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The 144,000 on mount Sion It is written that the 144,000 were standing on mount Sion with the Lamb:     "And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads." (Revelation 14:1) It is assumed the 144,000 were those who were sealed from the twelve tribes of Israel in Revelation 7. I will attempt to answer these questions: 1) where; 2) who; and 3) when. To establish the audience and time contexts, St. John was writing to first century Christians, and...