[Iscool]

so you think the 144,000 is a literal number also, oh boy. dispensationalism with a dash of Jehovah witnesses thrown in for good measure.

Of course not...It's a metaphor...It means just a handful...Since 144,000 is such a small number considering the whole, it just means a very small number, like 5, or maybe 8...Fish...It's talking about 5 fish...5, or maybe 8 fish are sealed on their forehead...Or it could be their wheels...The 5 fish are sealed on their wheels...

[roamer_1]

[one Lord one faith one baptism:] so you think the 144,000 is a literal number also, oh boy. dispensationalism with a dash of Jehovah witnesses thrown in for good measure.

Of course not...It's a metaphor...

I don't think so... it is very specific, to include 12k from each tribe... If it is the Church, then why the specificity wrt tribes?