrected in the OT and the NT ascended into heaven long ago. The mere fact that they were resurrected to life again is evidence that they were in glorified body forms. It takes the power of the Holy Spirit to restore the departed human spirit back into those lifeless human remains. This process initiated by the Holy Spirit produces that "change" for the body of the dead individual and renders it incorruptible and immortal, as 1 Cor. 15:54 describes.

 

[keras]

Any individuals resurrected in the OT and the NT ascended into heaven long ago. The mere fact that they were resurrected to life again is evidence that they were in glorified body forms. It takes the power of the Holy Spirit to restore the departed human spirit back into those lifeless human remains. This process initiated by the Holy Spirit produces that "change" for the body of the dead individual and renders it incorruptible and immortal, as 1 Cor. 15:54 describes.

You didn't prove where they are now., just your opinion.
Your explanation fails to prove anything, as we know from Revelation 20:11-15, it is only after the Judgment, that anyone will receive immortality.

 

[Spiritual Jew]

NO, it doesn't teach that.

Yes, it does, as I showed. There's no reason for anyone to believe you when you have a doctrine all to yourself. That raises a big red flag.

Scripture in 1 Corinthians 15:23 speaks of two group resurrection events at least: "Christ the First-fruits", and THEN "AFTERWARD" they that are Christ's at His coming".

Yes, and it indicates that Christ's resurrection itself was the first resurrection.

1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

This shows that Christ Himself is the firstfruits. It doesn't say "them that slept" are the firstfruits, it says that Christ became the firstfruits of them that slept. That means He was the first to rise from the dead in the sense of being raised to bodily immortality. Which is what the context of the following verse is as well:

Acts 26:23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

The very reason we have scripture in Revelation 20:5 speaking of "The FIRST resurrection" means that there are MORE bodily resurrection events to follow. You can't have a "FIRST" without there being at the very least a SECOND group resurrection event to follow.

The first resurrection was Jesus's resurrection as I showed using scripture.

Here you have quoted this verse yourself, but you don't believe it apparently. The "First-fruitS" is a PLURAL number of resurrected individuals.

Without using any discernment and using only your carnal mind, I can see how you could come to that conclusion. But, the truth of the matter is that scripture says Christ Himself was the firstfruits. The firstfruits of what? Of "them that slept". Because of His resurrection the dead in Christ have the hope of being resurrected unto bodily immortality like He was.

The Greek word should have been translated as "firstfruit" instead of "firstfruits" in order to avoid confusion, but it's clear that it's referring to Jesus as being the firstfruits (of them that slept) and no one else. So, you need to use discernment here to see what it is actually saying instead of just assuming it has to be plural without even looking at the context. Pray for wisdom about this (James 1:5-7).

We know that there were an additional 144,000 First-fruits also raised to life again that same day as Christ, because these are mentioned in Revelation 14:4 that stood together with the resurrected Lamb on Mount Zion (in Jerusalem that day).

That is talking about the heavenly Mount Zion, not the earthly Mount Zion. The scene there is heaven. If we go by what Paul taught then we will accept that no one has been bodily resurrected unto immortality yet except for Jesus Christ.

No, it doesn't really. None of those few individuals from the OT and the NT who were resurrected into glorified bodies before Christ the First-fruits and the 144,000 First-fruits had been able to ascend to heaven yet. THIS is the final culmination of our complete resurrection inheritance - not just to get above ground in that resurrected, glorified state. Paul in 1 Thess. 4 tells us when all of these were taken to heaven together with the returning Christ. Those who had been made "alive" by the resurrection process had "remained" on the earth until then, anticipating their eventual transport into heaven together with the others.

What Paul wrote about in 1 Thess 4 hasn't happened yet and won't happen until the second coming of Christ. All of the dead in Christ from all time will be resurrected when He comes again in the future.

 

[Spiritual Jew]

Any individuals resurrected in the OT and the NT ascended into heaven long ago. The mere fact that they were resurrected to life again is evidence that they were in glorified body forms.

