“Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed" [Rev.7:3,4]

The 144,000 represent hundreds of millions of us who are now acknowledging Jesus Christ as our Lord and God and are keeping His commandments. We're the ones who are currently being sealed to receive our glorified bodies on First-fruits - the Last Day of this Church Age. We include both men and women, who are in a marriage covenant, or can potentially enter into a marriage covenant at the Wedding Supper of the Lamb.

In the following passage, note how Paul speaks of fornication and the resurrection in the same breath!

"...the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power." [1 Cor.6:13,14]

The body is meant for the Lord through the covenant of marriage!

That's why we further read:

"...we are members of His Body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." [Eph.5:30,31]

A complete son of God is made up of a man and his wife. And because they're in a marriage covenant, they're called virgins in the book of Revelation.

"...These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men..." [Rev.14:4]

In other words, the men are in lawful marriages as suppose to being in unlawful ones which are defiling!

The Church is the Virgin Bride of the Messiah. And it's essentially being made up of married couples who love the Messiah by devoting themselves to loving their own spouses.

This is why the Apostle Paul wrote:

"I promised to present you as a pure virgin in marriage to your one husband, the Messiah; and I fear that somehow your minds may be seduced away from simple and pure devotion to the Messiah, just as Havah [Eve] was deceived by the serpent and his craftiness." [2 Cor.11:2,3]

On First-fruits on Saturday the 7th of May 2016, the Lord is going to gather up into heaven His Bride, the Church. She will be made up of men and women, who are not defiling themselves through fornication or adultery. She will include hundreds of millions of married couples, children, babies and even infants still in the womb. She will also include widows and all those who are remaining unmarried, since they've been divorced from their covenant spouses! This is the reason why the Lord teaches us that the gate leading to eternal life is narrow and difficult and only a few are going to find it. The strict doctrine of the marriage covenant is the narrow gate that will lead to eternal life on the Last Day of this Church Age.

"...we are members of His Body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh [that is, one man]." [Eph.5:30,31]

“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." [Matt.7:13,14]