The 144k are the Firstfruits of humans SEALED FROM HARM in their Mortal Bodies to go into the Thousand Year Earthly Kingdom of JESUS CHRIST, specifically to REPOPULATE ISRAEL, with Descendants of Jacob. HERE IS WHY I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS ORDAINED A SPECIFIC DESTINY OF THE 144,000 THAT HE WILL SEAL IN THEIR MORTAL BODIES:
Genesis 28:10-12 (NCV)
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10 [/SUP] Jacob left Beersheba
{South Central Israel} and set out for Haran
{Probably camped Near where Jerusalem would be built, on this particular night.}.
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11 [/SUP] When he came to a place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. He found a stone and laid his head on it to go to sleep.
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12 [/SUP] Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder resting on the earth and reaching up into heaven, and he saw angels of God going up and coming down the ladder.
Genesis 28:13-15 (NCV)
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13 [/SUP] Then Jacob saw the LORD standing above the ladder, and he said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your grandfather, and the God of Isaac.
I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are now sleeping.
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14 [/SUP] Your descendants will be as many as the dust of the earth. They will spread west and east, north and south, and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
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15 [/SUP] I am with you and will protect you everywhere you go
and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.“
1 Chronicles 16:15-18 (NCV)
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15 [/SUP] He will keep his agreement forever; he will keep his promises always.
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16 [/SUP] He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and the promise he made to Isaac.
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17 [/SUP] He made it a law for the people of Jacob;
he made it an agreement with Israel to last forever.
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18 [/SUP] He said,
“I will give the land of Canaan to you, to belong to you.“
Isaiah 49:7-8 (NKJV)
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7 [/SUP] Thus says the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall worship,
Because of the LORD who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel; And He has chosen You."
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8 [/SUP] Thus says the LORD: "In an acceptable time I have heard You, And in the day of salvation I have helped You;
I will preserve You and give You As a covenant to the people, To restore the earth {After the Second Coming}, To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages;
Therefore, I believe the 144k are the Firstfruits of the Mortals going into ISRAEL in HIS Millennial Kingdom.