That is not true. Paul said that all of the dead in Christ will be resurrected at the same time and it will be at the last trumpet when Jesus returns. That has not yet occurred. Your rigid, hyper-literal interpretation of Hebrews 9:27 is causing you to contradict several other scriptures. Jesus also taught that all dead believers will be resurrected at the same time in John 5:28-29. If your interpretation of one verse or passage causes you to contradict other verses or passages then you need to take another look at that verse or passage.

It takes the power of the Holy Spirit to restore the departed human spirit back into those lifeless human remains. This process initiated by the Holy Spirit produces that "change" for the body of the dead individual and renders it incorruptible and immortal, as 1 Cor. 15:54 describes.

That change will happen for all of the dead in Christ when the last trumpet sounds and it hasn't sounded yet.

 

[Ed Parenteau]

King James Bible
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.



So you must be Jewish & a virgin.

Could it be that these 144,000 are the babies that were killed by King Herod when Jesus was born ? As it also says in scripture that they must be virgins.

Herod, the king of Judaea, watches as his soldiers slaughter the innocent children of Bethlehem in an attempt to kill the infant Jesus, whom Herod feared would eventually seize his kingdom. According to Boccaccio, 144,000 children were murdered.

I would argue that the 144,000 are the Jewish remnant that Paul said were presently being saved.

Romans 9:
27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea,
only the remnant will be saved.
28For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth
thoroughly and decisively.”
29It is just as Isaiah foretold:
“Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

Isaiah 10:22
Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

Then Paul says "at the present time"
Romans 11:
5In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

So then, what happens to the Jews who are not the remnant?
We have that answer clearly laid out also. And notice they will be held accountable and be destroyed from among the people of God.

Deuteronomy 18:
17Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well. 18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. 19And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.

Acts 3
22For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. 23And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. 24Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
("These days" are the same days that the remnant is being saved)

Here's the definition of "destroyed" in 23 above:

HELPS Word-studies
1842 eksolothreúō (from 1537 /ek, "completely out from," intensifying 3645 /olothreúō, "destroy, slay") – properly, totally destroy, referring to a complete loss of inheritance (reward).

So now, let's look at the 144,000. The first thing we notice is that they are in the process of being sealed.
Revelation 7:
3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4And 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.

We can then look to scripture for what the seal of God is.
2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

2 Corinthians 1:21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

In the Book of Revelation there are 2 groups who have been redeemed.

+1. Revelation 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
2. Revelation 14: 3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

And now consider "firstfruits". This term is connected to the feasts of the Lord in Leviticus 23. There are 2 feasts of firstfruits, one is called the Feast of Firstfruits and is the feast of firstfruits of the barley harvest and the second is Pentecost which is the firstfruits of the wheat harvest.

You will notice in scripture, men are never referred to as barley, but always as wheat.
We can see this as Christ alone is referred to as "the firstfruits".
1 Corinthians 15: 22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
In the following, James is writing to the "12 tribes"
James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

In the following verses around 59ad we learn that 10's of thousands of Jews have come to salvation. A myriad which is the underlying Greek word used which means ten thousand. Therefore, 144,000 equals "tens of thousands".
Acts 21:18On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. 19When he had greeted them, he told in detail those things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many myriads of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law; NKJV

 

[Ed Parenteau]

NO, it doesn't teach that. Scripture in 1 Corinthians 15:23 speaks of two group resurrection events at least: "Christ the First-fruits", and THEN "AFTERWARD" they that are Christ's at His coming".

The very reason we have scripture in Revelation 20:5 speaking of "The FIRST resurrection" means that there are MORE bodily resurrection events to follow. You can't have a "FIRST" without there being at the very least a SECOND group resurrection event to follow.


Here you have quoted this verse yourself, but you don't believe it apparently. The "First-fruitS" is a PLURAL number of resurrected individuals. We know that there were an additional 144,000 First-fruits also raised to life again that same day as Christ, because these are mentioned in Revelation 14:4 that stood together with the resurrected Lamb on Mount Zion (in Jerusalem that day).


