† By Loron Wade Religion Department Montemorelos University The history of prophetic interpretation takes us down a winding path. It is sometimes a twisted, or even a knotted path. A good illustration is seen in the variety of views on the 144,000 sealed ones of Revelation 7 and 14.1 Dispensationalists generally believe that the 144,000 are Jews who will convert to Christianity after the secret rapture.2 This is probably the most popular view among conservative