Does The Family of the 144,00 Sealed Men also Included

[Raymond]

Hi,

I have a question about the family of the 144,000 men sealed in Revelation 7 and also Ezekiel 9.

Are the family of these men included in being sealed?

If so how far down does it go?

To all the people that came from his loins?

Thanks
Raymond

[Timothy]

That is a really good question for which I do not have a definitive answer. However, I do think Ezekiel 14 is relevant by comparing what God said at the time of the Babylonian exile.

Ezek. 14 (NKJV) 12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:
13 “Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it.
14 “Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,” says the Lord GOD.
15 “If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts,
16 “even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate.
17 “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say,`Sword, go through the land,’ and I cut off man and beast from it,
18 “even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.
19 “Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast,
20 “even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”
21 For thus says the Lord GOD: “How much more it shall be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem– the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence– to cut off man and beast from it?
22 “Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it.
23 “And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done in it,” says the Lord GOD.

Notice the “four severe judgements” which appear to be similar to the 4 Horsemen in Rev. 6.

[Raymond]

Thanks Tim for that answer.

I read that portion of scripture and it makes sense as God expects each one of us to make our own decisions and we are responsible for our own salvation.

1. Are the men that are sealed just kept alive and they need to repent and recognize Jesus as their Messiah just like all of us? I would assume yes.

Just the fact that they are kept alive during this tumultuous time should have an effect on the men so that they see that God has been protecting them.

Blessings

[Timothy]

Yes, IMO these are the ones Zechariah spoke about in the following passage:

Zech. 12:8-11 (NKJ) 8 “In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the LORD before them.
9 “It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
11 “In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

Zechariah 13:1 (NKJ) 1 “In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
2 “It shall be in that day,” says the LORD of hosts, “that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.

Rev. 1:7 (NKJ) 7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

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