I disagree, and have pointed out how
1) the wording in Rev14:
4 parallels the
SECOND of the two mentions of
"firstfruit" in Lev23 (
that of v.17 [and THIS is
contrasted with the wording of that of 1Cor5:7 stated factually OF "the Church
WHICH IS HIS BODY [the 'ONE BODY']"]); and
2) that Paul goes to great lengths to show "OUR identification" with Christ (as the "ONE BODY"/"the Church WHICH IS HIS BODY" [and in numerous
other ways and details of [/found in] his assigned task of "writings" [epistles]), noting that
Eph1:10 is
not speaking of the "NOW" ["in this present age [singular]"] like the rest of that epistle is speaking to...
You have this
exactly backwards
(...which is what happens when we zero
our focus too narrowly on the events
of the 2nd half of the 7-yr trib, IMHO).
"The 144,000" [yet future,
and future to "our Rapture" as well!] are
NOT the "FIRST of the firstfruit"