The 144,000's Reward

Luke 21:36: “Watch ye therefore,” [Watch/understand and obey Christ] “and pray always, that ye” [Peter, James, John and Andrew] “may be accounted worthy to escape all these things" [Prophesies] "that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”

2 Esdras 2:42: "I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs."

2 Esdras 2:43: "And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly."

2 Esdras 2:44: "So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these?"

2 Esdras 2:45: "He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms."

2 Esdras 2:46: "Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands?"

2 Esdras 2:47: "So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God," [Christ] "whom they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord."

Revelation 20:4: “And I” [John] “saw thrones, and they” [The 144,000/Saints] “sat upon them,” [Thrones] “and judgment was given unto them:” [The 144,000] “and I” [John] “saw the souls of them" [The Saints] "that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the Beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they” [The 144,000] “lived" [Received eternal life] "and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”