The One Hundred Forty-Four Thousand - 22

The book of Revelation describes the seventh seal, which unleashes the full wrath of God upon His enemies, including the devil and its hosts. The number 144,000 is a symbol of perfection, representing the church of Jesus Christ, the new Israel, gathered from Jew and Gentile alike. The emphasis is not on physical Jewish descent but on spiritual descent, and the list of tribes in Revelation 7 is not consistent with the list in 1st Chronicles chapter 2 and Genesis chapter 35, suggesting a symbolic interpretation.