The book of Rev. 7 has many interpretations why?
7 After this I saw four angels
standing at the four corners
of the earth, holding back
the four winds of the earth
to prevent any wind from
blowing on the land or on
the sea or on any tree.
2 Then I saw another angel
coming up from the east,
having the seal of the living
God. He called out in a loud
voice to the four angels who
had been given power to
harm the land and the sea:
3 “Do not harm the land or
the sea or the trees until we
put a seal on the foreheads
of the servants of our God.”
4 Then I heard the number
of those who were sealed:
144,000 from all the tribes of
Israel.
The Jehovah Witness' took this number to b literal. And so many other christian denomination had their own interpretation. The amount stated is symbolic and does not mean 144000 only would make heaven. What's the true meaning of that figure, does it mean only 144000 would make heaven?.