READ Revelation 7:1-4 and D&C 77:11
Who
are the 144,000?
They are High Priests ordained to the
Holy Order of God (the highest order of priesthood that must be conferred by
God Himself – see JST Genesis 14:28-30).
They are called to administer the Gospel.
They are called from every tribe of
Israel – they are “kindred” meaning family or Israel; they may be residing in
every nation on earth but they are not descended from those nations but from
Israel.
They are gathered by the angels.
They are given power by the angels.
They are brought by the angels to Heaven
to the Church of the Firstborn – as John’s experience in Revelation when he
ascended the path or ladder or conduit to the Throne of God in Heaven.
These are they who will be able to stand
– they will be the only ones to make it through the tribulations and the coming
of the Son of Man in glory and fire, to restart the human family as Noah did
after the Flood.
Why
144,000 High Priests?
It is not a literal number.
Anciently, squaring a number completed
and perfected it.
144,000 implies a vast and complete
amount – many people.
What
is the significance of the number 144,000?
144,000 is the
speed of light harmonic. God, the angels, and the “144,000” mortals are endowed
with light. It is God's light (the Father and the Son's light) that interfaces
with water in the firmament to form the colorful rainbow.
Our
traditional definition of the speed of light is 186,000 standard miles per
second. Researcher Bruce Cathie has shown that 144,000 arc-minutes converts to
162,000 nautical miles in real-time per second, or 186,000 standard miles per
second. Cathie stated that, "space and time manifest from the geometric
harmonies of the wave motions of light. The fundamental harmonic of light is
free space, in geometric terms being an angular velocity of 144,000 minutes of
arc per grid second, there being 97,200 gird seconds to one revolution of the
earth” (Bruce L. Cathie, The Bridge to Infinity, Adventures Unlimited Press, p.
8).
Note the
numbers tied to light below, including 144,000 and 432 hz, the tuning frequency
employed for thousands of years for musical instruments prior to our recent
change to 440 hz.
READ D&C 77:11
Who
are the angels who will seal these High Priests?
Four angels who have been given power
over the nations of the earth; they have power over the earth to protect or
destroy it; one at each of the four “corners” of the earth.
Plus, another angel with the “seal of the
living God”.
Michael in the
East; associated with air; on earth known as Adam who had the “breath of life”
breathed into Him in the Garden of Eden.
Raphael in the
South; associated with fire; on earth known as Enoch, who opened the fiery
ascent to Heaven and led his city of Zion to refuge there.
Gabriel in the
West; associated with water; on earth known as Noah, who survived the Flood and
restarted the human family – a “new birth” like a baptism.
Uriel in the
North; associated with earth; on earth known as John the Beloved, who asked to
walk the earth as a translated being preparing people for Zion and who guards
the portal to Heaven with Elijah guarding the other side, in heaven.
The angel with
the Seal of the Living God who has power to command the other 4 is “Elias” who
was to come to gather the tribes of Israel and restore all things (see D&C
77:9); it is most likely Elijah, who has a mission to restore the High
Priesthood keys which have been lost again so that Zion in the latter days will
be able to abide the presence of Christ and those “Fathers” who will come with
Him in glory – this is done by turning the hearts of the children to the
Fathers in Heaven and creating a “welding link” or House of God between those
in Zion on earth and the Fathers in Heaven (see also Luke 4:25 and James 5:17).
These five angels have the power to stop
the nations of the earth overcoming Zion – because Zion will not fight back and
must be protected from heaven (see D&C 87:6 and D&C 45:70).
When
do these sealings take place?
Before the “earth, sea, and trees” are
“hurt” in the last days.
Before the period of great natural
disasters and tribulation, which are still future to us.
What
does the sealing do?
Protects those sealed from the “winds of
destruction” that are about to come from each corner of the earth.
It is a gathering of the elect.
The sealing is to prepare those sealed to
receive the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood from God Himself.
READ Revelation 14:1 and 22:4
What
is the seal that the 144,000 receive?
It is the “Father’s Name”.
How
does this sealing occur?
Angels administer the ordination.
This is preparatory to receiving the Oath
and Covenant of the Priesthood from God Himself.
No nation, organization or man can stop
these angels from their appointed task and none of them has authority to
constrain who should or should not be sealed.
READ D&C 84:33-42
Are
their bodies “renewed” on earth or in the resurrection?
If they have a calling to perform as the
144k, it makes no sense for this renewal to refer to the resurrection.
Having their bodies “renewed” implies a
sanctification process where one is filled with glory such that they can stand
in the presence of God; or this could also refer to a translated state of being.
What
does becoming the “seed of Abraham” mean?
Abraham is one of the “fathers in heaven”
to whom we must connect or be “utterly wasted” at the Lord’s return.
He is associated with the High Priesthood
and sealing power.
It means that they have been sealed in a
welded link, through the spirit or power of Elijah, to Abraham; that they also
have received the Holy Order from God, as did Abraham, and are adopted into his
family, as he was adopted into the line of Melchizedek, to create an unbroken
“link” from Adam to the last sealed person – Abraham is the key for us to
connect with the original fathers in heaven who had actual father to son relationships
while mortal.
What
does it mean that they become the “church, kingdom and elect of God”?
This body of chosen individuals are a
“church” and that church is confined to the “elect”.
They are a “kingdom” meaning that they
are adopted into the House or Family of God; they are Sons and Daughters or
heirs of the kingdom.
Why
do all that receive this priesthood receive Christ?
Because that is how this priesthood is
received – directly from God via Christ – not from another man.
Who
are the “servants” that have been sent first?
The angels that were given power to
gather the 144k via sealing them in their foreheads.
Eventually the mortal “144k” also become
“servants” via the sealing.
What
does Christ do with you after He has received you and ministered to you
personally?
He prepares you to enter the Father’s
presence (see Mosiah 5:15).
Where He will testify to the Father
regarding your standing (see D&C 88:75).
His ministry to you continues; He will
take up His abode with you.
What
gift does the Father give to those who have been sealed up?
The promise of exaltation and eternal
life.
They receive knowledge from the Father
that they are His, will inherit from Him all He has, and learned this as a
result of the Son’s ministry with them.
Why
does God pronounce a “wo” upon those who come not unto this Priesthood?
Because if you don’t receive this
priesthood, you do not receive the fullness of the Gospel and you do not have
the knowledge that will save you – which can only be received directly from God
to you.
Implied is that God’s plan for you is
that you go forward and receive this sealing and priesthood – to the degree
that you receive a “wo” (or low-key curse) if you don’t do so; this is not a
“wouldn’t it be an awesome cherry on top but it doesn’t really matter to your
eternal life” sort of expectation from God for us. We receive a “wo” because we
didn’t go on to receive that which was there for us to receive – and we were
capable of receiving but didn’t.
