144000 IN THE BIBLE AND MAYAN CALENDAR144000 is a natural number. It has significance in several religious movements. In the
Mayan calendar,
144000 represents a cycle of time named Baktun.
The number
144,000 has a religious significance for
Christians because of its use in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament. The 144,000 are mentioned three times in the Book of Revelation !
Jehovah's Witnesses distinctly believe that only
144,000 people will be raised to heaven, and will thus spend eternity with God.
144,000 is alleged to have been the number of Sahaba of Muhammad, though other totals have been given. The number
144000 is also given as the total number of prophets in
Islam.
The new age religion called
Raëlism also states that there are
144,000 chosen people to continue humanity in case of an upcoming disaster.
The
Church of the Subgenius believes that somewhere between 144 and
144000 people will be taken with the Xists aboard the pleasure saucers.
144000 in the Bible144,000 in REVELATION 7:4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the people of Israel
144.000 in REVELATION 14:1Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion! And with him were one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
144000 in REVELATION 14:3And they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who have been redeemed from the earth.
144000 in the Mayan CalendarA Baktun is 20 Katun cycles of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar, which contains 144,000 days. The next Sealing of these 144.000 days wil be on December 21, 2012.
Wathever 144000 means, it will happen on December 21th 2012 !!! 
