The 144,000 People of Israel

7 After ·the vision of these things [^Lthis] I saw four angels standing at the four corners [^Cfrom every direction] of the earth. The angels were ·holding [restraining] the four winds [Dan. 7:2; 8:8; 11:4] of the earth to keep them from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. ² Then I saw another angel coming up from the ·east [^Lrising of the sun] who had the seal [5:1] of the living God. And he ·called out [cried out; shouted] in a loud voice to the four angels to whom God had given power to ·harm [damage] the earth and the sea. ³ He said to them, “Do not ·harm [damage] the land or the sea or the trees until we ·mark with a sign [place a seal upon] the foreheads [^Cto spare them from harm; Ezek. 9:4–6] of the ·people who serve [^Lthe slaves/servants of] our God.”