Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

Romans 8:29: "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he" [Christ] "might be the firstborn among many brethren." The 144,000/Saints.

Romans 8:30: "Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."

1 Corinthians 15:23: "But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they" [The 144,000] "that are Christ's at his coming."