'Earthly Hope' & 'Heavenly Hope' Part 3-Before the Throne

In looking at Revelation 14, keep in mind the KEY WORDS "BEFORE THE THRONE."

Rev. 14:1-3 “And I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000, having His name and the name of His father written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps. And they sang a new song BEFORE THE THRONE and before the four living creatures and the elders and no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been purchased from the earth.” (NAS)

Now look at Revelation 7:9-15:

(9) After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing BEFORE THE THRONE and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;

(10) and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."

(11) And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces BEFORE THE THRONE and worshiped God,

(12) saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever Amen."

(13) Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?"

(14) I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

(15) "For this reason, they are BEFORE THE THRONE of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

It is important to note that according to Rev. 14:1-3, the 144,000 are "BEFORE THE THRONE." If the 144,00 are in Heaven (and according to WT doctrine they are indeed in heaven), then there are many others in Heaven as well because that same phrase "BEFORE THE THRONE" is also found in 7:9 and refers to a “great multitude that no man can count,” which is a different group from the 144,000!

Jesus said, "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.” (John 12:26, NAS)

Jesus himself taught that wherever He is, ALL his servants “will be also.” Since Jesus is in heaven, then all His servants, whose numbers far exceeds 144,000, “will be also.”