Yet when taken at face value: “Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel” (Revelation 7:4), nothing in the passage leads to interpreting the 144,000 as anything but a literal number of Jews—12,000 taken from every tribe of the “sons of Israel.” The New Testament offers no clear cut text replacing Israel with the church.
Hata hivyo, wakati kinachukuliwa katika thamani ya juu juu: " Kisha nikasikia idadi ya wale ambao walikuwa wametiwa mhuri: 144,000 kutoka kabila zote za Israeli" (Ufunuo 7:4), hakuna kitu katika kifungu hiki kinachoongoza kutafsiri 144,000 kama kitu chochote lakini ni takwimu ya kawaida ya Wayahudi -12, 000 ilichukuliwa kutoka katika kila kabila la "wana wa Israeli." Agano Jipya halitoi kifungu wazi ambacho huonyesha kuwa nafasi ya Israel imechukuliwa na kanisa.