Rev 7
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
If you keep reading we get context and chronology.
".....These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them."""
So we see the GREAT TRIBULATION is before the 144k are sealed...which is early on in the 7 yr GT.
No sir. The 144,000 are sealed BEFORE the great tribulation. You need simple logic to understand this. You need to take the information from Revelation 14 to understand the order of events.
This is the great tribulation. This occurs at the 5th seal. Again, when you are reading Revelation 13 and 14 you are back in the 1st 6 seals.
Revelation 14
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
So what do we see BEFORE the great tribulation?
We see the 144,000 are redeemed from the earth BEFORE the great tribulation.
Revelation 14
1 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.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
If the 144,000 are redeemed before the great tribulation, they have to be sealed BEFORE the great tribulation which is the 5th seal.
That should tell you that the 144,000 have to be sealed BEFORE the 5th seal. So the following verses happen before the 5th seal.
Revelation 7
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
This is nothing but simple logic. Everyone thinks that the 144,000 are sealed to go through the wrath of God. This is not the case. They are removed from the earth before the 5th seal which is the great tribulation. Which means they are off the earth during the wrath of God.
Only the nation of Israel, the woman, that has fled to a place of protection, and unbelievers will be on earth during the wrath of God.