Revelation 7:1-2

Revelation 6 Revelation 8

Revelation 7:1-2 The Passion Translation (TPT)

John’s Vision of 144,000 Servants of God

7 After this^[a] I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, and they were restraining the four winds so that no wind would blow on the land, on the sea, or on any tree.^[b] ²Then I saw another angel ascending from the east,^[c] who had the seal of the living God.^[d] He shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea,

Footnotes:

Revelation 7:1 That is, after the sixth seal was broken open. Judgment is temporarily held back by these four angels of mercy.
Revelation 7:1 The number four represents universality (the four corners of the earth), and winds speak of divine agents that bring either blessing or judgment. The trees may point to what is deeply rooted within our souls.
Revelation 7:2 Or “from the sun rising.” The east is often associated with blessings and the place from which God appears (Gen. 2:8; Ezek. 43:1-4; Matt. 2:1). The messenger was not descending from the east, but ascending. The star of Jesus was rising in the east. This sealing messenger represents the living God and points to Christ, who is rising in his people, bringing the light of a new day. It is a company of messengers arising out of the light of the sunrise to bring the seal of God upon his people.
Revelation 7:2 This seal is the mind of Christ, for it goes on the forehead (thoughts). Until we have the mind of Christ, we are incapable of discerning properly. Partaking of Christ’s mind empowers us to be righteous judges, righteous kings, and righteous priests. This seal is more than a seal of protection from the coming judgments, but a seal that qualifies them to bring the righteous judgments of God to the earth. This is the nature of God being written upon the foreheads and minds of his holy ones.