armies of heaven 144,000, and become the head of them. Israel on earth was the shadow of the spiritual Israel.
John the apostle saw the New Jerusalem in his vision and it was surrounded by a wall with twelve foundations, on which the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb were written (Rev. 21:14). The city also had twelve gates. The names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written on the gates (Rev. 21:12). Twenty-four elders can be calculated by adding the twelve names on the foundations and the twelve names on the gates. Jacob had twelve sons, but they were the shadow of the twenty-four elders, who are representatives of the 144,000 of the Old and New testaments days, in the spiritual world.
The Overcomer will add the remaining numbers of the 144,000 and complete the twelve tribes of the spiritual Israel. The task of the Overcomer is described in Rev. 3:12 “Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.” The