I am reiterating what I said in a previous letter about the 144,000 not being the Bride or any part of Her.

Rev. 7:3 says that an angel having the seal of God is telling 4 other angels to not do their work of destruction until the servants of God are sealed on their foreheads.  And the angel commences to seal the 144,000 Jews, 12,000 from each tribe.  They had already experienced the the first six seals.  Notice that Chapter 7 starts with "After these things...."  That means that the 144,000 were sealed after the first 6 Seals of the previous Chapter were opened and were accomplishing their purpose. 

Why are the 144,000 sealed by God? They are not raptured during the Tribulation period.  They are sealed by God so that they are able to survive the Tribulation events, remaining alive, and enter the Millenial Kingdom.  I believe these will be the only Jews that survive the Tribulation and enter the Kingdom.

The vision in Rev. 14:1-5 of the 144,000 is the same 144,000 Jews that were sealed in Rev. 7:2-8.  And they are not in Heaven in this vision.  Rev. 14:1 says that they are standing on Mount Zion with the Lamb.  Mount Zion is not Heaven.  It is the Promised Land here on Earth, the land promised to the descendants of Abraham.  That is why modern day Jews who want to defend their land and not give any of it to the Palestinians are called "Zionists." 

Rev. 14:1 shows them with their Messiah standing in the Promised Land....Mount Zion.  And the name of the Father is written on their foreheads, which was how they were originally sealed in Rev. 7:2-8. 

In the previous chapter (13) it talks about the second beast causing all to recieve "the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name" on their hand or forehead.  This seals their fate.  It is Satan's seal of doom meant to copy God's seal of redemption.  Then in Chapter 14 John says he saw the 144,000 Jews with God's name on their forehead.  First, God sealed His 144,000 Jews, then Satan begins to seal those who give their allegiance to the beast. 

Rev. 14:3,4 says that the 144,000 are redeemed, NOT resurrected or raptured.  They were chosen (redeemed) and sealed by God.  And as I said earlier, they are seen standing on Mount Zion, the Promised Land here on earth, with the Lamb (Rev. 14:1).  And notice in verse 2, after seeing the 144,000 with the Lamb on Mount Zion, John says he heard a voice from Heaven.  He heard it from Heaven.  That means that the previous part of the vision of the 144,000 with the Lamb on Mount Zion was here on Earth.  John saw the vision in 14:1 here on Earth, and then he heard a voice from Heaven, and saw another part of the vision taking place up there.  And before you say that the word "they" in 14:3 is referring to the 144,000, and that it says "they" sang a new song before the Throne, which proves "they" are in Heaven, please notice that verse 2 says who "they" really are.  Taken in context, the ones singing a new song in verse 3 are the harpists of verse 2.  The 144,000 aren't the ones singing in Heaven.  They are here on Earth learning the new song, as verse 3 continues to say.