Both examples are of the final remnant before total annihilation, correct? When Jesus comes back to wipe out the nations surrounding Israel, then the dead are raised and the believers sealed by God are taken up to Him. Every single person who has the mark of the beast will be killed. Most by Satan himself.
IMHO they are separate events.
The 2nd Coming and the Rapture are two different events.
What you refer to is what happens at the 2nd Coming. Revelation 7 is well into the Tribulation. The 144,000 sealed are Jewish believers who go around the world as evangelists gathering the last great harvest for God. A lot of people confuse the “Great Multitude” in robes with raptured Saints. John doesn’t recognize who these people are at first. In verse 15 it specifically says they have been martyred or executed by the AntiChrist and his forces specifically for their unwillingness to take the mark of the beast.
This multitude has a different destiny from the Church and Israel in the next world. They don’t get all the blessings that will be bestowed upon the church since they weren’t believers upon Christ’s appearing “like a thief in the night”.
If you read past Revelation 4, you’ll notice the Church is not mentioned again. They don’t have to suffer the Tribulation.
I used to think there wasn’t any Rapture. The more I studied, and read the Bible, the more convinced I am that there has to be one. I highly recommend Jack Kelley for a clear understanding on the Tribulation period.
https://gracethrufaith.com/end-times-prophecy/the-tribulations-purpose-vs-the-churchs-nature/
https://gracethrufaith.com/end-times-prophecy/bible-say-tribulation-wrath/
He’s probably got the best incite on the topic IMHO.