[B-Greek] Rev 7:4
Revdpickrel at wmconnect.com
Revdpickrel at wmconnect.com
Tue Apr 3 14:17:27 EDT 2007
In a message dated 4/2/2007 10:05:26 PM Central Daylight Time,
hholmyard3 at earthlink.net writes:
> HH: I've never gotten the impression that the 144,000 were the sum of
> all Israelites. They are selected groups from all the tribes of Israel.
> There are more Israelites than the 144,000. You raise an interesting
> question, because it says that these are the number of the ones sealed
> out of every tribe of the sons of Israel, yet at least one tribe is not
> mentioned, Dan. So unless Dan is viewed as swallowed up by another
> tribe, the text would seem to mean that out of every tribe, this is the
> number of those sealed, even if one tribe is not represented. This is
> the total number of those selected from every tribe.
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
>
Two tribes are not sealed in this passage, Dan and Ephraim, because both
introduced idols into the family of Israel.
Doug.
Rev. Doug Pickrel, Litt.D.
Tejas Valley
San Antonio, Texas </HTML>
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