Is the number 144,000--used when speaking of the people that will come to Heaven--a specific number, or a number that symbolizes many people?
The number is clearly symbolic, as are other numbers in apocalyptic literature like Revelation. 144,000 is a multiple of 12, as in the twelve tribes or the twelve apostles. As such it symbolizes the whole people of God, however many actual numbers of them there may be.
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