Sexuality/ Sexual Purity and Belonging to the 144,000 “Redeemed from the Earth and Purchased from among Mankind” in Light of Rev 14:1–5
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2019.007Keywords
144, 000, Lamb, virgins, lie, firstfruits, blameless, follow, sexuality, purityAbstract
The author analyzes Rev 14:1–5 to answer the following questions: Are sex and sexual purity a necessary condition to belong to the group of 144,000 people gathered on “Mount Zion”? If so, who belongs to the group of “purchased from among mankind”? Are they men who are virgins endowed with the other two qualities, or male virgins and those who are not virgins but faithfully follow the Lamb and always tell the truth? If not, do women who are characterized by the same attributes as men belong to the group of the “redeemed”?
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