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People have been seeing the number 144 lately, and there’s a reason for that. It’s a biblical number, so the Bible is where we will find the true meaning of the number. It has nothing to do with the mind; with consciousness. It has to do with the heart; with the subconscious. The number 144 is not associated with the “kingdom of heaven,” symbolizing the “realm of the mind”…   The number 144 is associated with the “kingdom of God,” symbolizing the “realm of the Heart.” 

For those of you who are not familiar with my story… in 1975 I met a man of no religion, who had a unique interpretation of the Bible. So intrigued by this knowledge I spent the next 19 years taking in the teachings of the revelation he received between 1960 and 1974. One evening, during Bible Study, in or around 1976, the Teacher told each of us what we represented or what our gift was. When he pointed to me, he said, “gift of knowledge.” That turned out to be true, as it was spiritual knowledge I was gifted with between 1998 and 2005 through revelation of the symbolic code of the Bible. In 1981, the man who the Teacher (in 1978) said would be coming to the group, arrived. One night, he pointed to him and said, “The Heart, there it sets, right there.” I like that he used the word “sets” instead of “sits,” indicating that this is not about the man, but about what the man represented. His sun sign is Leo, representing the Heart. We married in 1988, a representation of the union between THE HEART and SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE…

The Heart is the spiritual womb, which is female. Spiritual knowledge is the seed or word of God (Luke 8:11), which is male. Intercourse or communication between the two results in the conception of spiritual truth, which should have taken place in the heart of the people two thousand years ago, but it was rejected by the carnal mind of those of religion, first by the Jews, and then by the Gentiles… Fast forward ten years, to 1998, when I had a dream [FIRST SIGN]…  I was getting a gynecological exam. I looked over at a table and saw the number 64. The head nurse came in the room and said (referring to me) “Because of her age, she’ll be pregnant by January.” Again, this is not about the person, but about what the person represented, which is knowledge, 64 being the number of years from the start of the first revelation: 1960+64 = 2024… “pregnant by January” takes us into the year 2025, when we are to conceive of spiritual knowledge in that spiritual womb called the heart, knowledge that those that identify as God’s people lack, as spoken by the prophet Hosea, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (4:6). I mentioned to my husband that this year, 2025, our ages add up to 144. Then he pointed out that our ages added up to 70 when we got married, and that the Teacher who married us, was 74, which adds up to 144. Marriage is the act of intercourse; when a man and a woman come together and become one flesh. Spiritual marriage or intercourse is communication… 

In December of 2024, I went back on social media after a 7-year hiatus, and found myself in the midst of Jehovah Witnesses, which I now know was not a coincidence because that’s when I learned of Charles Taze Russell, and began an in-depth study of the man and his teachings. His quote, “the truth is progressive, shining more into the perfect day,” suggests that understanding and enlightenment grow gradually, emphasizing the importance of continual learning and revelation. He spoke of the “perfection of knowledge,” referring to the spiritual knowledge we gain through revelation or understanding of the symbolic code of the Bible, which I began sharing on social media in 2000; in the dawn of the new millennium, which marked the beginning of the 7th day; the beginning of the 7th thousandth year since the fall in the garden, symbolizing the spiritual decline of mankind. The word “seven” means “perfect.” The 7th day is the perfect day, when the truth of God’s Word is made perfect through spiritual knowledge, which those of religion lack, being behind what I call “the veil of religious iniquity”… 

As I continued to research Charles Taze Russell, I came across something that I believe was by design, something that would connect Russell to my teacher, Gilbert Loman Stiles. On October 2nd 1914, Russell announced that the “Gentile Times” had ended. Stiles was born on October 2nd 1914. In 1975 he announced to our little Bible Study group that the Gentile Israel and Judah were cut off. The years 1914 and 1975 marked important events, which Russell and his successors, misinterpreted… The number 144 shows up in the ages of these two men, which my husband also pointed out. Russell died at age 64 and Stiles at age 80, their ages adding up to 144. Russell was born in 1852, dying in 1916, and Stiles was born in 1914, dying in 1994, resulting in a 2-year overlap. Total years between them (1852-1994)=142. Add in the 2-year overlap=144. These two men were instrumental in the progression of spiritual knowledge, encouraging their students to continue to learn, and to be open to the possibility of more revelation, moving beyond what they had been taught in search of a deeper spiritual understanding of God’s Word… 

[It was Charles Taze Russel that brought our attention to the 144,000, an important piece of the puzzle].