No, it doesn't really. None of those few individuals from the OT and the NT who were resurrected into glorified bodies before Christ the First-fruits and the 144,000 First-fruits had been able to ascend to heaven yet. THIS is the final culmination of our complete resurrection inheritance - not just to get above ground in that resurrected, glorified state. Paul in 1 Thess. 4 tells us when all of these were taken to heaven together with the returning Christ. Those who had been made "alive" by the resurrection process had "remained" on the earth until then, anticipating their eventual transport into heaven together with the others.

Firstfruits is always used in the singular. Think of it as the first batch. Christ is THE firstfruits, not a firstfruits.
Romans 8:23 N-AFS
GRK: αὐτοὶ τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τοῦ πνεύματος
NAS: having the first fruits of the Spirit,
KJV: which have the firstfruits of the Spirit,
INT: ourselves the first-fruit of the Spirit
Romans 11:16 N-NFS
GRK: δὲ ἡ ἀπαρχὴ ἁγία καὶ
NAS: If the first piece [of dough] is holy,
KJV: if the firstfruit [be] holy,
INT: moreover the first-fruit [be] holy also

Romans 16:5 N-NFS
GRK: ὅς ἐστιν ἀπαρχὴ τῆς Ἀσίας
NAS: who is the first convert to Christ
KJV: who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto
INT: who is a first-fruit of Achaia

1 Corinthians 15:20 N-NFS
GRK: ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀπαρχὴ τῶν κεκοιμημένων
NAS: from the dead, the first fruits of those
KJV: [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept.
INT: from among [the] dead first-fruit of those fallen asleep

1 Corinthians 15:23 N-NFS
GRK: ἰδίῳ τάγματι ἀπαρχὴ Χριστός ἔπειτα
NAS: Christ the first fruits, after
KJV: Christ the firstfruits; afterward
INT: own order [the] first-fruit Christ then

1 Corinthians 16:15 N-NFS
GRK: ὅτι ἐστὶν ἀπαρχὴ τῆς Ἀχαίας
NAS: of Stephanas, that they were the first fruits of Achaia,
KJV: it is the firstfruits of Achaia,
INT: that it is first-fruit of Achaia

James 1:18 N-AFS
GRK: εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἀπαρχήν τινα τῶν
NAS: that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.
KJV: a kind of firstfruits of his
INT: to be us first-fruits a sort of

Revelation 14:4 N-NFS
GRK: τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀπαρχὴ τῷ θεῷ
NAS: men as first fruits to God
KJV: among men, [being] the firstfruits unto God
INT: the men [as] firstfruits to God

Strong's Greek 536

 

[keras]

and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

The Jews only represent 2 of the 12 tribes.
The other 10 tribes are represented by the Christian peoples, from every tribe, race nation and language. Revelation 5:0-10

They will all be gathered into the holy Land, soon after the Sixth Seal punishment has cleared and cleansed all of that area. Deuteronomy 32:34-43, Zephaniah 1:14-18, Romans 9:27

 

[3 Resurrections]

Your explanation fails to prove anything, as we know from Revelation 20:11-15, it is only after the Judgment, that anyone will receive immortality.

This is wrong. Revelation 20:11-15 doesn't bring up the term "immortality" at all. The status of immortality and incorruptibility is given when the dead are raised to life again. As in 1 Cor. 15:52-54 when the dead are "RAISED incorruptible", and when the mortal "puts on immortality". During Christ's earthly ministry, the disciples were given power by Christ to "raise the dead" (Matthew 10:8, 11:5). Being raised to life again gave these individuals the status of incorruptibility and immortality.

Only when given that status of immortality and incorruptibility can an individual then be able to stand before God and participate in a judgment of their works as a believer - whether good or bad - and to receive their rewards accordingly.