144 is a spiritual measure, “the measure of a man” (Revelation 21:17). “And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” Matthew 19:28. The number 12 represents judgment. Judging the 12 tribes of Israel formulates to 12 x 12 = 144. The “regeneration” is the process through which a new creation is formed inside of us. There were six days in the creation of heaven and earth (not to be taken literally). A day is 24 hours. Six days formulates to 6 x 24 = 144. Our new creation comes into existence through the judgment, our six (metaphorical) days of (spiritual or internal) works outlined in the first six churches in the book of Revelation. The work of the first church in Ephesus (where Paul spread his lie pertaining to the holy Spirit) is to find those that say they are apostles, but are not, liars. Paul was made apostle to the Gentiles, the three main Christian religions (Catholic, Trinity, and Pentecost) making up the Gentile Israel and Judah that was cut off in one day in 1975. But Paul’s doctrine of lies lives on in the mind of the Christian, “the veil of religious iniquity” that prevents him from seeing the spiritual truth of God’s Word. To see it they will have to experience a spiritual “apocalypse,” which means, “lifting of the veil.” 

A vision of God’s Kingdom was seen by Stiles on 7-7-77. There were “twelve columns,” symbolizing the judgment, all twelve tribes accounted for… One night, which would have been after 1981, the Teacher spoke on the Kingdom, which he had never done before, not even after receiving the vision. He spoke of the wall around the city, which like the wall that measures “an hundred and forty and four cubits” is a glorified body, which those in the city, being of pure spirit, must pass through to interact with those in the kingdom of heaven, which are in varying degrees of a type of flesh that can be seen in the spiritual realm. Adam and Eve existed in a spiritual realm, but when they disobeyed God’s word they received “coats of skins,” which were not animal skins, but physical flesh bodies that grounded them to the physical realm. Seeing themselves as naked, they hid themselves. “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear…” Revelation 3:18. The fire symbolizes God’s judgment, which consumes the sinful flesh that has been formed inside of our physical flesh.

The two tribes associated with the city are Joseph and Benjamin, representing the two divine attributes of God, which is the Christ, the healing power through which we do the spiritual works that are synonymous with the judgment, through which we form a new creation; “a new heaven and a new earth” symbolizing “a new mind and a new heart,” which is salvation, the healing of the soul… Having been purified through the judgment, they enter a glorified state. They make up the wall of the city. They have judged themselves while on earth, reaching a spiritual measure of 144 in the 1,000-year reign of Christ, which began with the new millennium. They make up the 144,000, which Russell referred to as “the body of The seed.”

“The seed, The seed, The seed,” which Stiles heard in 1960. “What about the seed,” he asked. And with that, his understanding was opened. The seed is the gift of the holy Spirit, the Spirit being the Energy that sows the seed or word of truth in our heart if we don’t resist it. Stiles received the seed in the form of the revelatory knowledge he received over a period of fifty days prior to his baptism in a Pentecostal church he saw in a vision. What happened to him following his baptism on October 30th, 1960 matched the image of what Pentecostal refer to as “getting the Holy Ghost,” but it is not the holy Ghost or holy Spirit one receives following baptism, as Paul teaches. Stiles referred to what happened to him that night as “getting the seed.” Those who have “The seed” are in the city, as long as the window to enter the city remains open… The 1,000 years given to man to reach a spiritual measure of 144 through God’s judgment is not to be taken literally, as it is written, “… except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” Matthew 24:22. The trumpet has sounded. The time to ascend the mount is upon us. There is only ONE WAY to ascend the mount and enter the door that leads to the kingdom of God, which is through God’s judgment. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.” John 10:1. We will be stealing from ourselves, robbing ourselves of our highest potential, which is eternal life in the kingdom of God.

“There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.” Luke 13:28

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2025  (edited version)